Example sentences of "regarded as the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The costs for the US would be enormous , indeed the requirement of the French was that the US would pay the entire cost , but money and munitions could be regarded as the essential calipers which might allow the rickety infant to walk ; and as long as it had an American account it would grow up and would be able to buy everything that was needed for a new nation state . |
| 2 | Baldly expressed , those who subscribe to that theory see it as important to explain the process of public policy-making since that is regarded as the essential stuff of British politics itself ; they see interest groups as of central and determining influence in that process ; and they see the group process as enhancing of democracy in Britain . |
| 3 | Custody of the share certificate is regarded as the essential protection of the lender and it is not clear precisely how continuation of this popular method of providing security will be practicable in relation to uncertificated listed securities on the introduction of TAURUS — short of repealing section 360 of the Act and requiring ‘ account operators ’ to note equitable interests . |
| 4 | Today he lives in the Eastern Thai town of Trat and , although officially retired , is still regarded as the overall leader of the Khmer Rouge . |
| 5 | Blessed with a talent considered sublime even in the cynical schools of northern England , Wattana is now regarded as the only player outside the leading ‘ gang of four ’ with the technique and temperament to survive 17 days in one of sport 's most demanding cauldrons . |
| 6 | In fact , those who support the introduction of a Bill of Rights tend to see the state in essentially " negative " terms : it is regarded as the only real threat to individual freedom and liberty ( apart from that posed by the collective activity of trade unions ) because freedom itself is defined negatively as simply involving an absence of public and legal restraint on individual action . |
| 7 | Generally speaking the ‘ political ’ cure for inflation comprised some form of prices and incomes policy , and was regarded as the only alternative to the less palatable ‘ economic ’ cure of demand deflation . |
| 8 | But the twists and turns of Currie 's political career are simply a graphic illustration of the fact the SDLP can not be regarded as the Labour Party in Northern Ireland . |
| 9 | At this central sanctuary there was no place for female officiants as the Temple 's affairs were regarded as the sole responsibility of an organized , hereditary male priesthood dedicated to the service of Yahweh . |
| 10 | The five ancestors are generally regarded as the sole survivors of the Shaolin temple after it was sacked and burned down by the Ching emperor 's army . |
| 11 | Because neither business organizations nor the public regard the maximization of owners ’ profit as the only legitimate aim of business , distributable profit can no longer be regarded as the sole or premier indicator of performance . |
| 12 | The defendant 's breach of duty may be a cause of the plaintiff 's damage in the sense that it satisfies the but for test , but some other factual cause , intervening after the breach , may be regarded as the sole cause of some , or all , of the plaintiff 's damage . |
| 13 | In some cases it may be the consumer 's conduct that is regarded as the sole cause of the damage : e.g. the poodle in the microwave oven . |
| 14 | Bedford Park is regarded as the first Garden Suburb in England , and thus has an international importance , while Shaw is one of the most important architects of the Victorian period , best known as the designer of the old New Scotland Yard building on the London Embankment . |
| 15 | Tyrothricin can reasonably be regarded as the first antibiotic to be established as a therapeutic substance . |
| 16 | This contribution to the accumulating ‘ goodness ’ may be regarded as the first which is not due to the ruthless survival laws which belong to the second period of this book . |
| 17 | It was not the first African paper , although nowadays some Tanzanians think that it was ; nevertheless it is the only one whose direct descendants are still in existence , and may be regarded as the first successful , viable paper ( that term has to be used in a relative sense ) edited and produced by Africans . |
| 18 | The German naturalist Ernst Heinrich Haeckel ( 1834–1919 ) is generally regarded as the first to put forward the idea that these changes in the embryo retrace our evolutionary history . |
| 19 | He may with good reason be regarded as the first of that long line of professional civil servants who did more than any others to make and destroy the medieval Church : they were professional administrators , equipped to forward the interests of government not by main force but by negotiation amidst the intricate issues of law and theology ; men of international standing , retaining the respect of their opponents , and not too hatefully or too personally involved in the cause which they were required to maintain . |
| 20 | Indeed , he participates so actively that he is apparently involved in the stoning to death of Stephen , officially regarded as the first Christian martyr ( although Stephen would have seen himself , of course , as a pious Jew ) . |
| 21 | Walpole , who has been traditionally and perhaps wrongly regarded as the first British Prime Minister , always took pains to deny that he occupied such a position . |
| 22 | And you , my dear Mary , respected though your name is — you are insufficiently regarded as the first of that invaluable breed , preceeding them by at least one whole generation ! |
| 23 | The move was widely regarded as the first step towards full normalization of diplomatic relations , which had been suspended after the communist victory in the Vietnam war in 1975 . |
| 24 | In so far as it explained his personal ideology to the French people , it may be regarded as the first speech of de Gaulle the politician , as opposed to de Gaulle the symbol . |
| 25 | After returning to Soho , Murdock was put in charge of the mechanical department and was regarded as the right-hand man of Boulton & Watt . |
| 26 | It indicates that the much tougher EC standards should now be regarded as the minimum target for British beaches [ see ED 59-60 ] . |
| 27 | This is the common law position and s16(3) provides for the possibility of a court implying stricter terms so that the reasonable care provision may be regarded as the minimum legal requirement . |
| 28 | In Ophioprium cervicornis the two types of papillae are distributed in a regular way ; the smaller papillae are situated on the proximal part of the jaw and can be regarded as the oral papillae . |
| 29 | The woman is often regarded as the nutritional head of the household , and yet she has had little or no training for this job . |
| 30 | The following groups were banned in December : the German Alternative ( DA ) , with around 350 members and regarded as the fastest-growing far-right group ; the Nationalistic Offensive ( NO ) , with around 140 members based in Bavaria and Saxony ; and the Alliance of German Comrades , with around 60 members based in the northern port of Wilhelmshaven [ see p. 39208 for banning of Nationalist Front in late November ] . |