Example sentences of "not be [verb] as a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Midlands and south of England values average out at roughly £20-£30 per thousand acres , but although this represents an average of about 6d. an acre — which was near enough the going rate for rent — it can not be employed as a general conversion factor , for while it may be applicable to a county or other major division , the ratios for individual parishes and hamlets are subject to extreme variations . |
| 2 | Thus it is an infringement of logical grammar to use phrases such as " the same substance " , for the word " substance " ( in the context of Spinoza 's theory ) has the status similar to that of a proper name and hence strictly can not be employed as a general term . |
| 3 | This can not be asserted as a metaphysical proposition ; as something , that is , which is true of the world of existents irrespective of the manner in which existents are given in our experience . |
| 4 | Such a change will not be regarded as a major change and you will not be specially advised of such an operational amendment . |
| 5 | The problem of induction can not be regarded as a decisive refutation because , as I have previously mentioned , most other philosophies of science suffer from a similar difficulty . |
| 6 | Expressed differently , if a thing exists genuinely in se ( i.e. if it is a true substance ) , then a description of its defining features can not involve references to anything outside that thing ; by the same token , if what purports to be a description of a substance involves references to different substances , then it can not be regarded as a genuine description of any substance . |
| 7 | It is certainly important to measure the plasma potassium concentration during acute administration of theophylline ( for example , after overdose or in acute severe asthma ) , since hypokalaemia may require treatment , but the plasma potassium concentration should not be regarded as a useful measure of the action of theophylline during long term therapy . |
| 8 | concluded , ‘ proposals for organic change can not be regarded as a limited change … it introduced a fundamental change within the existing structures of local government ’ ( Stewart et al . |
| 9 | It should not be regarded as a comprehensive guide on all aspects of the FSA or all other relevant regulatory material . |
| 10 | However , planetary chemistry is sufficiently complicated that this can not be regarded as a firm conclusion . |
| 11 | They considered that a building or product can not be regarded as a complex structure if it has been wholly constructed or manufactured by one person , so as to form a single indivisible unit . |
| 12 | Until he had undergone this religious initiation and probation he would not be regarded as a mature member of the Buddhist community . |
| 13 | This is required where the client can not be regarded as a corporate finance client or where a mainstream regulated service ( ie stand alone general ( ie non-specific ) investment advice or investment service ) is provided . |
| 14 | If a client can not be regarded as a corporate finance client it does not mean that we can not act on his behalf . |
| 15 | The empirical evidence suggests , however , that the supervision which institutional investors exercise over the management of a company is minimal and can not be regarded as a sufficient control over the managers of large public companies . |
| 16 | With regard to " temporality " ( in the sense in which this concept was used above ) , this can not be regarded as a sufficient condition of particularity so long as it is not shown that temporality alone ( in the indicated sense ) ensures numerical identity of particulars ; and if we are to be able to justifiably claim that it is a necessary condition of particularity , we must first show that there can be no extra-temporal particulars . " |
| 17 | He argues that dreams can not be regarded as a neurotic symptom if everyone dreams — unless everyone is neurotic . |
| 18 | The argument , then , is that the causing of death by bad driving should not be regarded as a significant aggravating factor , but nor should the non-causing of death or injury be regarded as a significant mitigating factor . |
| 19 | So , while the ‘ angle of dangle ’ can give one a start in setting up a bridle , it should not be regarded as a universal solution . |
| 20 | He said that it should not be regarded as a luxury but used for education , rural development and economic reform : the time had come , he said , ‘ for television to change its outlook in this country in order to suit the requirements of a developing country like Zambia ’ . |
| 21 | Crosland told his audience that whereas higher education must indeed be developed systematically , it should not be represented as a unitary or hierarchical system , with the universities sitting at the top . |
| 22 | It can not be incorporated as a handy extra methodological tool to be resorted to when all else fails . |
| 23 | But this basic dualism in Judeo-Christian thought must not be understood as a moral dualism . |
| 24 | Indeed , for the Formalists , ‘ literary language ’ … and its development can not be understood as a planned development of tradition , but rather as colossal displacements of traditions ’ ( Tynyanov 1978c : p. 144 , my italics ) . |
| 25 | Stedman Jones ' ( 1982 ) re-examination of chartism , for example , argues that its political form can not be understood as a simplistic response to the putative material experience of a class , nor can its political language be seen as an expression of that experience . |
| 26 | Therefore , consent can not be justified as a necessary means to establish a just government . |
| 27 | The concentration of power in the hands of the managers of the largest companies could not be seen as a necessary bulwark against the power of the state . |
| 28 | Every good game defines the parameters of what may or may not be seen as a legitimate action . |
| 29 | Those opposed to the ordination of women to the priesthood maintain that it can not be seen as a legitimate development because it is ‘ closely related to the central doctrines of the Christian faith ’ . |
| 30 | However , it can not be seen as a new problem area . |