Example sentences of "would [be] [vb pp] as [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said that Maccas goal would be credited as an OG , cos he was trying to pull it back from the byline but it hit sherwood and span in . |
| 2 | In acknowledgement of the urgent need for reform in this area , de Klerk proposed initially that henceforth : ( i ) the death penalty would be limited as an option of sentence to extreme cases , and the area of judicial discretion in the imposition of sentence would be broadened ( currently the death sentence was mandatory for certain crimes ) ; ( ii ) all those sentenced to death would be granted automatic right of appeal — up till now there had been no appeal against this sentence ; ( iii ) no further executions would be carried out until Parliament had decided on the proposals . |
| 3 | Like Cobbett , many suffragettes would have said that it was not so much the vote for its own sake that they sought as the improvements in the status and conditions of women which they believe would be achieved as the result of women 's enfranchisement . |
| 4 | Then I learned that if I did not make these payments I would be registered as a debtor for a period of six years . |
| 5 | Each product group would be represented as a circle on the portfolio grid , where the size of each circle relative to those for other product groups indicated the proportion of group profits earned by that product group . |
| 6 | The church would be regarded as a charity , and whereas charities are granted exemption from income tax and CGT under the provisions of s 505 Taxes Act 1988 , it does not extend to any profits the charity earns as a result of its undertaking any activities that may be considered ‘ an adventure in the nature of a trade ’ . |
| 7 | Anyone who in ordinary life interpreted words literally , being indifferent to what the speaker or writer meant , would be regarded as a pedant , a mischief-maker or an idiot . |
| 8 | ( If someone drew a graph displaying numerical information about photos , this would perhaps be called a ‘ photo-graph ’ and the word would be regarded as a compound ) . |
| 9 | On the other hand , if it turns out that the network fails when more than 7 machines are in use , the term would be regarded as a condition . |
| 10 | A separated spouse would be regarded as a spouse for the purpose of these provisions unless , in accordance with existing practice on other provisions having a bearing on ‘ settlor interest ’ trusts , the separation is permanent . |
| 11 | By extension it has become widely interpreted as the formulation of Washington 's view that any intrusion by European powers into the Americas would be regarded as an act of hostility towards the United States . ) |
| 12 | British-style door-stepping is not acceptable in France , where it would be regarded as an invasion of individual privacy . |
| 13 | It 's not felt that your private life in terms of your political opinions will necessarily impinge on your public life , and , and to deprive somebody of the right to express their opinions in public would be regarded as an infringement of his civil liberties , which would be unthinkable in a republican erm situation . |
| 14 | He said people were allowed to use air rifles in their own gardens , and if a cat strayed into the path of the pellet in those circumstances it would be regarded as an accident . |
| 15 | There was never much doubt that TV would be regarded as an extension of radio . |
| 16 | ‘ Francis has left you well over double what would be regarded as the floor in this case . ’ |
| 17 | Other councillors , however hoped the guidelines would be regarded as the norm . |
| 18 | This would definitely rule out the provision of tea or coffee , which would be seen as a way of putting the taxpayer at ease — which is the last thing the inspector would wish to achieve . |
| 19 | Fixing the market through fresh legislation would be seen as a signal that the privatisation of the electricity industry was flawed . |
| 20 | Think of the present problem with Bosnia there is n't a single er advanced industrial country that wishes to get engaged in ground warfare in Yugoslavia because there would be simply no point in it and any casualty er would be seen as a waste , as a throwing away of resources and you 'd have many casualties it 's argued . |
| 21 | If they sacked Sutton now it would be seen as a victory for Pilger and agreement to his total control over the paper . |
| 22 | In going ahead with the book , he ignored warnings that he would be seen as a traitor to the industry and could become the most hated man in Hollywood . |
| 23 | Richard Gephardt , the majority leader in the House of Representatives , warned him that if he introduced health-care reform on the coat-tails of his budget , it would be seen as a tax issue rather than a health issue . |
| 24 | Were those friends to suffer humiliation , it would be seen as a defeat for the political interest to which they belonged , and if the politician had attempted to avoid a commitment , that abstention would merely add the resentment of his friends to the consequences of the defeat . |
| 25 | But if they were sold through a charity shop in the High Street that would be seen as a business . ’ |
| 26 | He would be seen as the man responsible , in the last resort , for the safety record of motor racing , its code of conduct , its commercial viability and its image . |
| 27 | For many social scientists indeed the hegemony of the bourgeoisie would be seen as the basis of the other just-mentioned types of stability . |
| 28 | Any abrogation of this would be seen as the moment when Parliament put temporary economic and financial stringency before sustained principle . ’ |
| 29 | He said the Thatcher years would be seen as the time ‘ in which existing pensioners missed out on the prosperity afforded to the great majority in this country . |
| 30 | Hence it is worth explaining , in a way that elsewhere might not be necessary and would be seen as an indulgence , that in our case , once permission was granted , no limits were laid down by senior officers and no censorship role has been retained by the RUC over the final manuscript . |