Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [vb pp] as " in BNC.

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1 She was not exactly beautiful , nor could she be classed as altogether pretty , in the strictly conventional sense of the word .
2 How much more blissful can we be armed as we are with transcendent philosophies ?
3 Can we be informed as to what action will be taken to prevent a repetition ?
4 across a lot of papers but in this paper it starts er and as Mr just said it starts as far as incr increments , erm do we know at this time or can we be informed as soon as were informed , where of what , whether implement are erm , like , are restricted by the , the Chancellor 's statement , do we know or , are have we got ta wait ?
5 For example , if objective regimes are to be regarded as creating rights erga omnes they must be incorporated within Articles 34–38 , or the principles with respect to them be regarded as sui generis .
6 One can argue with Czerny 's and Hummel 's metronome markings , but on no grounds can they be dismissed as irrational .
7 Tillich holds that symbols in themselves can not be equated with the Ultimate nor can they be regarded as fully expressing the Ultimate .
8 How far can they be regarded as independent of one another ?
9 What about the people who wrote or told us life stories : how far can they be taken as typical ?
10 Could they be introduced as token , surface changes or do they necessitate a fundamental reorganization of the way the school operates ?
11 Changed secretion of peptides , amongst many other such changes , may be necessary if memory formation is to occur , but it is neither sufficient nor , because it is a very general process , can it be regarded as specific to any particular memory .
12 5. can it be seen as sustainable in people 's lives and through the centuries .
13 But even if definitive results were forthcoming , why should it be assumed as self-evident that natural learning is necessarily the most effective ?
14 In no way can it be described as independent when the chairman of that inquiry is a former general who is responsible for some of the worst atrocities against the East Timorese .
15 Does this difference constitute a part of the variable capital or should it be considered as being part of the social surplus-value ?
16 And how can it be construed as reasonable that the US and their Western allies continue to control and plunder the oil resources in the Arab region via puppet regimes such as those they have directly installed in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia , while the Arab World , like the rest of the ‘ Third World ’ , finds itself experiencing an ever increasing and intolerable poverty at the hands of Western capitalism and imperialism .
17 However , it is a move fraught with problems as our writers explain How long can it be taken as read ?
18 Adam had spoken to the Danish king Swegen Estrithsson , Cnut 's nephew , and can not be dismissed out of hand , although nor can he be regarded as infallible .
19 When I said that we would need a plant in our team , then would he be seen as being more of an innovator ?
20 If , as expected , the Briton is crowned WBC champion next month , given that Bowe is opting to defy the organisation and defend his title against another challenger , King reckons There was more bad news for Lewis when King suggested that should he be installed as WBC champion in January in place of Bowe could have the shortest reign of any heavyweight champion in history .
21 If Mr Major lost his majority and could not do a deal with another party , would he be entitled as Prime Minister to request a dissolution and a second election ?
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