Example sentences of "[be] [verb] as [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 These new resources should be recognized as instruments which God , by means of human intelligence and ingenuity , has put at our disposal .
2 All candidates for the throne had to be recognized as Merovingians .
3 These may not be recognized as symptoms of stress — that is , until the stress is reduced and the symptoms disappear .
4 Whatever the truth of this , the proposition is repeated that homosexual unions should be recognized as marriages with all the rights and duties this may imply .
5 In terms of medical as well as architectural history , these buildings are of enormous interest , but only recently have they begun to be recognized as buildings of some value .
6 This growing discontent has been symbolized by Koreans refusing to comply with the stipulation that all aliens resident in Japan for any length of time have to be re-registered as aliens and fingerprinted at regular intervals , and carry alien registration cards with them at all times .
7 Functional studies were essentially positivist in nature and depended upon the notion that phenomena can be explained as instances of repeated and predictable regularities in which form and function can be assumed to be related , and indeed form and process figured in the titles of a number of books concerned with processes ( e.g. Carson and Kirkby , 1972 ; Gregory and Walling , 1973 ) .
8 Warnings of eco-wars and the flight of hundreds of millions of refugees can not be dismissed as fantasies : they are probabilities in situations which become more and more apparent as the century nears its end .
9 Diagrams , graphs , etc. may also be given as hand-outs .
10 Two honest critics can be given as exceptions , the first a Japanese who recorded a negative reaction to a picture which did not come up to his standards of meaningful symbolism .
11 In Part Two , it will be referred to in a similar way ; or instance , insider approaches to evaluation will be discussed as a mode of professional accountability , and inspections and local authority schemes will be examined as responses to contractual accountability demands .
12 The NAO says that ‘ early indications suggest significant under-declaration of income by farmers may extend beyond the original area and that some farmers may not be registered as taxpayers . ’
13 The prospect of a wider ranging enquiry emerged with the report suggesting ‘ significant under-declaration of income by farmers may extend beyond the original area and that some farmers may not be registered as taxpayers . ’
14 Mortgagees in possession must be joined as defendants .
15 Its meaning has begun to leak away through indiscriminate extensions beyond its original significance , extensions to cases which would normally be distinguished as cases of non-violence .
16 Indeed it is well known that societies which were very poor , by all later standards , allotted very significant time , energy and resources to the production of what would now be distinguished as art-objects .
17 These sentences contrast grammatically in terms of phrase structure , and could not , in any logical sense , be regarded as paraphrases of one another .
18 The English courts have however held that films , tapes and video recordings are not to be regarded as documents for the purpose of the ‘ best evidence ’ rule , since ‘ they are by their nature reliable ’ and ‘ the old rule is limited and confined to written documents ( Kajala v Noble [ 1982 ] 75 Cr.App.R.149 ) .
19 After all , the impulsive waves considered by Khan and Penrose may be regarded as idealizations of such waves .
20 British politicians have persistently rejected the view that they should be regarded as delegates , arguing instead that their duty is to make judgements for themselves in terms of their understanding of their constituents ' best interests , while recognizing that they may , of course , be rejected at the next election if they become seriously out of touch with the people they represent .
21 The evidence of three recent controlled studies indicates that clients with bulimia nervosa can benefit to a similar degree from treatments which can not be regarded as forms of Cognitive–Behaviour Therapy ( Fairburn and Cooper , 1989 ) .
22 The multiplication of life tenures , the scramble for reversions , and the attempt to make posts hereditary are all indications that offices were coming to be regarded as forms of property rather than as jobs to be done .
23 Because these are short-term and rather non-specific behavioural changes , they must be regarded as forms of non-associative learning , but important to Kandel 's argument is that classical conditioning is also possible ; in this the unconditioned stimulus is a shock to the tail , and the conditioned stimulus a mild tactile stimulus to the siphon .
24 These payments will not be regarded as payments for hire or reward ( normally excluded under the policy ) , if :
25 These payments will not be regarded as payments for hire or reward ( normally excluded under the policy ) , if :
26 These payments will not be regarded as payments for hire or reward ( normally excluded under the policy ) , if :
27 These payments will not be regarded as payments for hire or reward ( normally excluded under the policy ) , if :
28 The stipulation of liquidated damages for breach of a particular term contradicts the possibility of that term being a condition ; therefore , terms backed by liquidated damages will usually not be regarded as conditions , unless the scale of the breach is considerable .
29 Shiels or shields are cottages , direct from the Anglo-Saxon , so the town of Galashiels may be regarded as cottages by a stream , or as scattered cottages .
30 When they first came into existence in the late 1970s , the proportion of advanced work which they offered and , therefore their claim truly to be regarded as institutions of higher education , depended on their inheritances from their previous colleges .
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