Example sentences of "[be] regard [conj] [adv] a " in BNC.

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1 Yet any individual who tried to get away with that would be regarded as either a crook or a crank or most likely both .
2 But today the diary is regarded much more as an appointments aide-mémoire , and for the ‘ ordinary ’ person the keeping of a detailed diary of daily events would probably be regarded as just a little eccentric and perhaps even self-centred .
3 The theses that Latin American socio-economic structures could not be regarded as simply a local variant of European feudalism , and that the agrarian economy was already incorporated into the capitalist system were restated and developed , and the argument that the revolution in Latin America could only be socialist reasserted .
4 They should not be regarded as simply a last resort , but involved in the consultation process surrounding possible action to prevent risk to employees .
5 In the past , the interview tended to be regarded as simply a means of collecting factual information from respondents and , by itself , of little interest .
6 By the wave/particle duality of quantum mechanics , light can be regarded as both a wave and a particle .
7 It is in this sense that language use can be regarded as essentially a matter of the negotiation of meaning .
8 The NCMD should not be regarded as merely a means to obtain sites and impress councils or other bodies .
9 The following study of Owen may perhaps be regarded as only a partial success .
10 The underlying purpose of recording new information must be made clear to avoid it being regarded as just a bureaucratic exercise .
11 This linking of two aspects of a teacher 's professionalism would prevent appraisal being regarded as simply a tiresome extra and could , on the positive side , help the process of planning ( West and Bollington 1990:9 — 10 ) : Planning for appraisal … needs to be carried forward in the light of the full range of the demands confronting the particular LEA , the particular school , the particular teacher .
12 When the accident happened at around 4:15 yesterday afternoon , it is thought the two men had already passed the most arduous section of what is regarded as only an averagely difficult ice climb route .
13 If he makes a will , as most men do , it is almost certain that he will set apart a considerable proportion for the saying of masses ; if he should neglect to do so , and in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries it is regarded as almost a sin to die without making a will , the Church ought to make the provision which he has failed to make for his soul .
14 But it 's regarded as quite a find .
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