Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] as a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( b ) Transfer of work A client is properly regarded as a client of the firm and not of the individual solicitor unless there is some personal , often family , connection between the two . |
| 2 | For an unusual case in which , on an interpretation of a bye-law , Monday , January 2 , was held to be properly treated as a Sunday for the purposes of supplying travellers , see Henderson v. Ross , 1928 J.C . |
| 3 | This was widely regarded as a triumph for Levi , who received a guarantee that he would retain his present Cabinet position in any future Likud-led government , and a written assurance that his supporters would receive increased representation within Likud institutions , the government , Knesset ( parliament ) committees and the Jewish Agency . |
| 4 | Emphasising that " the key to a peaceful solution lies in the hands of Afghans themselves " , he said nevertheless that the talks had been made possible by the " new , positive and changing " United States attitude , a comment widely regarded as a reference to recent US congressional moves to cut aid to the mujahedeen by 10 per cent . |
| 5 | Bournville , the community that has grown up around Cadbury 's Birmingham factory , is widely regarded as a company town , although from its foundation it has been open to people who do not work for the company and only a minority of the residents now have any link with Cadbury 's . |
| 6 | In Berlin , for example , I heard of a woman addressed as Fräulein ( ‘ Miss ’ , literally ‘ little woman ’ and widely regarded as a put-down , so that many German women have abandoned it in favour of Frau ) by a male bus driver , who said ‘ Danke , Fräulein' when she tendered her fare . |
| 7 | Hau was widely regarded as a conservative , and violent street protests erupted in Taipei when news of his appointment emerged . |
| 8 | As a member of the politburo 's military faction he was widely regarded as a conservative . |
| 9 | He dressed from the Pinner charity shops , and was widely regarded as a gentleman , who wittered on rather too much about himself and could be a bit of a nuisance when he was drunk . |
| 10 | The Excess Profits Duty was widely regarded as a concession to mounting concern over profiteering ( Maguire 1987 ) , but the decision to levy it on societies posed fundamental questions about the nature of the cooperative enterprise . |
| 11 | Israel 's acceptance of Italy as a venue was widely regarded as a concession . |
| 12 | The move was widely regarded as a victory for reformers in the party , as the enlarged membership embraced members of the business community , intellectuals and a number of former dissidents . |
| 13 | The move was widely regarded as a victory for reformers in the party , as the enlarged membership embraced members of the business community , intellectuals and a number of former dissidents . |
| 14 | In its co-ordinated typography , pertinent use of colour-coding and subtlety of complex chartwork , BP 's Statistical Review is widely regarded as a model of its kind . |
| 15 | In 1886 he was invited to become the chief mechanical engineer of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway , for whom he completed , equipped , and organized the engineering workshops in Horwich , widely regarded as a model of their kind , eventually employing over 10,000 men . |
| 16 | Leicestershire is widely regarded as a pioneer of ‘ progressive ’ primary methods . |
| 17 | Huge though the payment was , it was widely regarded as a bargain , partly because most of the bill was met by insurers and partly because the amount was a fraction of the outstanding claims against the firm . |
| 18 | She was widely regarded as a crank . |
| 19 | The directors recommended that the dividend payout to shareholders should be increased by 25 per cent to 7.5p a share which was widely regarded as a move designed to ward off a takeover bid . |
| 20 | Doctors persisted in this view , despite increasing evidence that opiates caused addiction , a fact widely publicised as a result of the literary success of de Quincey 's study of the subject . |
| 21 | Elizardo Sánchez Santacruz , a political dissident widely recognized as a prisoner of conscience , was released from prison by the Cuban authorities on May 5 . |
| 22 | From this point of view the state is not seen as a threat to freedom , but is rather regarded as a vehicle for securing broad community and individual rights against the power . |
| 23 | Stevenson readily admits that his business talents did not blossom early — ‘ I was a most inept apprentice , ’ he says — but he successfully qualified as a CA and joined a subsidiary of the British Steel Corporation . |
| 24 | Having earlier been widely dismissed as a crank — he was frequently referred to disparagingly as " Governor Moonbeam " because of his interest in mysticism and Zen Buddhism — Brown 's victory in Colorado ensured a more serious hearing for the policies central to his campaign such as the creation of a Canadian-style health care system and the adoption of a 13 per cent flat rate of income tax . |
| 25 | Er , to what extent the rift er , filled , I do n't think it can be wholly filled as a function of the recovery in er , the market for land . |
| 26 | In the day-to-day life of a legal system its rule of recognition is very seldom expressly formulated as a rule ; though occasionally , courts in England may announce in general terms the relative place of one criterion of law in relation to another , as when they assert the supremacy of Acts of Parliament over other sources or suggested sources of law . |
| 27 | She joined Jean 's class in 1962 and went on to train as a teacher . |
| 28 | He was not only widely respected as a critic but also regarded with affection for the genuine humility which made him always interested in others ' opinions . |
| 29 | He went on to work as a designer and translator for an Austrian publisher , where the manager , Otto Preminger ( later a celebrated film director ) introduced him to Max Reinhardt . |
| 30 | " Datachase " had three main objectives : to encourage young people to learn about environmental issues ; to help students develop presentation and creative skills through the use of computers , and to demonstrate how problems can often be most successfully solved as a result of collaborative effort . |