Example sentences of "[verb] as [adj] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Social workers are increasingly placing children in foster care , which is seen as preferable to care in residential homes , whose image has been marred by scandals . |
| 2 | The move was seen as likely to correspond with the introduction of a currency union between the two countries . |
| 3 | A previous review recommended a cut in Strathclyde 's parliamentary entitlement from by one seat to 32 , and the subsequent publication of detailed proposals for Strathclyde indicated plans to reduce the number of parliamentary constituencies in Glasgow by one — a move widely interpreted as likely to lead to the loss of Labour seats . |
| 4 | On the basis of the present issue of statements this would mean that about two per cent of the child population are judged as likely to fall outside the provision of the 1988 Act . |
| 5 | The heroism portrayed as necessary to triumph over the slave trade drew upon a sense of working in harmony with fellow reformers , fired in part by an ideologically convergent commitment and of acting upon that commitment in similar ways . |
| 6 | On January 10th this year , I went as usual to turn on the aquarium lights when I noticed a female Shanny — now a light beige colour with a very bright green patch on the top of her head — inside the male 's cave , laying eggs on the underside of a flat rock , next to the existing eggs . |
| 7 | Alternative dividing lines which have been informally mooted , such as simply restricting solicitor-advocates in Crown Court jury trials to the less serious cases , had been viewed as difficult to support as a matter of principle . |
| 8 | The separation of these various powers between three officers has been criticised as likely to lead to a confusion of managerial authority ( Leach 1989:118 ) , and certainly it represents a move away from the chief executive model advocated in the Bains Report . |
| 9 | Because the development officers had prepared the ground well , the Home Support Project was known to others and was universally welcomed as likely to add to ( and not compete with ) other services . |
| 10 | Those most frequently discussed as difficult to cope with were : |
| 11 | The Percy connection had taken no part in the events following Edward 's return from exile in 1471 — an inactivity which , given their Lancastrian background , was probably regarded as tantamount to support for Edward IV . |
| 12 | The Percy connection had taken no part in the events following Edward 's return from exile in 1471 — an inactivity which , given their Lancastrian background , was probably regarded as tantamount to support for Edward IV . |
| 13 | This kind of administrative structure may be regarded as likely to lead to the implementation of policies that are at variance with those favoured by elected local councils . |
| 14 | 11.1 During the continuance of this Agreement the Proprietor shall not without the consent in writing of the Publisher prepare or edit for any other publisher any work that is an expansion abridgement or revision of the Work or of any part of it or publish or cause to be published any work on the same subject which may reasonably be regarded as likely to conflict with the sale of the Work . |
| 15 | 4 DURING THE CONTINUANCE of the Publishing Agreement , neither of the Authors shall without the consent in writing of the Publisher prepare or edit for any other publisher any work that is an expansion , abridgement or revision of the Work or of part of it ; or publish or cause to be published any work on the same subject which may reasonably be regarded as likely to conflict with the sale of the Work . |
| 16 | 11.1 During the continuance of this Agreement the Company shall not without the consent in writing of the Publisher prepare or edit for any other publisher any work that is an expansion abridgement or revision of the Work or of any part of it or publish or cause to be published any work on the same subject which may reasonably be regarded as likely to conflict with the sale of the Work . |
| 17 | However , the outbound timing must be adjusted as necessary to comply with a time at which you may be cleared to leave the holding point . |
| 18 | Although new medical schools like McMaster in Canada and Maastricht in the Netherlands have had considerable success ( in terms of staff and student satisfaction ) with courses based on self directed , problem based learning , these models may be dismissed as difficult to implement in an existing course . |