Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] as [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Restraint covenants agreed to in respect of the merged firm will be unenforceable unless some part of the business can be properly regarded as continuing the merged practice and entitled to protection . |
| 2 | Britain is widely regarded as having a political system which scores high on political institutionalization and low on personal leadership . |
| 3 | A separate document also released on June 7 , on NATO 's " core security functions " , was widely regarded as representing the United States perspective , and reiterated that " the security of North America is permanently tied to the security of Europe " . |
| 4 | This was widely regarded as indicating a warmer attitude towards NATO , in which France 's position had been ambiguous since it withdrew from its integrated military structure in 1966 . |
| 5 | It was widely regarded as presaging a new era of more co-operative meetings between the leaders of the two governments . |
| 6 | The composition of the new Cabinet , however , was widely regarded as strengthening the position of Mchangama , leader of the MWANGAZA party and son-in-law of the President . |
| 7 | These seven , led by Walter Sisulu , had since their release addressed major pro-ANC rallies inside South Africa , acting as if the organization were no longer banned , and were widely regarded as constituting an effective " internal ANC leadership " , although the organization denied the existence of differences of approach . |
| 8 | The problem is that our managerial hierarchies are so badly designed as to defeat the best efforts even of psychologically insightful individuals . |
| 9 | Matthew was wrongly diagnosed as having a bone tumour . |
| 10 | Differences on European defence policy [ see pp. 37931 ; 38022 ; 38155 ; 38216 ; 38295 ; 38313 ] emerged over Franco-German plans for a European force based in Strasbourg [ see p. 38554 ] , although responses were sufficiently guarded as to suggest a reluctance to revive transatlantic splits in NATO . |
| 11 | The words ‘ I ask you , son , to care for the lands which will come to you with your usual diligence and look after them so that they may come to your sons ’ , although they do not sufficiently express a trust but advice rather than obligation to leave the lands , are none the less regarded as having the force of a trust in favour of the grandsons after the death of their father . |
| 12 | Below the front windows was a box extension of about two feet in length , so placed as to increase the space of the interior . |
| 13 | The last and incomplete letter from Miller in the Darlington collection , dated 10 November 1769 , carried a wish for plants from Bartram 's garden , because he believed there to be new genera amongst them , but specimens had been ‘ so much compressed as to render the distinguishing characters very doubtful ’ . |
| 14 | Describing the new music as ‘ a communicable disease ’ and ‘ the music of delinquents ’ , The Daily Mail was so moved as to run a front-page editorial , ‘ Rock'n Roll Babies ’ , which apart from issuing a hollow , reassuring prophecy — ‘ It will pass ’ — stoked up the fires of respectable discontent against ‘ this sudden ‘ musical ’ ’ phenomenon which has led to outbreaks of rowdyism' . |
| 15 | Club-armed Goblins receive a +1 strength bonus and so count as having a strength of 4 . |
| 16 | This was rightly interpreted as meaning the abandonment of invasion plans — at least for that year . |
| 17 | On the other hand , pressure of whatever character , whether acting on the fears or the hopes , if so exerted as to overpower the volition without convincing the judgment , is a species of restraint under which no valid will can be made . |
| 18 | Section 7 provides : 7 – ( 1 ) Where the possession or ownership of goods passes under or in pursuance of a contract not governed by the law of sale of goods or hire-purchase , subsections ( 2 ) to ( 4 ) below apply as regards the effect ( if any ) to be given to contract terms excluding or restricting liability for breach of obligation arising by implication of law from the nature of the contract . |
| 19 | However , the basic concept of collecting and removing filth will not be affected , as any system which does not localise contaminants merely spreads them so think as to make the problem less obvious . |
| 20 | While he did not dispute that in many cases money had been levied that was twice what was necessary for satisfactory repair , and even then that the work carried out had been slovenly or even not done at all , the great laissez-faire economist had been convinced by the turnpikes that so far as public works " for facilitating commerce in general " were concerned , " the greater part may easily be so managed as to afford a particular revenue sufficient for defraying their own expense , without bringing any burden upon the general revenue of society " . |
| 21 | This clutch of appointments , together with her post-Falklands dominance in the Cabinet , was widely seen as heralding the introduction of a Prime Minister 's Department . |
| 22 | Parliamentary and media responses to the Report varied greatly , although it was widely seen as making an important contribution to the debate about how to respond to the riots and prevent the outbreak of violence in the future . |
| 23 | Johnny Hallyday 's Hamlet , for instance , was not widely seen as threatening the supremacy of Olivier and Gielgud . |
| 24 | The announcement , which followed a meeting of 364 UDF leaders , was widely seen as marking the end of an era in the anti-apartheid struggle . |
| 25 | Pressure will also be put on Serbia , widely seen as backing the Bosnian Serbs in the conflict . |
| 26 | The framework for an Asian Free Trade Area ( AFTA ) , and formation of a " non-institutional " discussion forum to be called the East Asian Economic Caucus ( EAEC ) , were widely seen as diluting the proposals put forward by Malaysia at the beginning of the year [ see p. 38101 ] for an East Asian Economic Grouping ( EAEG ) . |
| 27 | The Cabinet reshuffle on Sept. 16 — the first since January 1989 — was widely seen as paving the way for the next election , expected to be held ahead of the constitutional deadline of June 1992 . |
| 28 | Described by Economy Minister Zelia Cardoso de Mello as a " deepening " of the government 's economic policies , the announcement of the plan , issued by presidential decree on Jan. 31 , was generally regarded as marking the failure of the anti-inflation measures introduced in March 1990 by President Fernando Collor de Mello [ see pp. 37312-13 ] and it was opposed by businessmen , bankers and trade union leaders alike . |
| 29 | All elements which represent links or associations between one element and another do so using a common set of attributes , and are thus regarded as forming the attribute class pointer . |
| 30 | On the whole they are best regarded as expressing a desire to maintain and demonstrate right relations between God , man and his neighbour . |