Example sentences of "[adv] [vb mod] be [vb pp] as " in BNC.

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1 Thus there are clear cases of indirect assistance , such as ( 14 ) above ( where the bare infinitive sounds strange because " a sharp list " can not participate in the action of " cutting loose " , but rather must be conceived as providing a necessary condition for its realization ) .
2 For instance ‘ Turkish baths ’ properly should be described as Islamic baths since they have no special link with Turkey .
3 These results are based on considerably expanded sample sizes so may be accepted as being more representative of the expected performance within each domain .
4 More advanced courses may include elements of document design , and a survey of available systems and technologies with a comparison of their capabilities , but they are still normally designed to teach specific skills and so may be considered as ‘ service ’ courses .
5 The strange occurrence at Ingrow Tunnel has not been explained by logical reasons and so must be regarded as , maybe , a paranormal phenomenon .
6 Untidy foliage at the water 's edge provides a sanctuary for waterlily beetles and other aquatic pests , so should be removed as soon as the first autumn frosts turn it brown .
7 Some findings may prompt the investors to terminate negotiations and so should be reported as soon as discovered .
8 The probes r , s are connected by a clone and so would be considered as neighbours .
9 According to general relativity , space and time together can be regarded as forming a four-dimensional space called space-time .
10 In summary , our basic model assumes that leakages from the circular flow ( T , S , M ) are determined within the model by income levels , and so can be described as endogenous .
11 Some are modified to transmit electric impulses and are linked into a network which amounts to a primitive nervous system ; others are able to contract in length and so can be considered as simple muscles .
12 For simplicity , we assume that both relationships are linear and so can be drawn as straight lines as in Fig. 3 .
13 These things are fundamental , and are the natural outcome of the evolutionary process operating the laws of survival , and the order outlined above may be regarded as self-evidently constituting the best that would be achieved by very early man .
14 ( 5 ) A sale contravening subsection ( 4 ) above may be treated as fraudulent by the buyer .
15 ( 5 ) A sale contravening sub-section ( 4 ) above may be treated as fraudulent by the buyer .
16 Any part of a deposit that is not required as described above must be held as stakeholder by the seller 's solicitor until completion .
17 No matter how ruthless and cruel the evolutionary process may appear to be , it nevertheless must be regarded as having been inevitably so .
18 As we have seen in an earlier chapter , by gentleman or noble person Spenser is thinking of a distinctive class of person , but his desire to fashion gentlemen nevertheless might be seen as directed at individual development .
19 None of these individually could be regarded as representative .
20 GCSE passes at grade C or above will be regarded as equivalent to GCE ‘ O ’ level passes .
21 ‘ Naturally there are other kinds of practices that perforce can be described as ritualised .
22 Fewer still would be dressed as Werewolf was .
23 He also could be seen as having secured the continuation of his private office at No. 4 Parliament Street , when the block of buildings between King Street and Parliament Street was omitted from the Act .
24 In terms of Sioux values , the acquisitive individual of Western society would at best be regarded as peculiar and more probably would be condemned as grasping , self-seeking and antisocial .
25 It is interesting to note that birds and mammals can be grouped together in evolution terms , as both evolved from two distinct reptilian stocks along independent lines ; but both can be treated as similar from a thermoregulatory point of view .
26 If something completely or partly false , however innocuous , can be shown as real for so many years , then anything false can be shown as real , and be believed … .
27 In this case quick must be interpreted as meaning something like ‘ quick to understand / react / see the joke ’ .
28 This is still a confusing drawing but as before can be represented as either nodes , enclosing boxes , primary silhouettes , or secondary silhouettes of the comprising parts as illustrated in Figures 6.30a to 6.30d , respectively .
29 The local authorities cited so far can be described as having assimilated the care programme approach , they take it into account and perceive opportunities to be gained , but they do not appear to have changed themselves in any significant way to accommodate it .
30 The problem that concerns us now can be expressed as follows .
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