Example sentences of "[is] [verb] as the [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | is regarded as the most expensive grain in the world , and is n't really a rice at all but a type of grass . |
| 2 | With its large population and massive dependence on foreign exchange from oil exports Nigeria is regarded as the most vulnerable of the OPEC countries and has constantly battled to increase its production quota above the 1.3 million barrels per day laid down by OPEC . |
| 3 | The actual implementation of an innovation is regarded as the most important part of the study . |
| 4 | SIR , — I disagree with F. O. ter Kuile and colleagues ' conclusions ( April 24 , p 1044 ) about the anti-malarial drug mefloquine , which is regarded as the most effective such medication at present . |
| 5 | More importantly , they show how , even in what is regarded as the most basic type of communication , the context that is relevant to the disambiguation of deixis should be seen not as a physical setting that is fixed and given once and for all , but rather as a cognitive space that is actively constructed by participants in the course of the interaction . |
| 6 | Seals make up a large part of the diet of the great white shark the beast which terrified movie-goers in Jaws and is regarded as the most dangerous shark species . |
| 7 | is the result of much searching and is deemed as the most suitable for the angler . |
| 8 | James Beck 's long awaited monograph looks at the man and his achievement ; in his pages , Jacopo della Quercia is championed as the least provincial and most ‘ Italian ’ of fifteenth-century sculptors , an artist sensible to his environs , constantly adjusting his own stylistic language , and eventually producing an individual synthesis of classical , gothic , and contemporary influences in his major works . |
| 9 | The US has been trying for a decade to clinch the deal , not least because it would give its nuclear forces control of what is seen as the strategically vital Pacific zone and a new set of options if its Philippine naval and air bases are threatened . |
| 10 | Traditional wisdom bases ‘ a good diet ’ around the consumption of three meals a day of which breakfast is seen as the most important . |
| 11 | Precisely because ‘ paying your own way ’ is seen as the socially acceptable thing to do , where some do this and others do not the non-payers distinguish themselves as undeserving or in receipt of special favours . |
| 12 | ‘ Taylorism ’ is seen as the quite self-conscious pursuit of what Braverman calls the ‘ general law of the capitalist division of labour ’ , according to which |
| 13 | Both sections have the same maximum punishment , five years ' imprisonment , yet s.20 , which deals with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm , is seen as the more serious defence , yet that gravity may now depend on chance . |
| 14 | But convenience is rated as the most important factor in deciding on a particular type of credit by the great majority . |
| 15 | Besides , Anne is recognised as the most level-headed of the Queen 's children . |
| 16 | Eliza is portrayed as the most emotionally-balanced member of her family : she is loving as well as reasonable ( hence the original title of the book — ‘ Love and Reason ’ ) . |
| 17 | Its Pyrenean valley is known as the most fertile of all , thanks to the kindly work of the local glacier , which laid down its moraine to a depth and at an angle that produced grasslands of great repute . |
| 18 | that particular organisation I presume is , is the one that is known as the most profitable investment bank partnership in the world or in history and presumably the reason why you 've been advised is because the advisor or the director to Robert Maxwell who was instrumental in dealing with Robert Maxwell business wherever he was in the world and I mean I 've seen er faxes and cables to France where er that particular director , I believe Mr Shineberg was , I 've seen faxes about Jersey business to Mr Shineberg er presumably er you 're being advised to take that action because in effect it was operating as one operation with transactions routed through New York , routed through London as seemed to suit the circumstances , but not necessarily with any rational basis other than er to avoid perhaps regulation . |
| 19 | Denmark is cited as the most successful member state in terms of implementing EC directives , with a compliance rate of 99 per cent ( 109 out of 110 directives implemented ) . |
| 20 | Technical membership , which carries a vote in the technology working groups , is touted as the most likely vehicle for X/Open to admit other industry groups and consortia . |
| 21 | ‘ Black society , as does the dominant white society , teaches its members to strive for that which is defined as the most desirable among potentially achievable goals ’ , observes Harry Edwards about the American scene ( 1973 , p.201 ) . |
| 22 | The Independent is perceived as the most vulnerable competitor and editor Andreas Whittam Smith has accused Mr Murdoch of attempting to ‘ destroy us by unfair means ’ . |
| 23 | It 's hailed as the completely revised and expanded edition of the international bestseller . |
| 24 | For this reason , the general collocation dictionary is suggested as the more appropriate . |