Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [adv] [be] regarded [conj] " in BNC.

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1 A problem with this idea is of course that most dreams are not remembered , so that even if solutions to problems are achieved during dreams they can not be regarded as adaptive , unless we are to believe that these solutions are somehow incorporated unconsciously .
2 For if such complexes ' are to play the role of particulars , they can not be regarded as being logically on a par with single qualities .
3 Whilst , therefore , the criterion of the owner 's nationality is consistent with a fairly widespread international practice , it can not be regarded as forming part of customary international law .
4 ‘ After anxious consideration I have reached the conclusion that whatever Reg. v. Morris did decide it can not be regarded as having overruled the very plain decision in Reg. v. Lawrence [ 1972 ] A.C. 626 that appropriation can occur even if the owner consents and that Reg. v. Morris itself makes it plain that it is no defence to say that the property passed under a voidable contract .
5 ( f ) Parker LJ stated : " whatever R v Morris did decide it can not be regarded as having overruled the very plain decision in Lawrence 's case that appropriation can occur even if the owner consents and …
6 It can therefore be regarded as divisible into two distinct parts , its intrinsic biochemical nature , which is its physical nature , and its ‘ goodness ’ , an abstract word provided by man millenniums after the event , to describe its quality .
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