Example sentences of "often [verb] as a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The household is often treated as a unit of consumption , and it is frequently assumed that all members of a household have equal access to its resources . |
| 2 | For example , the experimental style of psychology is very often treated as a precondition of effective theorising . |
| 3 | In a compliance system , indeed , resort to formal processes is often regarded as a sign of failure . |
| 4 | Decentralisation is often regarded as a prerequisite of participation and the effective expression of consumer views . |
| 5 | Spelling is often regarded as a totem to be preserved by patriots , rather than a technology , because it was invented thousands of years ago . |
| 6 | She was the first British prime Minister to mount a sustained challenge to post-war consensus politics and , more than any other post-war Prime Minister , she is often regarded as a figure apart from her Cabinet . |
| 7 | Indeed , they were often regarded as a team , though exercised by different disciplines . |
| 8 | They saw such truancy , often regarded as a symptom of deep-rooted social , emotional or economic problems , as something which , despite their best efforts , they could do little to alleviate especially where it was accepted by parents . |
| 9 | The negotiation of the contractual terms of such relationships is all too often regarded as a contest in which the supplier attempts to exclude the maximum possible liability to the customer , and the customer to impose the maximum possible liability on the supplier ; the only rules are those imposed by the Unfair Contract Terms Act , and the contest is finally decided by the relative bargaining power of the two parties . |
| 10 | Perhaps only one librarian will be on an academic-related grade , but more importantly this librarian ( often designated as a tutor-librarian ) will have a job specification which includes a teaching function as well as a library administration function ; and the teaching function will imply teaching academic course subjects as well as library instruction . |
| 11 | Although this is available in tablet form it is often prescribed as a powder , to be taken mixed with water — this combats Candida in the mouth and throat , as well as in the intestines . |
| 12 | The rationalism of their educational project is contingent on the supposed irrationalism of the racist subject — often conceptualized as a collective , class subject . |
| 13 | In moderation , alcohol is often recommended as a relaxant — but do not overdo it or you could find that you have another problem . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , the predominance of keiretsu groups does often act as a brake on competition in Japan . |
| 15 | Therefore , the regression coefficient is often considered as a measure of the effect of the independent variable on the dependent variable . |
| 16 | Archaeology is often considered as a branch of history , and to some extent this is true . |
| 17 | If exchange and completion is to be simultaneous , conditions precedent are often included as a checklist for all parties . |
| 18 | Iris was most often depicted as a NYMPH with golden , winged sandals and a herald 's staff , for she was employed as a messenger for the gods . |
| 19 | De Gaulle was often depicted as a Don Quixote tilting at windmills or King Canute trying to turn back the waves , while the reality was that France was a middle-sized power with no prospect of returning to its Napoleonic glories . |
| 20 | What often starts as a trickle finishes up as a torrent of new ideas . |
| 21 | To invoke again the earlier distinction between different kinds of transgression , the transvestite represents a subversive reinscription within , rather than a transcendence of , an existing order , while the hermaphrodite is often appropriated as a symbol of just such a transcendence . |
| 22 | In addition to its role in imparting particular knowledge and skills , education is often presented as a way of developing children 's thinking skills generally . |
| 23 | Although Sartre 's inability to effect self-totalization is often presented as a failure , the movement of history that he describes is increasingly enacted through his own writing . |
| 24 | The basic components of Maslow 's theory are often presented as a pyramid , but this seems to imply that those needs situated at the top of the pyramid are more important than those at the bottom . |
| 25 | Such unrepresentative surfaces can be stripped away by bombardment of the sample with electrons or ions , and this is often done as a routine precaution to ensure that the surface examined is typical of the bulk material . |
| 26 | It is often seen as a subject with very limited aims , usually the acquisition of knowledge and information about ages remote from our own , and whose teaching is restricted to dictated notes , copying from textbooks and rote learning . |
| 27 | Yet in the first half of the century the number of unmarried women increased substantially , so that they formed a significant minority group Spinsters maintained an anomalous social position and were often seen as a threat to a society that assumed all women would marry and be subject to the control of their husbands [ Hill , 229–30 ] . |
| 28 | The struggle , however , was most often seen as a defence of traditional liberties , not of ‘ liberty ’ itself . |
| 29 | It is always hard to forgive people because forgiveness is often seen as a sign of weakness and we feel vulnerable enough after we have been hurt that we tend to build a wall between ourselves and those who have offended us , rather than to have the strength to forgive them and therefore become reconciled with them . |
| 30 | Furthermore , the harvest feast was often seen as a focus for the customary rights of agricultural workers , including the crucial right of access to common land . |