Example sentences of "[was/were] regard as [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bir Zeit was the largest university in the West Bank and the election results were regarded as a good indicator of general Palestinian support for the two main competing groups , the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) and the Islamic Resistance Movement ( Hamas ) . |
| 2 | His works were regarded as a primary source of overriding significance for the study not merely of his own activity but of any and every aspect of the history of the revolution . |
| 3 | If , however , liquidity were regarded as a scarce commodity , then the bond price would fall as the degree of liquidity rose , in which case the coefficient on the liquidity measure would be negative . |
| 4 | Although the colliery communities -were never really associated with the cult of respectability , which was so important in dividing the " rough " from the " respectable " working class in Victorian England , nevertheless the pit brow women were regarded as a moral threat . |
| 5 | Before the stories of Helen Keller and Laura Bridgman , two educated deaf and blind ladies in America , became known , deaf and blind people were regarded as a great curiosity . |
| 6 | These youth cliques , with picturesque names like Edelweisspiraten or , based on their taste in music , Swing , were regarded as a political menace by the regime , and for the most part their behaviour did contain a distinct political dimension — rejection of the Party , the Hitler Youth , the regime , and the Führer himself and the lack of freedom and dull uniformity which his rule represented . |
| 7 | It is important to stress that enterprise zones were regarded as a political experiment by the Conservative government elected in 1979 . |
| 8 | Budget deficits were regarded as a normal feature of economic management based on Keynesian principles . |
| 9 | Last-minute trips to Boston by the employment minister , Ruari Quinn , and local mayor , Padric McCormack , were regarded as a face-saving exercise — something to be seen to be done . |
| 10 | ( The Companies House penalties were regarded as a minor inconvenience by the directors . ) |
| 11 | If the ‘ Hooligans ’ were regarded as an un-English phenomenon , they were also understood as an entirely unprecedented development and respectable England felt itself to have been suddenly engulfed in a new rush of crime . |
| 12 | The results — 66 per cent for the PLO , 33 per cent for Hamas and 1 per cent for Islamic Jihad — were regarded as an important signal of the depth of support for the PLO mainstream and its policy of negotiation with Israel . |
| 13 | WHEN I first encountered South German wheat beers , in the early to mid 1960s , they were regarded as an old-fashioned , rustic style , favoured by old ladies with large hats . |
| 14 | At this central sanctuary there was no place for female officiants as the Temple 's affairs were regarded as the sole responsibility of an organized , hereditary male priesthood dedicated to the service of Yahweh . |
| 15 | In generic terms , these were regarded as the operational functions of the College , ie those primarily concerned with delivering the end product . |
| 16 | Golf on the Continent in the 1920s was very much a pastime for the rich , whereas in Britain professionals were employed by clubs as low-paid servants : across the Channel they were regarded as the social equals of the members they served , by virtue of their skill at the game . |
| 17 | Many of Brindley 's ideas were regarded as the hair-brained schemes of a madman which would never see the light of day . |
| 18 | Desks were regarded as the biggest culprit for damage , followed by doors and their handles . |
| 19 | Previous studies have tended to concentrate almost exclusively on scientists ' choices between different theories or explanations since such choices were regarded as the characteristic feature of science . |
| 20 | Estimates of the numbers of people who turned out to greet her ranged from 1,500 to 30,000 , but even this higher figure was regarded as a small crowd by Manila standards . |
| 21 | She was regarded as a pleasant , generous , kind child . |
| 22 | Certainly , it is easy to understand why drainage was regarded as a major manifestation of progress . |
| 23 | Would CPRW 's objectives , as stated above , be more likely to be achieved if Wales was regarded as a distinct ‘ zone ’ ( or region ) under the Agri-Environment Regulation ? |
| 24 | was regarded as a good model for further investigation . |
| 25 | Generally speaking , however , although Orphism was regarded as a new school its derivation from Cubism was acknowledged . |
| 26 | People 's lack of a bare minimum was regarded as a prime inspiration in selecting the theme . |
| 27 | He was succeeded on June 22 by Javier Solana Madariaga , 50 , who had been Minister of Education and Science since 1988 and was regarded as a close associate of Prime Minister Felipe González . |
| 28 | The king 's next relapse resulted in permanent disability ; this was regarded as a divine punishment for his early excesses . |
| 29 | The universe was regarded as a vast organism undergoing a cyclic pattern of alternation , with now one and now another component taking the lead , the idea of succession being subordinate to that of interdependence . |
| 30 | Sinful acts are not Bauthumley 's concern as such , but it is not difficult to see why The Light and Dark Sides of God was regarded as a dangerous work when it appeared to undermine Christian certainties : ‘ I have made God mutable as my self . ’ |