Example sentences of "what [is] [vb pp] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is being said is that it 's intended to keep what 's regarded as a highly successful regime going on existing lines . |
| 2 | ‘ She said the heroin comes in by what 's known as the Balkans route . |
| 3 | But his parents soon realised that Ashley would need more specialized help , so they turned to the Peto Institute in Hungary , which has pioneered the treatment of children like Ashley with what 's known as conductive education . |
| 4 | These people are from the Gloucester Centre for Harmony , and they 're indulging in what 's known as tree healing . |
| 5 | The whole of what 's known as the Corbet block was completely destroyed . |
| 6 | In fact despite being in what 's described as a small fish tank , the Puffer quickly grew to 12″ and for some reason , would inflate himself to the size of a basketball at 8pm each evening . |
| 7 | The plane has been fitted with what 's described as self defence equipment . |
| 8 | They 're charged with conspiring to leave what 's described as an ’ article ’ under a parked van near shops on Girdlestone Road in Oxford intending people to believe it was a bomb . |
| 9 | Sun Valley say the fire was started by what 's described as an accidental fault in a machine . |
| 10 | However , in the interests of Western European stability and its own financial position , the British government is perhaps still putting off the final offer — either British withdrawal or some form of power-sharing with catholic nationalists — in the hope of loyalists coming round to what is seen as a more reasonable position . |
| 11 | The salvation history of the Bible is coupled with what is seen as a significant period in the history of the protestants of Ireland . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | In what is seen as a test case , Mr Justice Chadwick ruled that Oldham Borough Council had no power to sell the 22-acre Clayton playing fields , bequeathed to the town for sport by a local benefactor . |
| 14 | Such an approach may demonstrate to the satisfaction of some that no crime is involved , but it is surely most unsatisfactory to rest the response of the law to what is seen as a testing moral and philosophical issue on some semantic sleight of hand . |
| 15 | The fact that what is seen as crime varies with different societies does not affect the definition of crime — as an act which breaks the criminal law of the particular society . |
| 16 | It is these ideas that lead to what is seen as juvenile delinquency . |
| 17 | Those who question or reject managerial prerogative can be accused of a selfish rejection of Japanese values in favour of alien Western individualism : ‘ an obligation of mutual attachment between firm and employee [ is ] Sanctioned by what is seen as tradition , morally correct and emblematic of Japanese culture ’ ( Clark 1979 p.175 ) . |
| 18 | In this context being ‘ wet ’ embraces what is seen as an insufficiency of robustness in outlook ; a suspicion that overmuch interest is being directed towards the treatment of the convicted offender at the expense of the plight of the victim ; and a distaste for the infliction of physical forms of punishment . |
| 19 | Over in Water Ross the deer are just part of what is seen as the larger problem of who is in charge , and who makes decisions about wild places . |
| 20 | Citation is here an act of revenge against what is seen as a liberal apologetics for black crime . |
| 21 | As Foucault and others have demonstrated , the interpretation of information in contemporary society follows a set of discursive criteria which determine what is classified as objectively true and what is seen as subjective opinion or fiction . |
| 22 | This literature , whilst being mindful of the ordinary business cycle of boom and slump , growth and recession , is especially mindful and critical of what is seen as the increasing coincidence between the five-yearly election cycle and the rhythm of the economy . |
| 23 | But there has also appeared , in the past decade , a strong reaction against collectivism , in the shape of opposition to what is seen as excessive regulation of social life by public bureaucracies , and this has been translated in some countries ( notably in Britain ) into policies of privatization of public enterprises and services , with consequences that have themselves given rise to fierce controversy . |
| 24 | Values : these define what is seen as success by the organisation and establish standards of achievement within the organisation . |
| 25 | As Davis points out , it is also a way in which wives can be saved from what is seen as dishonourable employment . |
| 26 | J.S. Well , the thing is that my work moves right across that because I work with what is seen as ‘ negative ’ imagery . |
| 27 | The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) has published a report on the environment , in what is seen as a response to environmentalist criticisms of the organization 's emphasis on free trade [ see SAFE report , below , and also EDs 51 , 52 and 55 ] in the run-up to final negotiations in the current " Uruguay round " of trade talks . |
| 28 | The UK government has announced plans to encourage cycling , in what is seen as something of a shift of policy away from its market-oriented attitude to transport . |
| 29 | Another strong theme in the conference is what is seen as a threat posed to the traditional newsagent . |
| 30 | There is growing concern in the Government about unemployment in the south-east of England and what is seen as discrimination in favour of Scotland and other areas through regional aid . |