Example sentences of "regard as the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The combination of such marked terms with a widespread use of word play is what we can regard as the typical exploitation of language in the French fabliaux . |
| 2 | But Madam Deputy Speaker , these order do n't pay any attention to a number of matters in what I would regard as the public interest and whilst the minister as I say , has quite rightly paid tribute to professional organisations involved in this process , we must never forget that we 're here to represent the public interest and not just er er specific professional interests that may be relevant in each case and indeed in the light of what has happened in this field of enforcement er over the last two years , the minister must be aware that the public are requiring higher standards of commercial probity . |
| 3 | Custody of the share certificate is regarded as the essential protection of the lender and it is not clear precisely how continuation of this popular method of providing security will be practicable in relation to uncertificated listed securities on the introduction of TAURUS — short of repealing section 360 of the Act and requiring ‘ account operators ’ to note equitable interests . |
| 4 | Baldly expressed , those who subscribe to that theory see it as important to explain the process of public policy-making since that is regarded as the essential stuff of British politics itself ; they see interest groups as of central and determining influence in that process ; and they see the group process as enhancing of democracy in Britain . |
| 5 | Today he lives in the Eastern Thai town of Trat and , although officially retired , is still regarded as the overall leader of the Khmer Rouge . |
| 6 | Generally speaking the ‘ political ’ cure for inflation comprised some form of prices and incomes policy , and was regarded as the only alternative to the less palatable ‘ economic ’ cure of demand deflation . |
| 7 | Blessed with a talent considered sublime even in the cynical schools of northern England , Wattana is now regarded as the only player outside the leading ‘ gang of four ’ with the technique and temperament to survive 17 days in one of sport 's most demanding cauldrons . |
| 8 | But the twists and turns of Currie 's political career are simply a graphic illustration of the fact the SDLP can not be regarded as the Labour Party in Northern Ireland . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The defendant 's breach of duty may be a cause of the plaintiff 's damage in the sense that it satisfies the but for test , but some other factual cause , intervening after the breach , may be regarded as the sole cause of some , or all , of the plaintiff 's damage . |
| 11 | In some cases it may be the consumer 's conduct that is regarded as the sole cause of the damage : e.g. the poodle in the microwave oven . |
| 12 | After returning to Soho , Murdock was put in charge of the mechanical department and was regarded as the right-hand man of Boulton & Watt . |
| 13 | It indicates that the much tougher EC standards should now be regarded as the minimum target for British beaches [ see ED 59-60 ] . |
| 14 | The woman is often regarded as the nutritional head of the household , and yet she has had little or no training for this job . |
| 15 | The degree of risk created by the bad driving should be regarded as the crucial factor ; it is not so much a question of whether the sentence should be more severe when the risk eventuates , as whether the sentence should be more lenient when the risk does not materialize . |
| 16 | Produced by a cast of mandarins drawn mainly from academe , the new recipe proceeds from a basic assumption : that international economic competition must be regarded as the principal successor to the Cold War in motivating federal support of science . |
| 17 | However , probably the K-type can be regarded as the principal type . |
| 18 | I , being regarded as the principal guest , was presented with the greatest delicacy , which appeared to be a part of the breast . |
| 19 | Thus whilst 2.3 and 3.2 are the two ways of writing 6 as a product of ( positive ) irreducibles the expression 7 is regarded as the required product decomposition for the integer 7 . |
| 20 | In short , we may recognise three sources for the similarities in bylaws of common field farming in the East Midlands : first , a pattern of intermingled parcels of land involving all classes of tenants and lords ; second , some commonly accepted principles governing social life , which may fairly be regarded as the necessary outcome of the first proposition ; third , a similar physical environment which influenced the choice of farming objectives ; and last , similar economic pressures arising from the basic human need for food , and developing along similar lines , as the market in agricultural produce expanded and communities were driven to pursue change in the same general direction . |
| 21 | In addition there is , as yet , no consensus of opinion among Keynes scholars over his treatment of the labour market so that what is presented here must be regarded as the personal view of the author . |
| 22 | There are two main methods of budding — that which may be regarded as the traditional way , and another ‘ new ’ method that is more often used for other shrubs and trees — although we were using it 40 years ago on both bush and standard roses . |
| 23 | Inadequate thinking , as I hope to have shown in my section on mental development , can be regarded as the inadequate control of mental attention , and , like inadequate action , fails through misdirection , disinhibition , and unco-ordination . |
| 24 | Here , then , we have the most obvious , the most important , opportunity for bridge-building , so obvious and important in fact that , in my view — and here I echo a judgment of Stephen Clark 's which in times past I fiercely denied — an individual 's or organisation 's position on ‘ meat-eating ’ , so-called , should be regarded as the decisive litmus test of their moral credibility . |
| 25 | Moreover — and this is generally regarded as the decisive argument — the greater will be the number among them who will be eliminated and make their votes available for transfer . |
| 26 | Although it is sometimes useful for approximate calculations to suppose that ν T is an ( empirical ) constant , in general ( 19.18 ) should be regarded as the defining equation of ν T rather than an equation for . |
| 27 | In the meanwhile , we may perhaps see here a reflection of a decline of noble and , possibly , of literary influence on the place accorded to the battle in war , in which it was no longer regarded as the great opportunity for individual acts of courage , but more as the culmination of a military process whose aim was the achievement of a particular political goal . |
| 28 | In the main , the holders of cultural capital can be regarded as the dominated fraction of the dominant class . |
| 29 | The temple of Ceres — Demeter — which was dedicated in 493 B.C. was regarded as the plebeian sanctuary ; it was decorated by Greek artists and had a Greek priestess ( Plin . |
| 30 | DC is certainly not regarded as the perfect classification scheme even in sectors where there is no serious alternative . |