The phrase "are often construed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing how something is interpreted or understood, often in a legal or analytical context.
Example: "The terms of the contract are often construed to favor the party with greater bargaining power."
Alternatives: "are frequently interpreted" or "are commonly understood".
Science and mythology are often construed as antipodes: the realm of hard facts versus that of full-blown fantasy.
As he remarks in the Miscellanies preface, "Pride, Ostentation, Insolence, Cruelty, and every kind of Villany, are often construed into True Greatness of Mind".
In epistemology, contextualists are often construed as holding that both the skeptic ("You don't know!") and her opponent ("Oh, yes I do!") speak truthfully when they debate.
For example, task difficulty, task novelty and aging all typically involve increased reaction time and decreased accuracy27,28,29,30, which are often construed as behavioural metrics of cognitive effort.
While certain comments commonly and unmaliciously directed at the illustrious are often construed by their audience as hurtful — e.g., "I've been a fan of yours since I was a tiny child," "I think I just read something of yours!"— many other comments fall under the gauzy heading "Depends on Situation".
We found that, despite the momentum of the #MeToo movement, women were careful in playing the "gender card". They avoided what are often construed as "women's issues" that are associated with gender equality such as abortion, pay equity, sexual violence and harassment.
Good governance is often construed as an essentially humanitarian preoccupation, a civil-society concern that is forever trumped by more pressing strategic obligations.
Authenticity and consistency aren't necessarily valued for their own sake, and the concealment of authentic honne behind conventional tatemae is often construed as an act of unselfishness and sociability, rather than of deception or hypocrisy.
Although my work deals with young people and their privacy, it is often construed as a concern for social privacy, and I'm curious about some of the questions around surveillance and privacy relating to institutions and corporations.
Still, in a movie culture consumed by youth and its trappings — vampires, werewolves, stoners and superheroes — Meyers's decision to pay attention to a part of the population that is often construed (and often construes itself) to be invisible stands out in bold relief.
Iran's claim of dominating four Arab capitals (Damascus, Baghdad, Beirut and Sanaa), for example, is often construed by regional observers as tantamount to the rise of a new Persian empire, ignoring that these are four disastrously failed states, to put it mildly.
