Sentence examples for be construed by a from inspiring English sources

But the case can be made that any recreational shooting party (a fairly common occurrence in Dixie) or paintball game could be construed by a prosecutor as doing just that.

The administration of a barbiturate as part of a fatal dose of drugs is meant to render a convict unconscious before other drugs stop his or her breathing and heart so the execution can somehow be construed by a judge as being neither cruel nor unusual.

Thus a "review" on a site frequented by women rating men on things like performance in bed could well be construed by a judge in a court of law that it has "lowered him in the minds of right thinking members of society" (as libel law would have it) since the man both claimed to be committed but had also been "reviewed" for his sexual performance by other women.

That, in the heat of a campaign, might be construed by an opponent as an equivocation by Mrs. Clinton.

The viciousness and carping negativity of the period still unsettles people, it divides people, it plays out in the strong feelings voters still have about the complex events from 2010 to 2013; or perhaps more pertinently, how the events were construed by a hostile and jittery media that Gillard regards as largely having failed to do its job.

So, the difference between a Verbiage and a locution is that whereas the former is construed by a noun group, the latter is construed by a clause.

(17) Minor processes are analysed into relation plus facet; the former is construed by a verb, the latter is construed by a noun.

What some view as a relatively innocent mismatch can be construed by others as a rigged fight.

It is now one win in nine games for Liverpool but Benitez insists his side are "playing better" and just need a bit of "luck", although the penalty that a flying David Ngog won against Birmingham might be construed by many as a turn of fortune.

The panelists knew how their careful words might be construed by those with a political agenda and explicitly cautioned anyone against using the report to discourage condom use.

"It will be construed by many parents as a threat and it is not helpful.