Sentence examples for 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.

He was so reticent and mild-mannered that his mere laughter on the bench was once construed by a hotheaded referee as being enough out of character to merit an ejection.

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.

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.

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.

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

Drawing on personal experience as a designer working in industry and as a researcher and tutor at University of the Arts, I have been able to draw together elements of a nascent but expanding field of study, being developed through tacit knowledge and academic research, construed by an understanding of the urgency for change.

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

The decision by Christie to go to such lengths in trying to undermine Wildstein, and his trenchant criticism of reporters, was construed by critics as an act of desperation by a governor running out of options.

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.