Locke explicitly forswore making any hypothesis about the substantial basis of consciousness and its relation to matter, but he clearly regarded it as essential to thought as well as to personal identity.
Representative Barney Frank, Democrat of Massachusetts, said Thursday, "I don't regard it as essential to the bill".
I regard it as essential that after having led a life of sin Julia should not be immediately rewarded with conventional happiness.
There seems little doubt that using educational software only enhances children's computer literacy, and many parents regard it as essential to preparing for the future.
While the study of church history is an elective, Mr. Skvortsov said he regarded it as essential for better relations among Russians and others.
Most other economists have since regarded it as essential in thinking clearly about whether regional trade-deals advance or retard economic well-being.
We therefore regard it as essential that Tsuyoshi Kikukawa and Hisashi Mori resign as directors, that Hideo Yamada resigns as corporate auditor, and that Akihiro Nambu resigns as general manager of the PR and IR department, and director of [Olympus subsidary] Gyrus immediately, and that all of these persons fully disassociate themselves from the company with immediate effect".
Additionally, we regard it as essential to control for influences of major political or economic events in the Euro-area during our investigation so that we tried to conduct the studies at similar periods of time at all places.
The action plan also included the attendance of specialised strengths-based training by the employees since she regarded it as essential for facilitating the employees to discover their own strengths while she would subsequently be able to debrief them on how they employed them at work.
All approaches regard it as essential that organizations measure their performance in providing responsive services (e.g. outcomes of treatment for different groups), with the aim of identifying necessary improvements, taking action, and assessing the organization's progress in providing responsive care.
We seem unwilling to wean ourselves off sugar, somehow regarding it as an essential part of modern life, as smoking once was.
