Each element is held up for regard as if it were being auctioned.
Maria Sharapova has long been irked by the notion that she is somehow regarded as, if not gnarled, certainly seasoned.
The architects, Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano, turned on its head the way we think about cultural institutions, which had been regarded as if they were closed treasure boxes.
"That which does not appear to exist is to be regarded as if it did not exist," says the Maxims of Jurisprudence of the California Civil Code.
He has a certain wide-eyed wonder in his regard, as if a bit of mystery can be found in everything that catches his eye.
In regard to eating, killing, or destroying them, the clan totems are regarded as if they were human members of the group.
Vegetarianism may occupy the moral high ground, but among men it's regarded as, if not a girl thing, then at least a girlie thing — an anemic regimen for sensitive souls subsisting on rabbit food and tofurkey.
The establishment of schools and investment in the region "were regarded as if they were against the peace process".
He advises us to treat animals "with as much tenderness and pitiful regard, as if they had all that Sense and Perception, which is commonly…attributed to them" (100).
He remarks that in trying to source three such dresses from bridal shops in Cardiff he was regarded "as if I was the biggest sinner in the world" and ended up designing the dress worn by Gwen himself.
Thus, their results may be regarded as if they came from a single, multinational study.
