Sentence examples for viewed as minor from inspiring English sources

That view was strongly disputed by Mr. Kozlowski and by Tyco's chief financial officer, Mark H. Swartz, who said the company's accounting was proper and who took pride that an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2000 produced accounting changes they viewed as minor.

Although FMOs have been previously viewed as minor contributors to drug metabolism, the advantages associated with using FMOs to diversify the metabolism of a drug are now being recognized.

"Cumbersome" is also a telling word: often in this first stage, the threat of nuclear waste seemed to be viewed as minor and dismissible; there was no dispute to the assumption that proper scientific and technological effort would make it disappear.

Of the 77 MITFs with DPs available: 6 (8%) MITFs had errors; Four errors were rated by the clinical panel as "insignificant to minor" and two errors were viewed as "minor to moderate".

More often I see marriages that are very short lived, that the marriage is threatened and used as a tool when the couple fights, and that they decide to divorce over what many would view as minor issues.

There is a strong danger that the Booker will become viewed as a minor American prize, of some small interest when it, as usual, goes to an American writer, otherwise bafflingly open to a lot of strange foreigners, who thankfully never win.

Pettitte's transgressions may ultimately be viewed as fairly minor.

That the Hurricanes are even playing at all is viewed as a minor miracle by many.

The dispute seems to be viewed as a minor irritant in Venezuela, which has a population of 27 million, but in Georgetown it is considered a major development.

Hensher fears the Booker will become viewed as a minor American award, but the prize's chairman, Jonathan Taylor, said a failure to change the rules would be like not allowing China into the Olympics.

In recent weeks, Nigel Farage and Ukip policy have been regularly and prominently reported, but the SNP – after polls suggested it stands a good chance of being a kingmaker in a collation deal – has also received substantial coverage, despite being viewed as a "minor party" in the UK.