be classed

Example Sentences

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It argues such conditions should be classed as "non-work limiting" - with people offered support rather than money.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Given there are safer and more conventional riot-control agents available to police, an obsolete and more potent agent could be classed as a chemical weapon, according to weapons experts consulted by the BBC.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025

But this could mean British students studying abroad would also be looked at less favourably because they would also be classed as IMGs.

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2025

For a missile to be classed as truly "hypersonic" in military terms, it needs to be manoeuvrable in flight.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2025

Reductio ad absurdum, by this token, would be classed as a figure of thought, whereas isocolon—a sequence of phrases the same length—or alliteration would be figures of speech.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith