be classed
Example Sentences
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The court said she spent 163 days in Spain in that financial year - 20 days short of the threshold for her to be classed as a resident for tax purposes.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
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
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
