Example sentences of "[be] seen against " in BNC.
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| 1 | Preservationists such as Camporese and Valadier are seen against the background of the various commissions , and individual buildings ' histories are scrutinised . |
| 2 | Now , I think what we 've got to try and ensure is that , that rural counties like Shropshire get a fair crack at that money as well , and we need to be starting to develop and I 'll touch on this if I come , gentlemen , when I come on to development strategy , we need to be developing a regeneration strategy for the county , so that bids to the government for funding from the regeneration budget and from this , from the regen from the er , the single regeneration agency , er , are seen against the background of a cohesive strategy , and we , I think we will be much more successful when we go for government money bids , on that particular basis . |
| 3 | Tall and strong , he was unusual in regularly bowling from wide of the crease , sometimes even so wide that his hand could not be seen against the sightscreen , which obviously caused the batsman trouble . |
| 4 | In noting such comments , it is appropriate to recall that this discussion must be seen against a background described with some outrage by many commentators . |
| 5 | Promises to ‘ delegate ’ have , therefore , to be seen against a long-established trend , with no obvious change in the reasons that underlie it . |
| 6 | In fact the great universal struggle for human rights is to be seen against the background of human suffering brought about by excessive state power , its abuses and corruption . |
| 7 | If Chichester Cathedral represents the peak of secular church activity it must be seen against the whole range of minor church building which accompanied the extension of the parish system . |
| 8 | I would n't want that to be seen against the other 88 . ’ |
| 9 | His many references to the Kingdom recorded in the Gospels must be seen against this historical background and contemporary context . |
| 10 | It must be seen against the social background of early Anglo-Saxon society in the seventh century . |
| 11 | So today 's record GCSE entries — coming hot on the heels of last week 's record ‘ A ’ level scores — have to be seen against that background . |
| 12 | Just as degrees of handicap must be seen against a continuum of need , so must the learning of individual children . |
| 13 | Moreover , the low figure for the USA has to be seen against a much higher level of per capita income . |
| 14 | The Public Order Act 1986 does not codify the law and must be seen against a background of common law . |
| 15 | This has to be seen against the Unionist belief that Asquith 's government was corrupt as well as irresponsible and radical . |
| 16 | What choices a writer makes can be seen against the background of relations of contrast and dependence between one choice and another ; for example ( to take a simple case ) the choice between transitive and intransitive verbs . |
| 17 | John Plaw 's design in 1800 for a gentleman 's country retreat on the Isle of Wight engagingly illustrates this coexistence : the south-east front ( Fig. 8a ) — to be seen against the harbour , a view that is socialized by boats and buildings — is Grecian in style and covered in stucco ; while the north-west front ( Fig. 8b ) , against a natural background , is ‘ of Monastic character ’ and built in local stone . |
| 18 | That the SNP managed to exploit nationality — to make it politically pertinent — in 1974 must be seen against the background of Scotland , and West Central Scotland in particular , as one of the relatively ‘ depressed regions ’ of the United Kingdom . |
| 19 | That persistence must however be seen against the background of the following factors : ( a ) the weakness of her faith as I have found it ; ( b ) the fact that no explanation was ever offered to her by anyone in medical authority as to the risks that a refusal to have a blood transfusion presented to her health indeed to her life . |
| 20 | and therefore any further development on that site would be seen against the existing backdrop of . |
| 21 | The mobility of specialists , moreover , needs to be seen against the ‘ localist ’ orientations of councillors and administrators . |
| 22 | This passage should be seen against its background . |
| 23 | The 15 most heavily indebted developing countries ( see p. 37017 ) in 1988 as a group increased the surplus of their merchandise exports over their imports to nearly dollars 28,000 million ; the dollar value of their exports rose above the 1981 peak for the first time since the onset of the Third-World debt service problem , although the GATT report pointed out that this trade performance needed to be seen against the background of rising interest charges and continued lack of fresh capital inflows . |
| 24 | Gross national product ( GNP ) was expected to grow by about 6 per cent in 1990 but this had to be seen against a similar percentage inflation rate . |
| 25 | The equation of abstract painting and music is long established and provides a genre in which Oulton 's work may be seen against the likes of Mark Rothko . |
| 26 | Such popular movements as occurred between 1381 and the early sixteenth century must be seen against this background , which goes far to explain their character . |
| 27 | However , this should be seen against the background of the varying capital adequacy requirements for FIMBRA regulated firms . |
| 28 | The recent agreement regarding the ‘ harmonisation ’ of excise duties on alcoholic drinks within the Community must be seen against this background . |
| 29 | Not realising how clearly she could be seen against the light , she looked down into the courtyard . |
| 30 | that we 've had a slight increase in the percentage of our employees , albeit that 's got to be seen against erm , er er a lower total of employees altogether . |