Example sentences of "[is] seen [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tell him — since this critic has n't liked anything he 's seen for about twenty years — ; it does n't matter if he comes on a wet Wednesday with no R in the month and a tram strike . |
| 2 | In the other , the sort he 's just woken from , he becomes an eyewitness to terrible events he 's seen on TV . |
| 3 | The nightmare feels quite different from what he 's seen on TV — but he thinks it is closer to the truth . |
| 4 | The reason it ends up swallowing and eating everything is that it 's seen as the only choice . |
| 5 | NetWorld is in town October 13 through October 15 and it 's seen as the perfect opportunity to gather together Novell 's new OEMs and distributors , a subset of Novell 's Platinum and Gold resellers , for the hoopla . |
| 6 | Hold it in Stockholm , New York , or Lyon and it 's seen as a freebie for ‘ lucky old you ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's seen as a betrayal . |
| 8 | The partnership depends heavily upon the generosity of the charity , but it 's seen as the way forward in care for the elderly . |
| 9 | Mansion House has only 24 , but it 's seen as the first step to putting the University at the forefront of childcare provision . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , even in Minnie , who 's so unlikely that she 's probably true — there probably has been someone who grew up as she did , saloon-wise and card-sharping yet quite sure that she wants nothing to do with the kind of messing around she 's seen under her parents ’ roof . |
| 11 | ‘ Oh , your servant 's seen to that . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's merely been the luck of the draw that Merry 's seen to you every time . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ She wo n't rest until she 's seen to your arm . |
| 14 | ‘ Naturally , he 's seen to it that his commitments are met , has n't he , dear ? ’ |
| 15 | You can only watch helplessly as your child screws up her face , stamps her feet and screams because she ca n't take the toy she wants home with her , or have that alluring packet of sweets she 's seen before tea . |
| 16 | A woman from the American record company who looks oddly like Clint from fringe to feet declares the gig to be the best she 's seen from a new visiting British band . |
| 17 | Once again , a sufferer is seen to be mad , and his fearful sense of what he is up to can be seen to dominate the book in which it is in the end defeated or controverted . |
| 18 | But she was also , among other literary things , the wonderful and baleful orphan or isolate who is seen to advantage in the books she read : and it may be that cultural history is especially worth attending to in cases such as hers , where the subject is a dedicated reader , and the basis for a directly psychological account is even more than usually insecure . |
| 19 | The head , body and arms open out boldly in such a way that the performer is seen to be fully revealed to all as an honest , sincere person who has no need to dissemble . |
| 20 | This can be done only if the whole body is seen to be involved in some way or other . |
| 21 | where it is seen to this day |
| 22 | The United States thus finds itself in a no-win situation : the more it is seen to be intervening against him , the more it is likely to reinforce his position . |
| 23 | In between are the ‘ fair ’ judges , whose judgement is seen to be unaffected by mood or the time of the day , and whose punishment fits the crime . |
| 24 | I have outlined a handful of sexual difference theories wherein homosexuality is associated with , or is seen to be expressive of : ( 1 ) the true , negative , nature of patriarchy , ( 2 ) a negation of what is truly vital and creative in ( heterosexual ) desire , ( 3 ) anti-Semitism , totalitarianism , and fascism , ( 4 ) an obliteration of the autonomy of the other , ( 5 ) anal negativity , solipsism , and sterility and de-creation , ( 6 ) the undifferentiation of a dying culture , ( 7 ) a cowardly refusal of homosocial rivalry , ( 8 ) the definitive expression of homosocial rivalry . |
| 25 | The answer is seen to be : 1,020,304,050,607,080,910,100 . |
| 26 | Brownie points for guts , if true ; but public confidence is not going to be restored in the integrity of official information unless it is seen to be properly independent of the government machine that is now exerting its improper pressures behind closed doors . |
| 27 | Because of Ceausescu 's insistence that the entire population is responsible for national defence , there is seen to be no need to maintain professional and well-trained armed soldiers . |
| 28 | Unless his Kuwaiti venture is seen to be a manifest failure for him personally , runs the argument , the job will have been only half done . |
| 29 | And if a boy is seen to be too concerned with his appearance , he gets called , amongst other things , a ‘ poofter ’ . |
| 30 | A far more task-orientated approach is seen to be required taking into account both externally identified problems and the wishes and latent abilities of rural people themselves . |