Example sentences of "widely see as a [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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1 | This took place amid rumours of a split within the NEC over support for a common age of consent , and was widely seen as a response to tabloid hysteria on such matters . |
2 | On Jan. 9 , however , only days after it had begun , the Brazilian Justice Minister , Gen. Saulo Ramos , announced that the operation had ended , a decision widely seen as a concession to mining interests . |
3 | However , the move was widely seen as a concession to the President , Gen. Gnassingbe Eyadema . |
4 | The reforms were widely seen as a reaction to public controversy over insider trading practices sparked by the emergence in January 1989 of the Pechiney affair [ see pp. 36403 ; 36706 ] . |
5 | Widely seen as a sop to Bush 's conservative Republican critics , the directive was publicly disavowed on Nov. 21 by presidential press secretary Marlin Fitzwater who avowed that Bush had not seen it before it was sent out . |
6 | Both these stories were widely seen as an attempt to ‘ shoe-in ’ Gordon Brown rather than Smith in the event of a leadership vacancy , although Brown , it must be said , had no part in them . |