Example sentences of "seen [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Attendance at external courses must be justified against training objectives or be seen to acquire for the county library some new or up-date skill/ knowledge/experience which would otherwise be a noticeable gap ’ . |
| 2 | On the right , Age addresses her gaze towards Death , thereby distracting her from cutting the Thread of Life joining Eternity to a representation of Clotho , seen resting on a cloud to the upper right corner of the plate . |
| 3 | Then there are one or two anachronisms : the spurs seen resting alongside his boots are of a kind unknown during the Renaissance . |
| 4 | Managers who have seen Peters in action come away on fire with new ideas . |
| 5 | The tiny fry ( about 1.5mm ) will be seen darting around the container and they can be removed by using a pipette or a teaspoon . |
| 6 | In 1893 , spectators burst on to the field during a game between Nottingham Forest and West Bromwich Albion , and a fight ensued between players and fans with the Albionites attempting to defend the referee , although it was observed ‘ that none of the home players could be seen assisting in trying to stop disorder or to protect the Referee ’ . |
| 7 | He proceeded to Cawsand and reported , ‘ Here was the scene of much confusion in the late war , when the French fleet was daily seen to float about this bay meditating destruction to the docks at Plymouth ’ . |
| 8 | Rational models of planning can be seen to fall into two distinct categories . |
| 9 | A STRABANE man seen to fall into the River Mourne from the Mourne Bridge has been rescued by police . |
| 10 | An ideological history can be seen to flow through contemporary thinking . |
| 11 | Later she was seen phoning from the office . |
| 12 | Just as his resignation was being confirmed at Westminster , 43-year-old Mrs Mellor was seen kneeling in front of the TV in her front room . |
| 13 | Groups of Muslim demonstrators retaliated by attacking the nearby Holiday Inn with small arms and grenades in an effort to dislodge several snipers who could be seen firing from the hotel 's upper floors . |
| 14 | Mr Grovey likes to appear cool and trendy ( as do most teachers under thirty ) , but for Mr Grovey the attempt at an up-to-date image is ruined by his liking for wearing highly patterned , sleeveless pullovers of the sort seen hanging in charity shops the length and breadth of Britain . |
| 15 | They could be seen hanging around street corners in Brixton , dressed in their long black coats , later to become the crombies of the skinheads , with short trousers revealing white socks and flat , black shoes . |
| 16 | Even as recently as this summer , for old time 's sake , perhaps , one of them was seen hanging round the campsite . |
| 17 | This is simply an overspilling of sexual activity under conditions of extreme frustration , and the animals which have been seen to perform in this way have also been observed to copulate normally afterwards , if mates are provided . |
| 18 | Seeking to ensure that people are seen to live in pleasant , ordinary homes , are seen to drive in ordinary vehicles ( not Sunshine buses , for example ) , go on ordinary holidays ( not with large groups of other people who also have handicaps ) , wear attractive clothes , have attractive hairstyles , receive the same kind of support services as other people , and now , with social role valorisation ( Wolfensberger , 1983 ) be seen to have appropriate , valued roles in society ; seeking all this begins to sound dangerously close to a marketing strategy . |
| 19 | In line with the general emphasis on blood in the exilic Priestly tradition , tremendous importance was attached to the actual blood of the circumcision , and unless several drops of blood were seen to issue from the wound , the operation was deemed invalid and valueless . |
| 20 | Its branches fork from an implanted bud just above ground level and normally make 2–4ft ( 0.6–1.2m ) high , although — and this has to be said — too often encouraged by incorrect and only partial pruning that permits new growth to break not from near ground level but from 1ft ( 0.3m ) , 2ft ( 0.6m ) , or even higher , they are frequently to be seen consisting of younger bloom bearing growth on top of old barky stems , the whole reaching 5ft ( 1.5m ) , even 6ft ( 1.8m ) , or more in height . |
| 21 | Rome is seen to continue on its headlong path to misery and sin , a symbol of the rejection of Christ for the sake of human idols . |
| 22 | That case can thus be seen to proceed on the same basis as the colore officii cases . |
| 23 | It hardly needs confirming , ’ admitted Cadfael , ‘ except that justice must be seen to proceed on absolute certainty . |
| 24 | they liked to be seen to go to church |
| 25 | no they just like , think that it looks good because they are being seen to go to church |
| 26 | Despite this one Macchi of the 79 a Squadriglia was seen to go into the sea between Gozo and Cap Scalambria possibly due to oxygen starvation of the pilot , Serg.Magg . |
| 27 | Ken , however , was more than once seen to go into his bed and fall fast asleep — undoubtedly the pressure of working in the theatre at night and recording Beyond Our Ken on other mornings proved too much and was reminiscent of another time when he fell asleep . |
| 28 | ‘ When I made inquiries , I was told he was last seen headin' for Castlebar . |
| 29 | Some licensees have seen catering as a profitable sideline and invested their own cash and other resources into developing it , while others have either not been interested or have lacked the capital to do so , and have accordingly only provided minimum facilities . |
| 30 | ( FCA ) of having been found to be in breach of Bye-law 76(a) and liable to disciplinary action under Bye-law 76(a) ( i ) in that he in London between 31 July 1985 and 28 February 1990 audited the accounts of a limited company , a company in which his wife was a shareholder and at various times an office holder , resulting in him not being free of any interest which might detract or be seen to detract from his professional independence and integrity was reprimanded and ordered to pay £600 by way of costs . |