Example sentences of "[adv] see [prep] a [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The memorandum was widely seen as a victory for the Chinese side in the negotiations , with the UK effectively agreeing to Chinese demands that it should be able to set its own terms for the size and financing of the project . |
| 2 | The meeting was widely seen as an opportunity for both sides to stress the importance of the US-Japanese partnership , which had been under strain following the Gulf war . |
| 3 | Quantity , essentially , is not seen as a compensation for weakness in technology . |
| 4 | If the alternatives are to work , we must take care that they are not seen as a reward for those who become involved in such activities . |
| 5 | It should be noted that videos were not seen as a substitute for training but rather as a useful tool for the instructor . |
| 6 | Great emphasis is put on writing and drawing skills and typewriters are not seen as a substitute for writing . |
| 7 | Indeed , when Tolkien arrived , he found that the Old English being dished up to the likes of Betjeman was in a grossly truncated form , and the poetry was mainly seen as a quarry for ‘ gobbets ’ — that is , short passages of a very few lines , used for the purposes of testing the candidates ' knowledge of sound-changes . |
| 8 | Furthermore , the harvest feast was often seen as a focus for the customary rights of agricultural workers , including the crucial right of access to common land . |
| 9 | But their kids were n't expected to work for their love , it was n't seen as a return for services rendered . |
| 10 | Since 1983 numbers at the Beacon continued to fall as it was increasingly seen as a resource for children with severe and multiple disabilities . |
| 11 | A general degree is sometimes seen as an alternative for students who are not up to honours standard ; this is largely though not entirely the case with the Scottish ordinary degree . |