Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] see [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For these reasons , Coffin is perhaps better seen as a case in which the Divisional Court , contrary to the evidence , concluded that the situation was such that a breach of the peace was likely , and that the officers were seeking to prevent that at the time when the assault took place . |
| 2 | Indeed , Darwin 's proposal is much better seen as a theory about the origin of adaptations than as a theory about the origin of species . |
| 3 | However , I would suggest that this score is inflated by " Terra " , a proper name that I have only ever seen in a science fictional context to refer to the planet Earth . |
| 4 | While fitting the rear offside wheel back on to Miss Clinton 's car , Jenny 's daddy had been called away suddenly to see to a tractor that had broken down on Farmer Pullen 's farm . |
| 5 | Did he ever come not merely to see as a possibility but actually to possess a conviction of what can be called the benign indifference of the universe ? |
| 6 | Now , the economic costs attributable to the adversary system are not just seen as a function of the frequent reversals of ideologically motivated policies . |
| 7 | ‘ A Whiter Shade of Pale ’ , launched during Art Cologne in November and on show until 19 December , is Kittelman 's challenge to the ‘ over organised audience ’ attracted by the art fair , an attempt to present in a commercial gallery the type of exhibition more usually seen in a Kunsthalle . |
| 8 | The move was also widely seen as an attempt to create an independent political organization with which Aquino could — notwithstanding her previous pledges to the contrary — contest the 1992 presidential election . |
| 9 | The struggle , however , was most often seen as a defence of traditional liberties , not of ‘ liberty ’ itself . |
| 10 | Therefore the market in a world of production is most simply seen as a network of decisions in which resource owners make plans to sell resources to producers , producers make plans to buy resources from resource owners in order to sell them ( in the form of produced commodities ) to consumers , and consumers make plans to buy commodities from producers . |
| 11 | At a local level sponsors so often are involved in the club on a more direct way but it is n't always seen as a problem and can be enormously beneficial to both parties . |
| 12 | I also think we 've got a certain accessibility in our performance that people have n't really seen for a while : we 're willing to perform . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ How odd that you did n't immediately see through a phony like Giles Denton , ’ he grated , totally ignoring her interruption , ‘ and after agreeing to take a cruise with a man you admit you hardly know , you end up in custody accused of drug-smuggling . |
| 14 | Etching a thin section in a 10% solution of NH 4 Cl for 2 minutes is also good for revealing filaments , which are then best seen in a combination of reflected and transmitted light . |
| 15 | There can be no doubt that the PhD , no longer seen as a sign of unusually high scholarly achievement , has become simply a certificate of professional competence , and that intellectual standards have declined accordingly . |
| 16 | Police numbers and resources are no longer seen as a vade-mecum by the police or the Government ( as Hurd , for example , made clear in his speech to the Police Foundation Conference in Oxford on 11 April 1988 ) — hardly surprising after nine ‘ wasted ’ years . |
| 17 | Booth-capturing is no longer seen as an outrage and has become a normal part of electoral strategy , particularly in lawless Bihar . |
| 18 | ‘ BMS 's intercooled turbo diesel engine combines economy , performance and refinement in a way never before seen in a diesel ’ |