Example sentences of "[be] seen [prep] an [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ agencies ’ proposed in the Ibbs Next Steps Report ( see Chapter 2 ) , for example , are seen as an alternative to government departments for the delivery of a wide range of executive functions in line with the Thatcher government 's emphasis on ‘ value for money ’ . |
| 2 | In the British context of the 1980s the political project that has come to be identified as ‘ Thatcherism ’ has commonly been seen as an attempt to legitimate both the reintegration of a restructured British economy into the global economy and the revision of the relationship between the state and civil society that the preferred version of restructuring required . |
| 3 | More recently he had been seen as an impediment to the resolution of the continuing ethnically based dispute with Senegal , in the course of which at least 40,000 black Mauritanian nationals had been forcibly expelled by the Mauritanian authorities [ see pp. 36579-80 ; 36840 ] . |
| 4 | This could be seen as an approximation to a Ramsey-optimal price structure , though the analogy is probably rather forced . |
| 5 | Finally , its admission must be seen as an advantage to the security industry and to the BSIA . |
| 6 | The prices that different social groups are able to afford for land can be seen as an equivalent to natural species competing for space . |
| 7 | " Look/sniff " arbitrations , as these arbitrations have become known , have to be seen as an exception to this important guideline . |
| 8 | Even mate-swapping or ‘ swinging ’ may sometimes be seen as an adjunct to a stable , adult family life . |
| 9 | The Renaissance then can be seen as an addition to the early modern period . |
| 10 | As such it could be seen as an alternative to armed conflict , an alternative to blind acceptance of an unsatisfactory and perhaps explosive status quo in the control of disputed territory , and even as an alternative to democratic political methods of dispute resolution which can so often lead to legitimately and dangerously dissatisfied minorities . |
| 11 | There was so much new knowledge in science , and degrees in science came to be seen as an alternative to degrees in classics or mathematics rather than as something to be done afterwards as an optional extra , or taken as a merely voluntary course of lectures . |
| 12 | Structured systems analysis and design need not only be seen as an alternative to the conventional approach . |
| 13 | The existence of well developed facilities for borrowing and lending stock can be seen as an alternative to the " repo market " found in the USA and in a number of other countries . |
| 14 | ‘ Wolfson 's policy could be seen as an inducement to people to devise experiments which do not involve the use of animals , and almost everyone would agree that that is a good idea ’ , he says . |
| 15 | In line with the whole spirit of ERA , indicated earlier , this is seen as an incentive to schools to attract and retain pupils . |
| 16 | In particular , in Spain , Italy and also Germany , there is much discussion about a Mediterranean CSCE ( Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe , better known as the Helsinki process ) a long-term institutionalised process of dialogue and negotiation about all the problems of the region , which is seen as an alternative to Hurd 's Gulf Co-operation Council . |
| 17 | The traditional tenancy , because of its informal character , was seen as an obstacle to improvement in these respects … what incentive was there for the tenant farmer to engage in agricultural improvement ? |
| 18 | Darlington MP Michael Fallon believed the clawback clause would be changed if it was seen as an obstacle to striking a deal . |
| 19 | Darlington MP Michael Fallon said he believed the clawback clause would be changed if it was seen as an obstacle to a deal . |
| 20 | Saved by the financial straits of the crown from effective attack by the reforming bureaucrats of the later eighteenth century , the sheep-owners could not hope to defeat the pressure of the municipalities and local courts , when supported by opinion increasingly hostile to corporate privilege , which was seen as an impediment to economic development . |