Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [subord] [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The great unwashed ’ — the watching ( and listening ) public — are seen as so many target audiences by a ‘ biz'ness'-minded industry to the chagrin of intellectuals or ( some ) professionals who dream of what might have been . |
| 2 | Lastly , conservation has been seen as just one element in rural development efforts , and conservation elements have been linked with agricultural extension , institutional development ( cooperatives , regulated markets , government-supplied services , and so on ) , and the provision of infrastructure ( storage , roads , buildings , etc . ) |
| 3 | Residents from the homes do n't always find themselves welcome in other pubs , but here they 're treated as just another customer . |
| 4 | Because of the underlying sense of grievance numerous situations could have been interpreted as yet further evidence of white imperialism . |
| 5 | At the same time , however , some of these weaknesses might have been avoided if more careful attention had been given to commercial needs by those originally responsible for framing the administrative structures of nationalised industries [ Chester , 1975 ] . |
| 6 | Points 8 – 10 show how RE has frequently been understood as primarily moral education . |
| 7 | Diagnosis can be delayed if too much reliance is placed on a blood glucose strip . |
| 8 | Now the family 's fears had been proved groundless , the bungled pay-off could be dismissed as just another example of clumsy incompetence on the part of the police , the latest in a long list of blunders . |
| 9 | Even this plan had to be revised when really bad weather struck and , after a couple of uncomfortable days hove-to off Jutland , she scuttled back down the Danish coast to Esjberg and , finally to the mouth of the Elbe and the Keil Canal . |
| 10 | The first is that we do not see how states could possibly be regarded as merely one kind of actor among several on the international scene . |
| 11 | A resolution of this issue , which is not a pressing matter , would need also to take account of the fact that speakers do , in practice , use sentences which could be taken as instances of a third possible equational type ( if this is not to be regarded as merely some kind of linguistic jeu d'esprit ) : ( 37 ) cautiously is the way we should proceed In both of these two cases , the question is whether a property concept can fill a position which would otherwise be reserved for an entity . |
| 12 | Changes of intensity may be included though proportionally less significance can be given to them . |
| 13 | A ‘ very high proportion ’ even of the detailed wording of this 1937 text remains in the published version.i Much of The Silmarillion , then , could be seen as chronologically pre- Hobbit , while the Unfinished Tales ( though much more varied in date and nature ) at least contain a good deal of material whose composition preceded the appearance of The Lord of the Rings . |
| 14 | It came to be seen as yet another instance of the depravity of the Sussex poor , firmly pointed out in 1834 : |
| 15 | Furthermore , the importance of predation can be seen as yet another element in the disturbance picture . |
| 16 | The sale of Vernons , generally viewed as a reflection of cash-flow difficulties at the time , can now be seen as yet another example of Sangster 's far-sightedness , in part encouraged by expectations of a national lottery in Britain . |
| 17 | But viewed from Europe this could easily be seen as yet another example of a US-Japan alliance designed to maintain the status quo of world computer dominance . |
| 18 | This view appears disarmingly general but widely acceptable when it is stated as the idea that any economy has to be seen as only one part of a structured world system . |
| 19 | Conventional archaeology must now be seen as only one aspect of a balanced study of prehistory , not the dominant factor . |
| 20 | Levels of 1 PPM were unlikely to be exceeded if only one embalment is performed daily , but many embalmers , of course , regularly perform more than one procedure per day , in which case the current ( U.S. ) standard could very well be exceeded . |
| 21 | ( But we should understand that ‘ complaint ’ is part of the Tradition , and should not be interpreted as merely personal affront : it is a valid and recommended part of Jewish expression . ) |
| 22 | What is interesting about Christian guidelines for economic life is that they can not easily be classified as either right wing or left wing , capitalist or socialist . |
| 23 | This he knows can readily be accommodated as yet another sort of consumer commodity , ‘ within the sphere of personal life permitted in liberal societies ’ . |
| 24 | Permanently placed at Number 55 in the not-quite-so-top 100 , they are destined to be remembered as yet another band Virgin failed to encourage into the charts ( famous last words part 136 ) . |
| 25 | In any event , it may be asked whether all this regulation is necessary or desirable ? |
| 26 | The output may be defined as either gross output , or output net of depreciation . |
| 27 | The uppermost node of the network in Figure 2 can be characterised as communicatively autonomous behaviour since the formal description expresses no interdependence between I and U at all . |
| 28 | In places , where anything short of purposeful warning might be misinterpreted as either suspicious loitering or aberrant vacancy , the normal person feels obliged to put on a show , which tells anyone who might be watching that orderly motives are in hand . |
| 29 | But that is clearly a radical step , only likely to be taken when very serious abuse is involved . |
| 30 | Longer term aims may not require to be re-stated after just one year 's experience — numerous changes of direction will only serve to confuse , but they should be re-examined in the light of progress in attaining short term targets and the development plan should be altered accordingly . |