Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] see as [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The moves were widely seen as part of an attempt to end the 15-year civil war by meeting conditions demanded by the opposition UNITA rebels .
2 Even if literary texts were not seen as copies of reality , they were nevertheless regarded as copies of structuralist models .
3 The fact is that the New Towns were quickly seen as jewels in planning 's crown .
4 In the years after the war , with the drive for ever-increasing agricultural productivity , country house parks were often seen as areas of ‘ conspicuous waste ’ , which could be better put to more intensive cultivation .
5 Stations were invariably seen as places of danger for women .
6 When , a few weeks later , Labour overturned a large Tory majority in a by-election at East Fulham , this was widely seen as evidence of the popularity of pacifism — despite the fact that Labour 's candidate , John Wilmot , had been more concerned to appeal to Liberal supporters of the League than to whatever sentiment may have existed in Fulham in favour of war resistance .
7 This provoked a public outcry [ see p. 37913 ] and was widely seen as evidence of his autocratic style of government , already reflected in his combining the presidency with the chairmanship of the ruling Peronist party [ see p. 37651 ] .
8 The move was widely seen as part of the Socialist Party 's strategy for the regional elections in March to counter the growing popularity of far-right views .
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