Example sentences of "[was/were] not seen [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be noted that videos were not seen as a substitute for training but rather as a useful tool for the instructor . |
| 2 | When first envisaged , then , the lectures were not seen as the core of a forthcoming book , even though ( with their Wagnerian connection ) they bore on his current preoccupation — and even though he was currently casting around for a subject for a book . |
| 3 | Relativity and , more importantly , quantum mechanics , were not seen on the whole as a challenge to the idea of the certainty of physics ; on the contrary , they were often presented as proof of the exciting inroads physics was making . |
| 4 | The Act of 1918 set the scene of the entire political world between the wars , often through consequences that were not seen for a generation . |
| 5 | We 've reroofed the house completely rewired it , put in a fire detection system , resotred areas previously out of use and which were n't seen by the public . |
| 6 | Further studies showed that this effect on anomal weight and pellet consumption was not seen with the addition of porcine colipase alone and that there was a significant reduction in total weight of food consumed at six hours when 10 µg synthetic VPDPR was given intraperitoneally . |
| 7 | The princess , wearing a red jacket and black skirt and hat , was spotted soon afterwards making her way to the paddock , chatting happily with Andrew Parker Bowles , husband of the Prince of Wales ' friend Camilla , who was not seen at the meeting . |
| 8 | The much-rumoured move was not seen as a surprise at Westminster where Mrs Currie , who entered the Commons vowing never to just ‘ sit around adorning the backbenches ’ , had slim prospects of ministerial rehabilitation . |
| 9 | In contrast , it is noteworthy that pupils skipping a lesson here and there , having registered as present , was not seen as a problem by headteachers . |
| 10 | Truancy within the school day ( by pupils skipping individual lessons ) was not seen as a problem by headteachers ; 14 schools reported that they did not keep period attendance records . |
| 11 | Lung cancer was not seen as a sequel to smoking until the middle of the twentieth . |
| 12 | Whereas in Victorian England the provision of libraries was not seen as a matter of political contention , in modern England the political factor has operated directly in the closure and cutbacks of libraries . |
| 13 | Moss escaped with his life but the famous " Lucky No.7 " car of his was not seen in a Formula One Grand Prix again although he did later return to saloon car racing . |
| 14 | The fact that in the whole of South West Ireland there was not sufficient labour to man a new United Motors plant was not seen by the Minister as any kind of problem ; simply as a little local difficulty . |
| 15 | But their kids were n't expected to work for their love , it was n't seen as a return for services rendered . |