Example sentences of "[be] see [prep] a [noun sg] by " in BNC.
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1 | To disobey one 's father in traditional China would violate the filial piety integral to the whole system of mores and be seen as a threat by all ; on the other hand when the young of such a society begin to question the code and assert themselves against the old , they see a disobedience as a blow struck for all of them . |
2 | Although Buckingham was to take possession in most cases only as offices fell vacant , the existence of such a powerful reversionary interest could only be seen as a threat by existing office holders . |
3 | Although Buckingham was to take possession in most cases only as offices fell vacant , the existence of such a powerful reversionary interest could only be seen as a threat by existing office holders . |
4 | It may be seen as a ruse by the parasite to avoid adverse climatic conditions for its progeny by remaining sexually immature in the host until more favourable conditions return . |
5 | In this light , the attempts by CMHTs to develop realistic operational objectives may be seen as a process by which the respective priorities and range of expectations of the agencies providing community support services are more clearly specified . |
6 | First , launch aid may be seen as a pre-commitment by European governments not to allow Airbus to be bullied out of the industry . |
7 | Keast ( 1980 ) states that curriculum planning should be seen as a right by primary school teachers , not just an activity for headteachers . |
8 | Alternatively , if the employee receives promotion after refusing a transfer , this may be seen as a precedent by other staff when their turn comes to be asked to move . |
9 | He was fortunate to be seen as an anti-appeaser by the time Chamberlain was negotiating with Hitler and coercing the Czechs into surrender during the Czechoslovakian crisis of September 1938 . |
10 | The judges ' decision can therefore be seen as an attempt by enlightened amateurs to retain their position as arbiters of taste in the face of these threats , by sponsoring a style of architecture which they felt would be an appropriate form of building in Victorian England . |
11 | The book can be seen as an attempt by Scott to assert himself as leading expert on Gothic Revival secular buildings , perhaps having felt that during the great church-building period of the 1840s and 1850s his work was overshadowed by that of other architects , particularly Pugin and Street . |
12 | It could be seen as an attempt by the government to try to retain urban seats or , perhaps more accurately , as the reflection of a personal commitment towards the inner cities on the part of Peter Shore , Secretary of State for the Environment ( MacKay and Cox , 1979 ) . |
13 | Thus the decision not to appoint Risk could be seen as an attempt by the Board to carry out its fiduciary duty to the shareholders ( ie to act in their best interests ) . |