Example sentences of "[adv] see [prep] the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As of mid-January , there was 50 per cent more over the northern hemisphere than Antarctica — hitherto seen as the focus of ozone depletion . |
| 2 | This is clearly enough seen in the case of differing individuals , and also in that of differing cultures . |
| 3 | The arrest was widely seen as the response of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mahathir Mohamed to the PBS 's defection from the ruling coalition before the October 1990 elections [ see pp. 37780-81 ] ; the PBS had won a comfortable majority in the Sabah Assembly [ see p. 37612 ] . |
| 4 | A world little seen by the West until now and on view at Galerie Carla Stützer until 31 October is that of Czech photography of the 1930s and '40s , by photographers Feyfar , Chochola , Medkovà , Novák , Lehovec , Berka and Reichmann , all of whom ( except Reichmann ) are still living and working , and many of whom attended the opening in September . |
| 5 | The rout of German self-opinion meant that while Britain , France , Holland and Belgium were busy shaking off the last vestiges of feudal restraint in order to industrialise , the Prussian reaction to defeat was to define their contribution to the world as Kultur — a commodity that was best seen as the absence of change . |
| 6 | The relationship between the Review and Scrutiny is best seen within the context of the general reception given in the former journal to modernism , and especially to T. S. Eliot . |
| 7 | The strength of neo-elitism is best seen against the background of pluralism ; as a critique of pluralism it introduces the concept of non-decision-making and points up the failure of pluralist methods to define properly what is meant by the term ‘ key issues ’ . |
| 8 | And what emerged from the response to the article is that reincarnation is no longer seen as the domain of cranks and weirdos . |
| 9 | Whilst it could only be considered such with the wisdom of hindsight , it was nevertheless seen at the time as a geographically limited episode of a much wider-ranging struggle . |
| 10 | His wealth made him one of the principal paymasters of the English Catholic community , and in political circles he was generally seen as the leader of Catholic opinion . |
| 11 | Used in this way , a chart would probably be more effective because it may be larger and more easily seen at the back of the class . |
| 12 | This is most easily seen in the context of a market which takes place only once . |
| 13 | The Pompidou Centre will be showing a selection of the Matisse works already seen at the Museum of Modern Art , New York , from 25 February to 21 June . |
| 14 | Such craters are now known elsewhere in the Solar System as you have already seen in the case of Mars , and therefore the mechanism by which they are formed is of widespread relevance . |
| 15 | He could scarcely see for the blur of tears behind his spectacles , but he bent to investigate a glint of metal among the dust . |
| 16 | My glasses are creased by running water and I can no longer see past the end of the boat . |
| 17 | Hiding near the door , I could just see into the kitchen through a small uncurtained window . |
| 18 | I sank down further until I could just see over the seat in front . |
| 19 | Sandy Island , which you can just see on the horizon from the Beach Restaurant , looks just like a cartoonist 's typical desert island sketch . |
| 20 | She could just see by the light of the wrought-iron lamps that he was wearing a shirt with frilled sleeves , and that his hair fell about his face . |
| 21 | No more seeing into the life of things , in short . |
| 22 | It is most directly seen in the case of biochemical pathways . |
| 23 | How is it that the demand for an independent Sikh state , once seen as the beginning of a threat to the unity of India , suddenly looks like an idea whose time has gone ? |
| 24 | Snow , once seen as the bane of winter life , suddenly became the ‘ white gold ’ which was to change the face of the Alps in summer and winter . |
| 25 | That event is usually seen as the beginning of the Thirty Years War . |
| 26 | Individual features in this emission are much broader in velocity than any seen in the emission from the disk . |
| 27 | ‘ Sean is always seen by the public as the real James Bond , ’ said a studio executive . |
| 28 | Statistically this loss rate is low seen in the perspective of the number of flying Spitfires over this time span . |
| 29 | ‘ Some days I can hardly see down the road at all and with all these people parking I just ca n't get through . |
| 30 | ‘ We can no more see to the bottom of the next few hours , than we can see to the bottom of this river what I catches hold of . |