Example sentences of "[adv] seen [prep] [be] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Turkey and Iran were widely seen to be vying for influence in the area . |
2 | The pampered town cat , by contrast , is often seen to be prowling around the house like a caged tiger . |
3 | In arctic and alpine environments the surface is often seen to be composed of a layer of angular rock fragments commonly described by the term felsenmeer and attributed to the operation of frost weathering . |
4 | Such areas are frequently seen to be characterized by spalling rock outcrops and shattered boulders . |
5 | Because AIDS was initially seen to be confined to particular groups , some countries which associated drug-taking and homosexuality with deviant or criminal behaviour took punitive measures . |
6 | The education system , as viewed from the perspective of deaf people , is therefore seen to be disabling for a number of reasons : |