Example sentences of "see [prep] a [noun] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I do n't want to be seen as a candidate for a strait-jacket , either . |
| 2 | Yet a significant event occurs in 1730 when a labouring class poet moves toward the centre of contemporary culture , eventually to be seen as a candidate for the laureateship . |
| 3 | Lastly , in the project for a prison institution that was then developing , punishment was seen as a technique for the coercion of individuals ; it operated methods of training the body — not signs — by the traces it leaves , in the form of habits , in behaviour ; and it presupposed the setting up of a specific power for the administration of the penalty ( ibid. , p. 130–1 ) . |
| 4 | The mergers agreement , and progress on a range of other single market issues such as rules for public procurement , the harmonisation for testing and market veterinary medicines and the labelling of irradiated food , were seen as a triumph for the French presidency of the EC Council of Ministers which has ensured that the legislative timetable for the 1992 single market remains on course . |
| 5 | His appointment was seen as a triumph for the country 's industrial lobby and evidence of the continuing influence of the defence sector . |
| 6 | although on one level Balzac 's story is ‘ about ’ castration ( one of the characters is a castrato singer ) , in Barthes 's reading the theme of castration is seen as a pretext for a kind of reflexive anxiety on the part of the text itself concerning the very possibility of representation . |
| 7 | An agreement in May to resume these talks was seen as a setback for the Army , which had arrested Brunswijk and 10 Jungle Commando guerrillas , killing two of Brunswijk 's bodyguards , on March 26 while he was attending peace talks with the government in Paramaribo . |
| 8 | Vice-President Virgilio Godoy stated that the murder , which was seen as a setback for the attempt of President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro to promote national reconciliation , should not go unpunished and would have to be solved " even if this has to be done outside government institutions " . |
| 9 | The evidence would suggest that devolution can be seen as a chore for the head or as an opportunity for the school . |
| 10 | Today infertility is seen as a problem for the couple and andrology has joined gynaecology as a discipline in scientific medicine . |
| 11 | Taxes paid out of profits will be seen as a cost for the particular firm , and will not be included in net profit . |
| 12 | The ‘ intellect ’ is seen as a function for the direct apprehension of images — to illumine the products of sensory and mental activity , to distinguish , and this is aligned to the thought processes which offer seemingly fragmented views of reality , being centred on objectivity . |
| 13 | Grammar , then , can be seen as a resource for the adaptation of lexis . |
| 14 | Its Lunacy Act of 1838 , which required every department to develop a public asylum , can be seen as a model for the legislation of other countries . |
| 15 | Life there is more comfortable and humane than the old-style prisons , and it 's being seen as a model for the future . |
| 16 | The SSC is sometimes keen to be seen as a laboratory for the world , though at other times it remains America 's bid for leadership . |
| 17 | It would be a pity if talk of road pricing were to divert attention from commonsense action needed now , or if it were seen as a substitute for a properly funded roads programme . |
| 18 | The formal procedure is seen as a substitute for a more spontaneous flow and nurture of ideas . |
| 19 | It also exonerates the community from taking on some of these tasks — caring for the elderly , the chronically sick and the disabled , and it is this aspects of the emphasis on family responsibility that produces scepticism about the motivation of exponents of active citizenship : it is seen as a substitute for the state 's responsibility for the social element of the citizenship of entitlement . |
| 20 | Marriage today is seen as a matter for the couples themselves and not something to be decided upon by members of some wider kinship grouping . |
| 21 | Their case would have been vastly more plausible ; and a decisive electoral victory for the Labour Party might have been seen as a mandate for the promotion of industrial democracy in the trade unions ' model of it , and as an implicit declaration of public opinion in favour of the consequential abridgement or even abrogation of the rights of ownership . |
| 22 | Perot Systems Corp chief Morton Meyerson , seen as a front-runner for the chief executive post at IBM Corp , is described by the Wall Street Journal as an exuberantly eccentric Texas hacker and outdoorsman who lives in a converted electrical substation with exposed plumbing , a massive crane hanging from the ceiling , and an elaborate concert hall ’ — sounds just the man for the task of turning IBM around . |
| 23 | Were those friends to suffer humiliation , it would be seen as a defeat for the political interest to which they belonged , and if the politician had attempted to avoid a commitment , that abstention would merely add the resentment of his friends to the consequences of the defeat . |
| 24 | The fact that no powerfully theoretical recreation geography has emerged , however , should not be seen as a defeat for the subject , for the empirical work that has been produced has not only been very useful in its own right , but has also shown a significant mismatch between leisure aspirations and recreational resources . |
| 25 | The motor industry is seen as a prototype for the ‘ post-Fordist regime of flexible accumulation ’ , involving both fewer workers at principal factories and a much more varied supply of components for different models and markets . |
| 26 | The growth in industrial production may be seen as a proxy for the real growth in cash flows from an investment in a financial asset . |
| 27 | Furthermore , the harvest feast was often seen as a focus for the customary rights of agricultural workers , including the crucial right of access to common land . |
| 28 | The chances of the man who was seen as a contender for the presidency until a few days ago , the former leader , Mr Alexander Dubcek , winning the post are now seen as receding . |
| 29 | The escalation of the A-12's costs was seen as a failure for the fixed budgeting principle much praised by the Defence Department during the 1980s . |
| 30 | Christian growth and education has often been seen as a job for the church , which has robbed the home of its crucial importance for its shaping of Christian character . |