Example sentences of "was [adv] [adv] see [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 The identification of Hitler with the ‘ struggle against the Jews ’ was most probably seen in a more positive light by the far wider sections of the population , who , though never rabid or violent anti-Semites , had accepted the basic justification of discrimination and expulsion of Jews , and who were largely persuaded of the responsibility of world Jewry for the war .
2 The struggle , however , was most often seen as a defence of traditional liberties , not of ‘ liberty ’ itself .
3 One of the earliest military initiatives of the new state — the raising of an expeditionary force to suppress the Irish rebellion — was partly motivated both by security considerations and by the prospect of financial gain , but was also widely seen as a religious crusade ; this fact was clearly demonstrated in the autumn of 1649 , when Cromwell 's soldiers attacked the Catholic inhabitants of Drogheda and Wexford with a savagery which only religious conflict can engender .
4 The move was also widely seen as an attempt to create an independent political organization with which Aquino could — notwithstanding her previous pledges to the contrary — contest the 1992 presidential election .
5 and so land reform was no longer seen as a means to achieve their end that they that and that it was n't the best policy to consolidate power , it was you needed to have the mass support there first so that 's why land reform was no longer seen as their goal so they did n't take it up at this point when one would expect them to pursue it .
6 Because that level was set by the government , the licence fee was too often seen as a political issue and a source of political pressure .
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