Example sentences of "often see as a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | It is often seen as a subject with very limited aims , usually the acquisition of knowledge and information about ages remote from our own , and whose teaching is restricted to dictated notes , copying from textbooks and rote learning . |
2 | Yet in the first half of the century the number of unmarried women increased substantially , so that they formed a significant minority group Spinsters maintained an anomalous social position and were often seen as a threat to a society that assumed all women would marry and be subject to the control of their husbands [ Hill , 229–30 ] . |
3 | The struggle , however , was most often seen as a defence of traditional liberties , not of ‘ liberty ’ itself . |
4 | It is always hard to forgive people because forgiveness is often seen as a sign of weakness and we feel vulnerable enough after we have been hurt that we tend to build a wall between ourselves and those who have offended us , rather than to have the strength to forgive them and therefore become reconciled with them . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | ‘ Our next guest is often seen as a maverick in the world of needlework ’ |