Example sentences of "seen to [be] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The person was older than me and he 's a bit higher up the rank than me and it 's all about it probably comes with experience he 's to stand for yourself really but it 's when you 're our age and a bit younger you do n't want to be seen to be rocking the boat if there 's something that 's going on that you do n't agree with but you 're asked to do something that you do n't want to do valid reasons you have n't got the time or it 's not really up to you to do it |
| 2 | The lead adviser must be seen to be controlling the progress of the transaction and therefore it is useful to appoint a chairman for each progress meeting which should be attended by the principals and the senior member of each professional team . |
| 3 | Before turning to the competing interests and engaging in the balancing exercise , it is necessary to consider who is the public authority who may be seen to be exercising the interference referred to in article 10(1) . |
| 4 | Further , from the time of an announcement of an auction until 28 days after it has been held , the Bank observes a fallow period during which it does not sell stock of a similar type to that being auctioned so as not to be seen to be depressing the price . |
| 5 | The end came when Edward 's royal standard was seen to be leaving the field . |
| 6 | Another reason was that people had to be seen to be playing the management game . |