Example sentences of "seen to be [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turkey and Iran were widely seen to be vying for influence in the area . |
| 2 | Now play some music and observe the l.e.d. — it should be seen to be varying in brightness gently with the music . |
| 3 | Admittedly the vicious cycle of police militarization and public alienation is seen to be kicked into play by the economic crumbling of the inner city , but thereafter the weight of the explanation is placed on inadequate ( or over-heavy ) policing . |
| 4 | The only council member who can be seen to be motivated by hostility to the family is William , lord Hastings . |
| 5 | The only council member who can be seen to be motivated by hostility to the family is William , lord Hastings . |
| 6 | There is little political controversy attached to the figure of the sovereign , for as Bagehot recognized in the nineteenth century , the successful constitutional monarch should be seen to be removed from politics . |
| 7 | The company Directors Disqualification Act was seen to be starting to bit when figures produced in Impecunias , the magazine jointly run by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland and the Law Society of Scotland for insolvency specialists , showed a sudden surge in disqualifications in Scotland form just 49 by the end of April 1992 to 102 by the end of March this year . |
| 8 | Efficiency is seen to be associated with threat and with enthusiasm for the process : the more efficient , the more threatening , and the less the enthusiasm . |
| 9 | We must try to help ourselves to come to terms with the changes in farming , but if the present position persists , farmers in rural areas will not be seen to be working in line with the avowed aim of my right hon. Friend the Minister of a good environmental policy mixed with good farming . |