Example sentences of "[pron] [be] seen [prep] " in BNC.

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1 When the remainder of the known fortified sites are plotted on a map ( fig. 7.1 ) most of them are seen to be distributed along three routes :
2 We have moved away from such remedies as being too brutal for a humane society and nowadays those who advocate them are seen as blimpish relics of an imperialist , authoritarian society which favoured cold baths and weals on the buttocks as character forming .
3 But will I been seen as a museum piece by some ?
4 In November of each year the Nail is brought to the floor of the cathedral so it my be seen by the faithful .
5 I know I 'm seen as an untidy person , for example , but I 'm not .
6 V.W. I 'm not quite the loony that I was seen to be six years ago , when I first came in the school .
7 The Leicester MP led a delegation representing BCCI victims in more than an hour of talks which are seen as a prelude to a meeting between MPs and Chancellor Norman Lamont on March 23 .
8 IBM Corp has created five new senior vice-presidents , all of which are seen as front-runners to succeed John Akers atop the company .
9 Although highly inventive and productive , this questionnaire can provide only explicit responses , rather than insight into actual practices , and , through processing , has created a normative characterization of the diverse social fractions involved , which are seen as an exemplars of a larger , statistically-based model of class .
10 It concerns evil spirits which are seen as rebellious creatures of Yahweh , bent on wrecking his purposes but ultimately subject to his control .
11 The US is surely keener to deal with the EC as a bloc and with those countries , like Germany , which are seen as key players within it .
12 But his account of natural philosophy , which rejects any inner mechanisms or real essences ‘ hid … behind the scenes ’ which would purport to explain ‘ those appearances which are seen on the theatre of the world ’ , is a clear example too .
13 However , there are certain qualities which are seen to be peculiar to physics and these are crucial to our understanding of the construction of physics as a discipline .
14 Parents are also totally against shutting schools which are seen to be unsuccessful an integral point of Education Secretary John Patten 's new Bill .
15 Through spiritual vision he [ the mystic ] will see in his mind spiritually all the visible things which are seen by others materially .
16 It would be tempting to focus on ‘ video nasties ’ , which are seen by some as the ready harbinger of many of our social ills .
17 Well over two decades of failure to mount any effective challenge to the established order led to their being seen for what they fundamentally were : bureaucratic ‘ enclaves ’ of the international workers ' movement with little substantial contribution to make to the debate on Latin American development .
18 Yes a few years ago yu were seen as a weirdo
19 Some , however , were concerned about the nature of the play activities , almost all of which were seen to be based on some kind of violence .
20 The 1880s saw a major effort to clarify the law and simplify court procedure , both of which were seen as essential prerequisites for improving the efficiency of the judicial system .
21 Optimism about an economic upswing was clouded by signs of popular opposition to the government 's liberalization measures , some of which were seen as a prelude to job losses in the public sector .
22 Mr Lyons has been part of the team which restructured Labour 's industrial policy , the fruits of which were seen in John Smith 's alternative Budget .
23 That those unexpected interests in colour are still valid has been confirmed by Ryman 's ‘ Versions ’ , a series of sixteen recent pictures employing a thin layer of white pigment washed over coloured grounds laid on fibreglass , which were seen in Shaffhausen and at Pace , the artist 's New York gallery , in an exhibition which closed last month .
24 Along with the rise in car ownership came a fall in interest in horse-drawn vehicles which were seen by many to symbolize war time austerity and petrol rationing .
25 Tax representatives are jointly responsible for the overseas businesses ' tax liabilities , although it is the overseas business , rather than the tax representative , which is seen to be registered for UK VAT .
26 It also uses English recall , as does Klima and Bellugi 's ( 1979 ) work , and this must affect the output code , which is seen to be most important in the work outlined above .
27 A school which is seen to be supporting its clients is much more likely to be supported in turn , by the community it is there to serve .
28 The aspect of society which is seen to be most important in this respect is called the dominant instance , and Althusser and his followers argue that it is determined in the last instance by the economy .
29 The basic educational prescription is the sympathetic teaching of ‘ other cultures ’ in order to dispel the ignorance which is seen to be at the root of prejudice and intolerance .
30 Is this because the construction of racialized identities depends on the existence of the Other , while at the same time it is this ‘ alien presence ’ which is seen to be such a threat to identity that its total annihilation is required ?
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