Example sentences of "[adv] see [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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1 | Turkey and Iran were widely seen to be vying for influence in the area . |
2 | After St George 's , almost all Unionist candidates ran without making promises to support the coalition ; this did not mean that all of them joined the diehard group when elected , but it showed that coalition was no longer seen to be a winning ticket . |
3 | Attitudes are generally seen to be more stable , opinions more variable , but this is an entirely imposed language rather than a reflection of some inherent stability . |
4 | For example , the RVH creche costs £35 per week per child and is generally seen to be ‘ only for children of professionals ’ . |
5 | Example In an essay on an eighteenth-century play , which has argued that the women in the play are generally seen to be a source of disruption or confusion , you could conclude by asking whether women are general sources of disruption , broadly understood , in eighteenth-century drama . |
6 | For the relation given in Equation ( 2.11 ) the acceleration a in material coordinates is easily seen to be . |
7 | The exaltation of pure science is thus seen to be a defence against the invasion of norms which limit directions of potential advance and threaten the stability and continuance of scientific research as a valued activity . |
8 | The last situation is the system of alternating tripods of support , which is thus seen to be only one of a larger number of possible gaits . |
9 | The different approaches are thus seen to be distinct , but perhaps not in conflict ; each approach is seen as an area of specialism , rather than as an area of commitment . |
10 | This is thus seen to be a continuous monitoring activity as changes late in the development programme , within say the concepts stage , could severely affect the confidence in all downstream activities including the actual articles being produced . |
11 | The engineering files are thus seen to be data stores containing both man-readable and machine-readable instructions for the manufacture of the specified articles . |
12 | Each model is thus seen to be independently inserted into the reference space and then attached to each other . |
13 | This instrument is thus seen to be a splendid complement to the other members of the woodwind fraternity . |
14 | Early approaches which saw the state as the' instrument' or tool of the dominant class , faithfully tending to its needs , were soon seen to be inadequate . |
15 | What the , President and colleagues as well as presenting himself as a great European leader , a demand which is not seen as be particularly , although at the moment , John Major and his government have sought to present themselves as green . |
16 | Nevertheless , many argued that , once again , Mr Yeltsin was not seen to be taking charge when most needed . |
17 | The care of children is not seen to be the proper business of the state , given the emphasis placed on individual freedoms and parental rights and duties . |
18 | The point is this : trust is only applauded when it is not seen to be misplaced . |
19 | Marxism is not seen to be particularly antagonistic to the rights of women , and several women attribute their general political consciousness to the education they received through the Party . |
20 | In general , the idea of forming anything more than a temporary joint household with one or other spouse 's parents is not seen to be a serious option . |
21 | The first is that by positioning himself conspicuously behind a veil , the Resident could leave the population in a state of desirable uncertainty about the degree of influence he actually exercised over their emir : his advice was not seen to be taken , but neither was it seen to be rejected . |
22 | And the Liverpool Society warns of the threat of external interference if the profession is not seen to be demonstrating effective self-regulation . |
23 | If firms are not seen to be flexible , they are in danger of losing out . ’ |
24 | Perhaps this attitude of ‘ cooling it ’ , ‘ turning off ’ , ‘ keeping his head down ’ , ‘ disengaging ’ on the part of the failing student is a special case of what Roy Cox ( 1967 ) had in mind when he said : ‘ It is clear that where students are assessed in a way which is not seen to be relevant to what they are aiming at they will tend to distort and degrade the assessment so that it does not become a source of esteem . ’ |
25 | Lyons , in fact , concedes ( b ) : ‘ I am only too prepared to accept that in other traditions scribal records either are not or are not seen to be intrinsically more reliable than memory and oral transmission . ’ |
26 | President Bush has yet to be convinced that ‘ going green ’ will translate into real votes come the presidential election later in the year , and his advisers ( who enjoy nothing so much as bashing a few Greens on the media before breakfast ) have sown so many doubts in his mind about ‘ the lack of scientific evidence ’ that global warming is not seen to be one of the challenges he now faces — despite the fact that his country is responsible for nearly 30 per cent of all emissions of carbon dioxide , the main greenhouse gas . |
27 | The motion of the second ( coupler ) link is thus not seen to be represented by either of the two previous attachment procedures . |
28 | Since " murder " is a strong term and some killings are not seen to be as heinous as the archetypal murder case , the retention of a second form of criminal killing is probably a good idea . |
29 | While individuals may be seeking : ( 1 ) freedom to advance their careers by moving on to other firms , but " job security " in the meanwhile ; ( 2 ) payment , on death or retirement , of the full value of their partnership shares ( including capital contributions , undrawn profits , goodwill etc ) ; and ( 3 ) upon death and/or retirement from practice , financial security for themselves and their families , the firm 's priorities in the interests of preserving profitability are likely to be concentrated on : ( 1 ) the need to impose restrictions on the freedom of partners to leave without adequate notice and/or thereafter to compete with the firm ; ( 2 ) the ability to remove from the firm any partner who has failed to meet proper professional standards who is disruptive or who is not seen to be pulling his weight ; and ( 3 ) the need to minimise the strain on the firm 's finances when a partner leaves whilst recognising a certain moral responsibility towards the family of a deceased partner . |
30 | but erm , you know , they 'll get a lot of trouble and there 's a register , there 's a natural register of assessors and if an assessor is not seen to be doing his job he 'll get struck off basically and that will cause major problems then |