Example sentences of "[was/were] see [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Overall incidence — For both sexes , highly significant increases in the incidence of anal cancer ( fig 1 ) were seen during 1943–87 ( p for trends<0.001 ) .
2 They were seen for one further session during which it was possible to help them reach a suitable compromise .
3 Christmas and New Year services were seen on Soviet television for the first time early in 1990 .
4 The situation on the farm was an ever-changing one for the wife and examples of these changes were seen on many holdings .
5 From then on until the closure years , both man and dog were seen on many occasions from Swithland signal box and the platform at Rothley Station .
6 Most birds were seen on open downland , levels and coastal marshes , but Hen Harriers winter fairly regularly in Ashdown Forest , and some have recently wintered in large tracts of forestry plantations .
7 The first signs of the new eruption were seen on 23 March 1902 when a rambling party were making an ascent of the volcano .
8 Nodules with a maximum diameter of 3 mm were seen on three of the 13 pancreatic sections in the PBD group only No nodules were seen in the sham operated animals .
9 Finally , erm various terms have been erm thrown around about new settlements being an engine of growth and a sinkhole for future growth , erm the only point I want to make there is that any future growth beyond the present structure plan period of two thousand and six would of course be subject to the planning system , there is no automatic erm growth erm of any new settlement that is proposed or may be proposed beyond two thousand and six , and Mr Davis has indicated that at that time a new study will be carried out on the relative merits of the alternative options that were seen at that time .
10 The required options for a full investigation were seen at this stage to be as in the following list : —
11 Solutions ( 10 mM ) of 5ASA , 4ASA , and their metabolites were used in most experiments , as the effects of IFN γ induced HLA-DR expression were seen at this concentration .
12 And within this relationship local authorities were seen as decentralized administrative agents , acting at the behest of the centre .
13 The result was that the all-union bodies which carried out these functions were seen as Russian bodies , and Russians took the blame for their shortcomings ; while Russia itself , one of the areas whose numbers had been increasing most rapidly before the revolution , was threatened with depopulation .
14 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 .
15 A UDC was to be created — the LDDC — that was to concentrate on attracting in Private-sector investment , partly by attempting to overcome what were seen as major obstacles to regeneration : poor communications and infrastructure , a deteriorating physical environment , problems with land assembly and the area 's Poor image .
16 In addition 3,000 mentally handicapped and 200,000 mentally ill people were seen as new out-patients that year .
17 Refugees were seen as deserving sympathy and help , but they were not to be pampered .
18 Both moves were seen as tentative steps towards opening up the political system .
19 Their motives were seen as malicious damage or play rather than mental disorder or the settling of grudges .
20 That sport and , for that matter , entertainment may not be viable avenues from despair is less important than the fact that they were seen as such by groups who saw no alternatives .
21 Added to this indecisiveness and slow decision-making were seen as undesirable qualities in school leaders , and teachers liked to see an outcome from the consultative process .
22 Teachers were seen as key role models , with parents believing they should dress appropriately and not be seen smoking by pupils .
23 In one demonstration my car was stopped at a hospital entrance but it soon became clear that much of the resentment was directed at what were seen as remote hospital authorities ‘ up there , .
24 Signs of progress were seen as Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic accepted the EC plan for guaranteed minority rights [ see p. 38513 ] , which affected Serbian enclaves in Croatia .
25 Advice , education and training were seen as important aids in the future of the industry and the ATB must ensure that its services are available to those in the more remote , as well as in the favoured , farming areas .
26 Salinas had forced the resignation of the PRI 's governor-elect for the state of Guanajuato on Aug. 29 following similar protests [ see p. 38385 ] ; both cases were seen as important victories for the country 's fledgling civil rights movement .
27 State intervention , collectivism and political consensus , which had characterized politics after 1945 , were seen as significant causes of economic decline and social dependency .
28 Until the seventeenth century , children were seen as miniature adults .
29 In a study of ‘ need for institutional change ’ ( see Table 6.2 ) , these management structures of the Modular Course were seen as less in need of change than any other major committees in the Polytechnic .
30 She gives accounts of the long hours worked by women and the effort put into maintaining what were seen as adequate standards .
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