Example sentences of "[be] see [prep] terms [prep] " in BNC.

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1 These are seen in terms of two different , but complementary , energy flows , known as the Azure Dragon and the White Tiger , both aspects of the same energy , which need to be balanced .
2 Alternatively , if language problems are seen in terms of the child 's limited understanding of the rule system , this , in turn , might lead on to a programme of intervention designed to teach the child more about the rules assumed to underlie language use .
3 ‘ Solutions ’ are seen in terms of harsher punishments , a ‘ tougher ’ attitude on the part of social workers , and more legal power and controls over some families .
4 If disabled artists or musicians are recognised , living or dead , all too often their lives are seen in terms of their medical condition and their imagined ability to ‘ overcome ’ personal tragedy .
5 Hillingdon 's thesis was that ‘ unexpressed needs ’ , though felt , had not been seen in terms of a library solution , whilst in the case of ‘ unactivated need ’ the library stimulated demand for needs which had not even been felt .
6 The heart chakra , for example , has been seen in terms of a river curving around a conical hill with a church .
7 Traditionally children with special educational needs have been seen in terms of a deficit model — just as disruptive children have .
8 Socially , at this point the significance of design as such is more or less lost : significance can only been seen in terms of problems solved or products produced .
9 As Michael Goldman ( 1975 ) suggests , fashions in acting can be seen in terms of the varying degrees to which it is thought proper to expose the private feeling of the actor .
10 Alternatively on Fig. 3.2 the development may be seen in terms of moving from level 2 — departmental analysis of expenditure , to level 3 — patient care analysis .
11 More fundamentally , one could ask whether the problem should be seen in terms of an interaction between nations at all , for in what sense can a nation be a ‘ player ’ ?
12 Language difficulty will be seen in terms of nonconformity to standard or normal ways of expressing notions and functions .
13 The reasons for the decline in this sector of the housing market may be seen in terms of simple demand and supply analysis : the letting of accommodation has become less desirable for landlords and other forms of tenure have become more attractive for potential tenants .
14 Hence , if evidence is found to support the existence of a North-South divide , this must be seen in terms of measures of ‘ averages ’ for particular regions .
15 He proposes that the production of consciousness must be seen in terms of two relationships that Marx analyses independently .
16 Its importance for the development of fascism in Britain has to be seen in terms of the administration and discipline which the group who left to join Mosley in 1931 supplied to the BUF .
17 As a consequence of this concept of an historical construction of sexuality , a third point of contact lies in the rejection , both by the interactionists and Foucault , of the notion that the history of sexuality — especially in the nineteenth century — can fruitfully be seen in terms of ‘ repression ’ .
18 Setting aside mathematics for the moment , the different levels can be seen in terms of scale ( which Hodgson 1985 neatly gives in centimetres ) , in terms of envelopes ( Needham 1969 ) or perhaps best in terms of levels of organization ( since physicists argue that they relate to ‘ all levels of scale ’ ; Institute of Physics 1988 , p. 2 ) .
19 The idea that the curriculum can be seen in terms of the society or culture of which it is a part is both ancient and recent .
20 From this viewpoint , any part of the organism must be seen in terms of the organism as a whole .
21 It stated : ‘ Although the voluntary system , as we have shown , was once the chief form of collective action outside the Poor Law , it can now best be seen in terms of the ways in which it complements , supplements , extends and influences the informal and statutory systems ’ ( p. 26 ) .
22 In this sense the non-referential and anti-realist nature of , for example , modernist painting and literature can be seen in terms of the differentiation of aesthetic forms from the real world .
23 Liability tended to be seen in terms of contractual duties .
24 Evaluation of the project can also be seen in terms of how useful the teacher sees the microcomputer in the project .
25 The important decisions to be reached at the design stage may be seen in terms of five basic questions : a ) What is the general theme or topic ? b ) Who is likely to use the information ? c ) What kinds of questions will they ask ? d ) What kind of information will they need ? e ) What should the information look like ?
26 The benefits to the library of such projects can be seen in terms of increased relevance to the curriculum , the creation of original information sources by students and in terms of the image of the library .
27 The bargaining relations between state enterprise unions and the political authorities may be seen in terms of Pizzorno 's well-known concept of ‘ political exchange ’ .
28 He realized the importance of kinship systems for the Indians and how for them most social relationships were seen in terms of who was the child of whom and who was married to whom .
29 A rather unsatisfactory marriage was glorified in his imagination by high-sounding comparisons between himself and Dante , while his largely innocent office romances — which do not appear to have gone much beyond crushes on secretaries — were seen in terms of Launcelot 's devotion to Guinevere and the threatened breaking of the Round Table .
30 The Arabs were seen in terms of oil , the Palestinian problem and terrorism , .
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