Example sentences of "often seen " in BNC.

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1 I have often seen this in gardens of older house .
2 I have often seen pilots fitting the tailplane on before the wings .
3 His villain is the iambic pentameter , often seen as basic to English poetry , but according to Easthope an alien and bourgeois importation , brought in by Chaucer , to the detriment of the truly native measure of the four-beat-line with a varying number of syllables , found in the old alliterative verse .
4 But when apparatchiks from Central Office , who have us acting as stewards ( ie , usherettes ) are often seen risking life and limb , SAS-style , in order to arrive at a doorway at the same time as a minister does , they are taking a serious risk with morale .
5 It follows then that the ‘ Action Men ’ are often seen as incompetent and as avoiding work which calls for common sense .
6 This period of Eliot 's development is often seen as one of increasing narrowing , so that it is useful to emphasize that while it certainly represents a concentration of energy on Christian themes , it also represents a continuing openness to other elements and a drawing on resources whose foundations were laid in Eliot 's studies at Harvard .
7 The German Ideology is often seen with the Theses on Feuerbach , which was written just before it , as forming together the first formulation of Marxism .
8 The largest 25 producers account for more than 50% of the area planted and it is their names which are most often seen on merchant 's lists .
9 The maturing of British cinema between 1939 and 1945 is often seen as a particular response to the conditions of wartime , when filmmakers were called upon to communicate to audiences an idea of ‘ what we are fighting for . ’
10 Dai Qing was often seen in Tiananmen Square talking to student demonstrators , and being interviewed by foreign journalists .
11 Powering themselves with their tails and using their flippers for steering and balance , they are often seen travelling at speeds greater than 45 k per hour ( 25 knots ) , and the fastest species can reach maximum speeds of over 56 k per hour .
12 Striped dolphins and Dall 's porpoise are most often seen in groups of 530 and 2–20 , respectively , but both have also been observed in numbers of around 300 .
13 Even expensive and exotic breeds — such as the loose-skinned Japanese shar peis which sell for $1,000 — are often seen in shelters .
14 The appointment of Mr Stürmer , a friend of Chancellor Kohl and a man often seen on television , made some of the staff fear they were going to be ‘ politicised ’ .
15 The history of the past ten years has seen Labour consistently oppose any change inside the health service and , even more regrettably , has often seen groups inside it resist reform on the grounds that their vested interests are being challenged .
16 The fact is that the Conservative Party did become closely involved in the problems of the poor and the unemployed — although their efforts were often seen as less than caring .
17 She roamed around the countryside and was often seen , but only in the distance .
18 Adventitious roots grow from the upper parts of a plant , as often seen on the houseplant monstera , or on trailing stems of ivy and marrows .
19 During the preceding fifty or sixty years Christians were often seen as outsiders , especially in Western aristocratic circles .
20 The Führer , too , had demonstratively donned field-grey at the start of the war , to emphasize his unity with his troops and his image as the first soldier of the Reich , whereas the unpopular Party hacks were often seen as shirkers , avoiding their duty at the Front .
21 He is often seen around Hollywood , driving his jeep or eating meals poolside at swanky hotels .
22 Many gardeners — and visitors — are getting younger , partly because of the current ecological obsession and also because gardens are often seen as an extension of the living room .
23 The theist will encounter doubts about the correctness of his or her belief , while the atheist will encounter similar doubts about disbelief Both theists and atheists have often seen a position such as this as too volatile to be credible .
24 Among the African poor , this militancy is often seen as leadership , rather than being viewed antagonistically .
25 Yet in the first half of the century the number of unmarried women increased substantially , so that they formed a significant minority group Spinsters maintained an anomalous social position and were often seen as a threat to a society that assumed all women would marry and be subject to the control of their husbands [ Hill , 229–30 ] .
26 Furthermore , the harvest feast was often seen as a focus for the customary rights of agricultural workers , including the crucial right of access to common land .
27 Although legal intervention is often seen as a means of last resort in cases of extremely persistent truancy , the problem may , by then , have become too firmly entrenched .
28 Typical barges , often seen moored at the mill , have an average of around 300 tonnes , the five barges owned by the company named after Gloucestershire villages .
29 They were often seen together in the extensive grounds of Littlecote and also in the lonely alehouses in the sparse villages of the district .
30 A woman called Charlotte Culham gave evidence that she had often seen Mrs Dyer with small children , and also seen her with packages that resembled the bodies of small children .
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