Example sentences of "[noun] [be] seen [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , paradoxically , objects are seen as increasingly exchangeable with one another , but also increasingly specific in terms of the particular values assigned to them in the form of prices . |
| 2 | The RMCs were seen as perhaps the major vehicle for such provision and it is encouraging that they are beginning to make a substantial contribution by developing a wide range of in-service short courses and workshops , which in some areas are showing signs of laying the foundation for longer qualification-based programmes . |
| 3 | Crime is seen as only identifiable by the discouraging response it evokes . |
| 4 | A membership based on the hereditary principle and the patronage that is needed to create life peers is seen as deeply offensive in the context of a democracy . |
| 5 | Thus the loss was seen as mainly symbolic in that the school was regarded as a ‘ natural ’ part of the way of life in the community but no particular evidence was used in its support . |
| 6 | He admitted , though , that Labour was seen as too producer-oriented : ‘ We should be able to give a value to unpolluted air , clean water , a safe environment , as the end-products of economic activity . ’ |
| 7 | Despite explanations that the various options had been carefully considered in advance in anticipation of a disappointing ballot result , her action was seen as yet further evidence of the style of government which had helped precipitate the leadership crisis . |
| 8 | In each case , the surviving field monuments are seen as only part of the original picture , with ‘ obvious ’ sites such as barrows probably occurring on the boundaries of territories attached to particular communities . |
| 9 | Afro-Caribbeans are seen as both lazy and as extraordinarily successful in activities requiring considerable physical exertion and mental discipline such as sport and athletics . |
| 10 | The product range is seen as too expensive . |
| 11 | Maybe the single parent is seen as somehow highlighting the cracks that couples think they 've covered over . |
| 12 | The essentially one-day match contract for Chris Cowdrey is seen as rather ‘ something or nothing ’ in the words of a few Sophia punters . |
| 13 | These cells respond most vigorously when a combination of wavelengths is used for the illumination , and the area of the stimulus is seen as strongly coloured by human observers . |
| 14 | Piaget 's name for this important first stage in the child 's long struggle to make sense of her environment was the sensori-motor stage , since at this time the child is seen as only being able to make sense of what is happening around her in terms of establishing relatively simple relations between her motor actions and the associated sensations . |
| 15 | Washington was seen as insufficiently appreciative of British efforts , nor was its main ally always properly consulted before major foreign-policy decisions were taken which affected its interests . |
| 16 | Kerrey 's withdrawal was seen as particularly good news for Clinton as it offered the prospect of removing from the campaign the rancorous legacy of the Vietnam war . |
| 17 | In the British case , forms and levels of national intervention are seen as closely allied to the particular class interests for which the state is responsible : ‘ the City ’ or financial capital ( for example , industrial capital ) or the trade unions . |
| 18 | Furthermore , within nations , local governments and their intervention are seen as largely reflecting the demands made by class interests at the local level . |
| 19 | According to the hunter-gatherer worldview , humans are bound by an elaborate mystical contract with the non-human world , and nature is seen as either neutral or benevolent as long as the terms of the contract — all the rules , rituals and prohibitions — are upheld . |
| 20 | If the point is seen and well argued , the fact that the examiner does not agree with your conclusion will not seriously affect your marks . |
| 21 | In this sense , the military was seen as simply part of the nation 's organizational structure under party control and direction , like everyone else . |
| 22 | Oil-spill experts from a number of countries flew into the area to assist with cleaning-up operations , which were largely limited to defending the intakes of desalination plants with the use of booms and " skimmer " vessels ; the slick was seen as too large for practical use of chemical dispersants , which might in any case damage marine life , and the best hope for its dispersal lay in a combination of the natural processes of evaporation and breakdown by marine bacteria . |
| 23 | Admittedly war with the USSR was seen as only a distant possibility . |
| 24 | Farmers are seen as both victims and perpetrators of the increasing pressure on the countryside . |
| 25 | The Office of Fair Trading 's Consumer Use of Credit Survey showed that the Citizens Advice Bureaux were seen as far the most obvious place to turn to for advice on problems of meeting credit payments with 69 per cent of the 2,155 respondents to the survey . |
| 26 | The most common were ‘ changes in employment ’ , most notably ‘ gaining employment ’ and ‘ course content being seen as too difficult ’ . |
| 27 | American-owned firms were seen as particularly bad . |
| 28 | Demands from local groups for increased participation in the processes of decision making concerning housing and welfare were seen as politically inspired and met with hostility . |
| 29 | Overall , though the various criminal justice agencies were seen as differentially culpable with regard to racial discrimination , racially prejudiced attitudes were thought to be widespread . |
| 30 | This development was effected by a government white paper , The Reorganisation of Central Government ( Cmnd.4506 ) issued in October 1970 PESC , PAR and CFRS were seen as basically administrative procedures for facilitating political decision-making and subsequent managerial control of implementation . |