Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [prep] many [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Wedding Present are seen by many as a victory for the ordinary and in a perverse way , their lack of image has become their image . |
| 2 | International markets , the EC and the New European Economic Area in particular , are seen by many as key expansion areas , and Society efforts to remove regulations restricting the rights of solicitors to practice abroad continued . |
| 3 | What had been pigeonholed by many as a niche market , for niche products , seemed to have come of age when Alain Pierrot of Hachette disclosed to the conference the total sales of the Grolier Encyclopaedia on a silvery disk . |
| 4 | As King ( 1977 ) shows in his major study of land reform in most parts of the world , altering the patterns of land ownership , inheritance and use has been seen by many as a necessary part of the search for more productive use of land , and hence as a solution to the endemic poverty which characterizes so much of the world : |
| 5 | Addictive disease has common characteristic features that are shared by many if not all sufferers . |
| 6 | The syndrome would be regarded by many as including honeymoon cystitis , that is to say urethral symptoms related to sexual intercourse , but also covers a host of other bacteria-negative causes . |
| 7 | Almost every eventuality has been foreseen , but this has necessitated a complicated set of forms which , although simple in principle , are so detailed as to be regarded by many as impractical . |
| 8 | It should also encompass an intent to have anal intercourse or commit an act of gross indecency since such conduct ‘ would be regarded by many as more serious than abduction for the purposes of sexual intercourse . ’ |
| 9 | Michael Wittet will be remembered by many as a man of wide knowledge and active mind , of thoughtful care and concern , whether to friends and neighbours , colleagues and staff , or to fellow ex-prisoners of war . |
| 10 | Despite the broad nature of the changes , however , the results were perceived by many as change for the sake of change , rather than as the result of the President having found a new formula to deal with the main problems of inflation , the breakdown in government services and the poor state of the economy . |
| 11 | The same criticism has been levelled at the lower tier , the Board , which with twelve of its twenty-one members coming from the DES and the LEAs , is regarded by many as unbalanced . |
| 12 | Whatever its faults , Israel Radio is seen by many as preferable to the wooden programmes broadcast from Arab capitals . |
| 13 | Although a revised standard on going concern is needed , it is important that this SAS , which is seen by many as a critical element in reducing the expectation gap , is not rushed and that due consideration is given to all the issues the commentators have raised . |
| 14 | Irving Penn , one of America 's foremost photographers , is seen by many as one of the few to master more than one genre of photography |
| 15 | Irving Penn , one of America 's foremost photographers , is seen by many as one of the few to master more than one genre of photography |
| 16 | Entries in mixed doubles in international events had dropped dramatically prior to Barcelona and what is seen by many as the most interesting and entertaining discipline in the sport was in danger of extinction . |
| 17 | Undergrounding some or all of the cables is seen by many as one way of lessening the visual impact of the line but NGC says it could cost up to 18 times more than overhead lines . |
| 18 | Yet the shift is perceived by many as marginal . |
| 19 | It had taken £50,000 to bring Bobby back to the Palace from Leicester , but it was money well spent , for his presence was regarded by many as one of the major factors in Palace 's 1972 survival — and we recouped f 12,000 of it when Bobby bustled off to join Pompey just after Christmas . |
| 20 | One recruit of the period is worth special mention as he was regarded by many as a genius . |
| 21 | It was regarded by many as dangerously radical and extreme — in much the same style as the ‘ Bultmann school ’ in the last forty years — but it did introduce a new epoch in critical New Testament research , most notably by drawing attention to the distinct strands and theologies within the different New Testament documents . |
| 22 | Furthermore , a battle was regarded by many as an invitation to God to intervene in human affairs , and God had the disconcerting habit of bringing defeat upon those who faced the prospect of victory with overconfidence . |
| 23 | None of the declared candidates was credited with much chance of winning the presidency ; the incumbent ( Republican ) President George Bush was regarded by many as unbeatable , and this assessment was thought to have deterred other better-known Democrats from entering the race ( although the Rev. Jesse Jackson had not yet ruled himself out ) . |
| 24 | His leadership was regarded by many as ineffective . |
| 25 | Modern socialism , however , is a reaction to the Industrial Revolution which began in the second half of the eighteenth century : in particular to the advent of the machine and the factory , the rapid growth of population and urbanisation , the payment of low wages and the existence of sporadic unemployment , and to the kind of society which industrialisation created which was considered by many as inhuman , unjust and divisive . |
| 26 | That the Thatcher Government was able to spin out the dispute into a second year was seen by many as an indication that teachers were somewhat irresponsible . |
| 27 | The 1986 Act was seen by many as a missed opportunity in that it failed to state in positive terms that there was a right to protest peacefully . |
| 28 | An election that had been fought by the Conservatives on the issue of , " Who runs the country — government or trade unions ? " , was won by a party that was seen by many as in the pay of the unions and there was the spectre of socialism via the ballot box . |
| 29 | Despite the defeat of the current plotters , the main danger to the government was of another coup attempt , which was seen by many as almost inevitable , given the high level of politicization within the armed forces , the almost total lack of respect for the Constitution , and the inability of the President to move decisively and quickly enough against the disaffected elements . |
| 30 | The loss of Ozawa was seen by many as a serious blow to Kaifu 's position , not least because it removed the chief architect of the process of co-operation between the LDP , Komeito and the DSP which Ozawa had been constructing in the Diet . |