Example sentences of "[be] see [prep] [noun] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since statements are seen in part as a form of protection for the child , we must seek to ensure that all who need this protection have it . |
| 2 | Aethelheard , abbot of Louth in Lindsey , who became archbishop of Canterbury in 792 , may have been seen in Kent as a ‘ symbol of Mercian rule ’ , but he appears to have obtained from Offa a confirmation of the immunity of Kentish churches ( CS 848 : S 134 ) 52 and he presided without Hygeberht over a synod at London attended by most of the bishops of southern England ( CS 265 : S 132 ) . |
| 3 | Thus Baudelaire and Flaubert can be seen without contradiction as both realists and early modernists . |
| 4 | The appointment of Charlton would be seen in Manchester as the perfect solution to the damaging public wrangling that has made the club a public farce over recent weeks . |
| 5 | Perhaps the decision to accept covered pitches in the Championship in 1981 will be seen in time as the inevitable pre-cursor to the preference now for four-day games . |
| 6 | That , more than anything else , will be seen in Brussels as the test of whether Mr Major intends to use his new personal mandate to take Britain to the ‘ heart of Europe ’ . |
| 7 | However , what an owner sees as his due rights may be seen by others as undue privilege ; and where the general interest is material enough to insist on the second alternative , it may with whatever necessary degree of consideration and justice , seek to override the first . |
| 8 | At least one panel member thought that an exemplar set of papers should be produced by SCOTVEC to show what was required , but others felt that an exemplar might be seen by colleges as a check list , and that close adherence to it could stifle initiative and innovation . |
| 9 | These subtler bodies , variously named etheric , astral and so on , can be seen by sensitives as an aura around the physical body . |
| 10 | This might be because the latter category of temporary worker is less subject to union control than the former and might thus be seen by unions as a greater " threat " whose use is to be resisted . |
| 11 | If , on the other hand , it accepts Ratliff 's scheme , and in the process allows the destruction of Henderson Island , this will inevitably be seen by conservationists as a sell out — a deliberate evasion of our colonial responsibilities for the dwindling community on Pitcairn . |
| 12 | Involving airborne and seaborne troops , warships and fighter-planes and bombers , the US manoeuvres were seen by Cuba as a rehearsal for invasion , but described by the US Defence Department as routine . |
| 13 | The decision is seen in Vilnius as the biggest step yet on the road to the complete independence of Lithuania , although Mr Brazauskas was careful to draw a distinction between party and state relations . |
| 14 | ‘ Authoritarian populism ’ is seen by Hall as the latest stage in a long historical development of postwar British politics . |
| 15 | The 21-year-old winger is seen by Porterfield as a player for the future : ‘ He is big , strong , quick and good with both feet . |
| 16 | This increased mobility is seen by Naville as a source of great dissatisfaction . |
| 17 | This proposition is seen by Freud as one which is potentially refutable by further biological research , and which could be completely mistaken . |
| 18 | It is this assumption which many reject , but the rejection is seen by Freud as evidence of repressed hostility . |
| 19 | The creation of the SEM is seen by Cecchini as a programme which boosts the effectiveness of the supply-side of the economy . |
| 20 | Work experience , on the other hand , was seen by employers as part of the school 's discipline and as giving little information about the pupil as an individual . |
| 21 | In particular the crisis was seen by Washington as an opportunity to press for the rearmament of West Germany . |
| 22 | Metaphysics was seen by Ayer as a product of linguistic confusion . |
| 23 | The vast majority of delegations recognized , however , that this no longer commanded significant support , and its effective abandonment was seen by environmentalists as one of the achievements of the meeting . |
| 24 | The appointment of technocrats to a number of economic posts was seen by observers as an indication that the government was falling into line with the requirements of the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) , which in May had approved a three-year financing agreement for the country [ see below ] . |
| 25 | Primakov was a chief advisor to Gorbachev on Middle Eastern affairs , had been a central figure in Soviet diplomacy over the Gulf crisis , and , together with former Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze , was seen by observers as one of the architects of the " new thinking " in Soviet foreign policy . |
| 26 | President Lech Walesa was said to have been astonished and upset by Kolodziejczyk 's retirement which was seen by observers as an indication of tension between Olszewski and Walesa , who had initially opposed the formation of the Olszewski government . |
| 27 | The surviving correspondence does not make clear what happened to Mr. Carrick , but as Glassford had by the time of election three votes prepared and George Abercromby defeated Major Dundas , it may be surmised that Lord Dundas 's failure to secure the reinstatement of the collector of Inverness was seen by Glassford as a neglect which justified his remaining friendly with Abercromby . |
| 28 | It was seen by MPs as spelling the end of any career in government . |
| 29 | Protestant violent action against Civil Rights marches was seen by Catholics as a threat to their communities . |
| 30 | Financial devolution was seen by Solihull as a means of achieving the following : |