Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] seen [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The proposed continuation schools were seen as a means whereby the newly-discovered young workers would be given a ‘ liberal ’ education , involving a version of civic ethics which emphasized both occupational adaptability and community service . |
| 2 | On the fourth day after the operation gram-positive rods were seen in a bacterial culture from the tonsil tissue . |
| 3 | All those administrations had subscribed to the " domino theory " : the non-Communist countries were seen as a set of dominoes , and if one was knocked over ( i.e. went Communist ) then the others would also tumble . |
| 4 | Second , the division of responsibility within the county areas was seen as a weakness ; and many local authorities were seen as too small to accept the responsibilities appropriate to the needs of their areas . |
| 5 | The decision to increase the Commission 's membership to 53 and to allot all the new seats to Third-World countries was seen as a further attempt by those countries to protect themselves , while a simultaneous Western proposal for measures to increase the Commission 's efficiency was defeated . |
| 6 | The escalation of the A-12's costs was seen as a failure for the fixed budgeting principle much praised by the Defence Department during the 1980s . |
| 7 | A few lengths were produced and these amateurish efforts were seen by a director of Coles who was passing through Braintree and happened to look in at an art exhibition in the Institute . |
| 8 | Haughey 's espousal of liberal reforms was seen as a response to the shock result of the November 1990 presidential election [ see p. 37868 ] , in which the victory of Mary Robinson , a woman supported by the Labour Party and the Workers ' Party , was seen as reflecting a major shift in voters ' attitudes and a challenge to the traditional political dominance of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael . |
| 9 | Matters came to a head when Bhutto 's attempt to recommend changes in the tenure and promotion of senior officers was seen as a move to create " extra-institutional loyalties " . |
| 10 | To move to a rural area and to move away in some measure from traditional routine assembly techniques was seen as a partial answer to these problems . |
| 11 | The mindless sentimentality and inevitably happy endings were seen as a reflection of the popular will . |
| 12 | Some kind of assessment of the competence of teachers was seen as a way of weeding out those who were incompetent : a reaction to severe cuts in education ( along with the effects of falling rolls ) , and the need to thin out the teaching force . |
| 13 | The third-floor blaze in Brighton , East Sussex , started just after 2am when flames were seen at a window . |
| 14 | The eastern marches were seen as a means by which internal German social and economic pressure could be relieved , where economic expansion was far more feasible than competition with France and Britain . |
| 15 | And so therefore the local elections were seen as a pointer to the general elections . |
| 16 | The elections were seen as a political victory for Rafsanjani , whose supporters won a majority of the seats , and a setback for the radical faction led by the Speaker of the majlis , Ayatollah Mehdi Karrubi , and the former Interior Minister , Hojatolislam Ali Akbar Mohtashemi . |
| 17 | JAPAN has opened its own version of Summerhill , the ‘ progressive ’ school whose pupils were seen in a television documentary last week fighting , screaming , swearing and — it seemed — never going to classes . |
| 18 | But responses in 1985 were different , at least in terms of degree , and probably in relation to the extent to which the riots were seen as a ‘ race ’ phenomenon by a wider body of opinion . |
| 19 | Crime had been portrayed by positivists as a pathology , requiring the application of psychological or sociological technology to put it right ; criminals were seen as a kind of societal waste product requiring hygienic processing . |
| 20 | After 1870 education for the Poles was seen as a way of bringing them within the German order , of lightening their Slav darkness by opening up to them the world of ‘ civilisation ’ . |
| 21 | At that time the presence of these pupils was seen as a problem , one that would very probably get worse before ( and most people predicted ) natural processes of assimilation and dispersal meant that it got better . |
| 22 | House-price booms were seen as a thing of the past . |
| 23 | His remarks were seen as a sign that the community accepts that there could be a 20- or even 22-member organisation by the end of the 1990s . |
| 24 | His remarks were seen as a hint that the Conservatives might let a minority Government led by Mr Kinnock stay in office if it toned down its programme , rather than force an immediate second election . |
| 25 | In the new political climate of the Donoughmore Constitution these restrictions were seen as a restraint on the economic freedom of the peasantry . |
| 26 | An agreement in May to resume these talks was seen as a setback for the Army , which had arrested Brunswijk and 10 Jungle Commando guerrillas , killing two of Brunswijk 's bodyguards , on March 26 while he was attending peace talks with the government in Paramaribo . |
| 27 | A 64 year old man with bilateral inguinal hernias was seen in a surgical clinic and placed on the waiting list for elective hernia repair . |
| 28 | Last week 's assurance by the company to production unions was seen as a ‘ false dawn ’ by white-collar workers and Mr Thomas added : ‘ The company is mucking us about . ’ |