Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] see as [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Great War , river clearance was seen as employment for prisoners , and in the 1920s as a way of relieving unemployment generally . |
| 2 | THE APPROACH of the Eden Park Test initially was viewed with trepidation , and the majority of the five changes to the home team were seen as signs of disarray rather than as providing fresh blood . |
| 3 | The package was seen as part of the transition from a labour-intensive to a capital-intensive economy in Mauritius . |
| 4 | The move was seen as part of the continuing attempts to end Albania 's international isolation . |
| 5 | The move was seen as preparation for ECOMOG to take on an offensive rather than merely a peacekeeping role . |
| 6 | Issued 46 years after the war 's end , the apology was seen as part of an on-going process whereby Japan was attempting to improve its relationship with its neighbours in order to enable it to play a diplomatic and political role within the region which was commensurate with its economic power . |
| 7 | Other debates and ideologies , originating both from state apparatuses and from capital , talked of affluence and a consumer spending boom , and more education was seen as part of the route to yet greater affluence . |
| 8 | In this case the main stumbling block was seen as staffing for the new venture.as the church was already fully stretched . |
| 9 | And for reformers from above — based in Whitehall rather than Northern Ireland — the past operation of local democracy was seen as part of the problem . |
| 10 | The measure was seen as part of an ongoing process designed to increase the reliability of both police and Army units . |
| 11 | Mugabe 's statement on March 4 , 1990 , that " all progressive forces " should prepare for negotiations with the apartheid regime in spite of the continuation of the armed struggle was seen as criticism of the Pan Africanist Congress ( PAC ) with which , rather than the ANC , ZANU had traditionally been aligned . |
| 12 | The publicity surrounding the Gates visit was seen as part of US moves to put increased pressure on the Iraqi government , as were other " covert " US-backed activities — a propaganda campaign inside Iraq and support for the creation of a single leadership of Iraqi opponents to the regime . |