Example sentences of "[adv] see as the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As of mid-January , there was 50 per cent more over the northern hemisphere than Antarctica — hitherto seen as the focus of ozone depletion . |
| 2 | In fact , it is basically seen as the professionals banding together to protect their own — especially so when set against the various Royal College of Surgeons ' statements that testing of patients after operative accidents is reasonable whether or not the patient agrees . |
| 3 | Hailed by Sir David Wilson , the Governor of Hong Kong , as " a good agreement for Hong Kong " , the memorandum was widely seen as the UK acceding to China 's demands for a greater say in Hong Kong 's affairs , although Sir David claimed that it would not give China a veto over the Hong Kong government . |
| 4 | The arrest was widely seen as the response of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mahathir Mohamed to the PBS 's defection from the ruling coalition before the October 1990 elections [ see pp. 37780-81 ] ; the PBS had won a comfortable majority in the Sabah Assembly [ see p. 37612 ] . |
| 5 | The parties of the centre-right coalition suffered substantial losses in nationwide local elections on Oct. 18 in what was widely seen as the voters ' initial verdict on the austerity measures . |
| 6 | The rout of German self-opinion meant that while Britain , France , Holland and Belgium were busy shaking off the last vestiges of feudal restraint in order to industrialise , the Prussian reaction to defeat was to define their contribution to the world as Kultur — a commodity that was best seen as the absence of change . |
| 7 | And what emerged from the response to the article is that reincarnation is no longer seen as the domain of cranks and weirdos . |
| 8 | His wealth made him one of the principal paymasters of the English Catholic community , and in political circles he was generally seen as the leader of Catholic opinion . |
| 9 | It is still true that the political drive towards the National Curriculum is towards uniformity , so that the consumer — still seen as the parent , . |
| 10 | We may see it even in political fundamentalism — where the teachings of a reformer are still seen as the crystal clear teachings which are the pure source of revelation , and from which deviation is heresy . |
| 11 | How is it that the demand for an independent Sikh state , once seen as the beginning of a threat to the unity of India , suddenly looks like an idea whose time has gone ? |
| 12 | Snow , once seen as the bane of winter life , suddenly became the ‘ white gold ’ which was to change the face of the Alps in summer and winter . |
| 13 | While collaboration between the teacher and the school librarian is essential in the design of the database , the selection and indexing of information and resources , and the construction and maintenance of a database are usually seen as the tasks of the school librarian . |
| 14 | That event is usually seen as the beginning of the Thirty Years War . |
| 15 | Whole-class teaching , usually seen as the device most likely to keep children on task , may well reduce distraction ( or at least distraction of an undisguised kind ) but it may also increase the time children spend awaiting attention , and indeed our own figures on group sizes tend to confirm this . |
| 16 | She had none of that innocence or boundless enthusiasm that the Princesse always saw as the stamp of the American girl . |
| 17 | ‘ To do good ’ and ‘ to save life ’ are both seen as the actions of God . |
| 18 | The Cabinet changes were also seen as the result of an effort by the AD secretary-general , Luis Alfaro Ucero , to boost the image of his party in the run-up to municipal and gubernatorial elections later in 1992 . |
| 19 | Derry are clearly seen as the bridesmaids among the five clubs battling frantically for European football next season . |
| 20 | Gloucester 's actions after his brother 's death are traditionally seen as the triumph of an over-mighty subject , and it follows that Edward IV had been making a rod for his own back when he allowed Gloucester to become lord of the north . |
| 21 | Gloucester 's actions after his brother 's death are traditionally seen as the triumph of an over-mighty subject , and it follows that Edward IV had been making a rod for his own back when he allowed Gloucester to become lord of the north . |
| 22 | In 1843 she translated a paper by General Menabrea , later to be prime minister of Italy , describing Babbage 's analytical engine , later seen as the forerunner of the modern computer . |
| 23 | This collection , often inadequately reviewed at the time , but now seen as the heart of his poetic achievement , contains poems described by Hardy himself as ‘ possibly among the best I have written ’ . |
| 24 | That the presidency is now seen as the heart of the American system and the congress is seen as a sort of unfortunate if necessary check and control on the presidency . |
| 25 | The Meet , which began life as a annual meeting of North Yorkshire and South Durham cyclists , is now seen as the town 's major event of carnival , celebration and fun . |
| 26 | A composer who — to exaggerate only a little — was principally remembered for Il Barbiere di Siviglia is now seen as the author not only of other fine comic operas but also of serious operas such as Tancredi , Otello , Maometto II and , of course , Guillaume Tell . |
| 27 | It is now seen as the marker toward the future for many people with learning difficulties . |
| 28 | However , the returned veteran was more often seen as the protagonist in a revenge story , typically involving drugs , crime and violence . |
| 29 | Small-scale practical support , given either on a regular or occasional basis , is often seen as the essence of kin relationships . |
| 30 | On the Unionist side men who had been fed with the heady talk of absolute resistance mobilized to resist what they now saw as the sell-out of the Southern Irish Unionists . |