Example sentences of "[det] [was/were] seen [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was seen as a slight restriction of the doctrine when it was imposed in Church ( 1966 ) , where the court held that ‘ The unlawful act must be such as all sober and reasonable people would inevitably recognize must subject the other person to , at least , the risk of some harm resulting therefrom , albeit not serious harm . ’ |
| 2 | Shortly afterwards Toyota announced plans to establish an engine plant in Shotton , North Wales and this was seen as a further sign of confidence in the British economy . |
| 3 | In addition it was proposed that payment to GPs should be based far more on the size of the doctor 's patient list , as this was seen as a good proxy for assessing how hard doctors work . |
| 4 | Burgoyne and Clark ( 1984 ) report that this was seen as a major reason for returning to live with parents after the break-up of a marriage , and the assistance which grandparents gave with child care in the short term was seen as vital in helping their daughter or son to re-establish themselves economically and to form new relationships . |
| 5 | However , this was seen as a rather negative solution to the problem and so another more positive approach was tried — brainstorming . |
| 6 | This was seen as a way to reward the unions for their opposition to Nazism , as well as a way to foster good industrial relations . |
| 7 | When Sir John Donaldson was appointed to succeed Lord Denning in July 1982 , this was seen as a strongly political appointment and one which the Prime Minister favoured . |
| 8 | This was seen as a sensible up-grade path for LORASS . |
| 9 | This was seen as a first step towards integrating the Soviet economy with international financial institutions , although this did not permit Soviet participation in GATT 's current multilateral Uruguay Round of trade discussions . |
| 10 | US President Bush pledged a fresh US$645 million in humanitarian aid ( subject to approval by Congress ) , while Baker announced that 54 emergency airlifts of food and medicines from the USA would begin on Feb. 10 , although this was seen as a symbolic gesture rather than as a viable solution to the problem of food shortages in the CIS . |
| 11 | This was seen as a very significant move , given India 's longstanding insistence that Kashmir was an exclusively bilateral issue , but subsequent statements by the Ministry of External Affairs emphasised that purpose of the meeting was purely to give information and that India was not asking for international mediation . |
| 12 | This was seen as a reference to the attitude of China which indicated it might withdraw if Taiwan were admitted into the group . |
| 13 | This was seen as a move to improve relations with Western countries and to end the impasse over the Lockerbie affair [ see pp. 38883 ; 39072 ; 39168 ] . |
| 14 | This was seen by a decrease of injury grades II and III and in an increase of injury grades 0 and I. Another experiment with eight rats showed appreciable repair of the gastric mucosa 1 hour after ethanol ( data not shown ) , but the recovery was less pronounced than that seen 3 hours after ethanol . |
| 15 | The lack of additional or ring-fenced central funding for the care programme approach as such was seen as a disadvantage . |
| 16 | A stolen refrigerated truck drives the wrong way up the autobahn — that was seen by a driver coming up the northbound lane — and Tweed 's Mercedes was somewhere not far ahead . |