Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] see as [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The moves were widely seen as part of an attempt to end the 15-year civil war by meeting conditions demanded by the opposition UNITA rebels . |
| 2 | Even if literary texts were not seen as copies of reality , they were nevertheless regarded as copies of structuralist models . |
| 3 | The fact is that the New Towns were quickly seen as jewels in planning 's crown . |
| 4 | At the same time habit , and the realization that funding for the services would be tightly controlled ( if on a more generous scale than in the early 1930s ) , meant that the eastern Atlantic , the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean were still seen as regions which might primarily and appropriately be left to the British . |
| 5 | The public enthusiasm of New York 's governor , Mario L. Cuomo , for his candidacy suggested that Kerrey was acceptable to northern liberals , while his farm state background could give him some appeal in the South , and his war record , glamour and relative youth were also seen as advantages . |
| 6 | In the years after the war , with the drive for ever-increasing agricultural productivity , country house parks were often seen as areas of ‘ conspicuous waste ’ , which could be better put to more intensive cultivation . |
| 7 | During the preceding fifty or sixty years Christians were often seen as outsiders , especially in Western aristocratic circles . |
| 8 | The Führer , too , had demonstratively donned field-grey at the start of the war , to emphasize his unity with his troops and his image as the first soldier of the Reich , whereas the unpopular Party hacks were often seen as shirkers , avoiding their duty at the Front . |
| 9 | Lochs and pools were often seen as places where the gods could be contacted . |
| 10 | Oranges were first introduced into Europe by the Arabs and were originally seen as status symbols . |
| 11 | Stations were invariably seen as places of danger for women . |
| 12 | Goods were increasingly seen as commodities or articles of trade to which the individual rather than the community had right of ownership . |
| 13 | When , a few weeks later , Labour overturned a large Tory majority in a by-election at East Fulham , this was widely seen as evidence of the popularity of pacifism — despite the fact that Labour 's candidate , John Wilmot , had been more concerned to appeal to Liberal supporters of the League than to whatever sentiment may have existed in Fulham in favour of war resistance . |
| 14 | This provoked a public outcry [ see p. 37913 ] and was widely seen as evidence of his autocratic style of government , already reflected in his combining the presidency with the chairmanship of the ruling Peronist party [ see p. 37651 ] . |
| 15 | In May 1870 St Petersburg cotton spinners staged what was widely seen as Russia 's first fully fledged strike : within days a report was on the desk of the Tsar himself . |
| 16 | The move was widely seen as part of the Socialist Party 's strategy for the regional elections in March to counter the growing popularity of far-right views . |
| 17 | What was once seen as foliage and parts of branches is now seen as a human face . |
| 18 | Later on this might have led to complaints about the possibility of corruption ; at the time it was simply seen as evidence that politicians were committing themselves fully to their work . |