Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] often see [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Atrophic gastritis and superficial gastritis were more often seen in the alcoholic patients , which accounted for the hypochlorhydria seen in a group of these patients .
2 In a buoyant market , with deals being done left , right and centre , chartered surveyors were too often seen as ‘ brokers ’ .
3 The struggle , however , was most often seen as a defence of traditional liberties , not of ‘ liberty ’ itself .
4 Talk of the sensual , the erotic , was so often seen in relation to the female body .
5 However , the returned veteran was more often seen as the protagonist in a revenge story , typically involving drugs , crime and violence .
6 … in every way like the man , as a twin brother and companion , haunting him as his shadow , both before and after the original is dead ; and was also often seen of old to enter a Hous , by which the People knew that the Person of that Liknes wes to Visite them within a few days .
7 Earlier jazz was also often seen in terms of a ‘ defence of individualism ’ ( spontaneity self-expression , and so on ) .
8 Because that level was set by the government , the licence fee was too often seen as a political issue and a source of political pressure .
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