Example sentences of "[was/were] not see [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 It should be noted that videos were not seen as a substitute for training but rather as a useful tool for the instructor .
2 In the eyes of such politicians , industrial managers were not seen as the creators of the nation 's wealth , and the providers of job opportunities for the people , but as despoilers of the environment ; obsolete men , peddling obsolete views , who did n't really fit in with the new social scheme of things .
3 When first envisaged , then , the lectures were not seen as the core of a forthcoming book , even though ( with their Wagnerian connection ) they bore on his current preoccupation — and even though he was currently casting around for a subject for a book .
4 Relativity and , more importantly , quantum mechanics , were not seen on the whole as a challenge to the idea of the certainty of physics ; on the contrary , they were often presented as proof of the exciting inroads physics was making .
5 The Act of 1918 set the scene of the entire political world between the wars , often through consequences that were not seen for a generation .
6 In this study , the most striking histological finding was the presence of extensive amyloid infiltration of the smooth muscle in the AL and the AH cases , but such amyloid deposits were not seen in the AA cases .
7 Further studies showed that this effect on anomal weight and pellet consumption was not seen with the addition of porcine colipase alone and that there was a significant reduction in total weight of food consumed at six hours when 10 µg synthetic VPDPR was given intraperitoneally .
8 The princess , wearing a red jacket and black skirt and hat , was spotted soon afterwards making her way to the paddock , chatting happily with Andrew Parker Bowles , husband of the Prince of Wales ' friend Camilla , who was not seen at the meeting .
9 Lung cancer was not seen as a sequel to smoking until the middle of the twentieth .
10 Whereas in Victorian England the provision of libraries was not seen as a matter of political contention , in modern England the political factor has operated directly in the closure and cutbacks of libraries .
11 However , since the project was designed for small samples , which would encourage certain types of analysis rather than others , the shortfall in the Ipswich control area was not seen as a great disadvantage .
12 The PSI report indicates that roughly half of the London population have serious doubts about the standard of police conduct , although in most cases police misconduct was not seen as a normal , everyday occurrence .
13 Despite the phraseology , the Messina declaration did not seem to have much impact at the time ; it was not seen as a dramatic move towards supranationalism .
14 In such an optimistic climate it was easier for national governments and interest groups to go along with the economic ambitions of the EEC ; it was not seen as a great threat to their own concerns .
15 Orgreave was not seen as a local picket during an industrial dispute but a trial of strength in a politically charged struggle .
16 In contrast , it is noteworthy that pupils skipping a lesson here and there , having registered as present , was not seen as a problem by headteachers .
17 Truancy within the school day ( by pupils skipping individual lessons ) was not seen as a problem by headteachers ; 14 schools reported that they did not keep period attendance records .
18 Within this context setting a pattern of training sessions was not seen as a high priority .
19 The much-rumoured move was not seen as a surprise at Westminster where Mrs Currie , who entered the Commons vowing never to just ‘ sit around adorning the backbenches ’ , had slim prospects of ministerial rehabilitation .
20 Although wishing to increase membership , Council was anxious that direct entry was not seen as an easy option and instructed the M&R Committee to apply rigorously the requirement that the candidates demonstrate at least five years ' experience at senior level in credit management and to raise to 30 years the minimum age .
21 In the recession of the early 1980s this service suffered immensely through poor sales and ultra high terminations — in those days it was said that washroom would be the hardest hit in any recession because it was not seen as an essential service ; much confidence was , then lost in the service .
22 The tribunal allowed the appeal against the direction because VAT avoidance was not seen as the main reason for having two businesses .
23 Moss escaped with his life but the famous " Lucky No.7 " car of his was not seen in a Formula One Grand Prix again although he did later return to saloon car racing .
24 The fact that in the whole of South West Ireland there was not sufficient labour to man a new United Motors plant was not seen by the Minister as any kind of problem ; simply as a little local difficulty .
25 This whole-school section was not seen by the vast majority of staff , again for reasons of confidentiality .
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