Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] see [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some , like the hardline godfather Chen Yun , are so infirm they are rarely seen in public . |
| 2 | Although the couple are rarely seen in public together — Lewis went solo to the Golden Globe awards , though Brad accompanied her to the Oscars — Pitt says it 's not a conscious choice to avoid the paparazzi , they just never go out . |
| 3 | In some areas , however , a different model of teamwork has evolved in which the tasks of assessment and management are shared , and not all patients are necessarily seen at any time by a psychiatrist . |
| 4 | Mythological stories about them suggest they are necessarily seen in this simplistic way to reaffirm to ‘ real polises ’ that it is they who are the true inhabitants of the pragmatic world of conflict and action . |
| 5 | Yet these same people may have great sources of energy which are only seen in non-career activities . |
| 6 | Men are somehow seen as more in need . |
| 7 | The phenotypic effects of a gene are normally seen as all the effects that it has on the body in which it sits . |
| 8 | Playing football , telling a joke or making model aeroplanes are normally seen as second-order experiences , unless one happens to be a professional footballer , a comedian or a model aeroplane manufacturer . |
| 9 | All agree that the building they share in Aldershot , an outdated 60s 12-storey tower block , needs major refurbishment — closing it and moving to the Royal Logistic Corps training centre 20 miles away or converting it to an office block and building a new , smaller Army catering school alongside , are not seen as attractive options . |
| 10 | When vision is directed to an object immediately in front of the eyes , objects in the peripheral ( outer ) areas of the field of vision are not seen in sharp focus , so it is necessary to turn the head and direct the gaze on to these objects in order to see them clearly . |
| 11 | We should not forget the general point that , in many communities where religious affiliation plays no part in political decisions , the clergy are still seen as leading figures who can be called upon to lead and organize activities outside the narrow remit of religion . |
| 12 | The dip in interest reflects both the fact that environmental issues are still seen by many as irrelevant to pressing day to day concerns such as employment , and also the extensive media coverage of the Gulf War , which has distracted attention from other matters . |
| 13 | What we are clearly seeing in some areas is roughly the same group of people exploiting the same local landscape for their subsistence requirements over a long period , but with successive generations living on different sites at different times . |
| 14 | Reformist black activists are also seen as cultural dopes and/or traitors to class and community , bought off by the race relations industry of the Commission for Racial Equality , Community Relations Councils , local authority ‘ race ’ posts , community and welfare projects , or multiculturalism . |
| 15 | Class and gender are also seen as important dimensions of inequality in addition to race and age ; the cumulative effect of these factors has , in turn , led to consideration of triple or ‘ multiple ’ jeopardies in describing the experience of different subgroups , particularly within the black population ( Norman , 1985 ) . |
| 16 | The subjectivities of working-class heterosexual white subjects , white gay subjects , and all black subjects , are often seen as genetically-determined deviations from those of white heterosexuals . |
| 17 | This reflects a change in attitude , the power cars are now seen as separate locomotive units . |
| 18 | Indeed what we are now seeing in some cases as ‘ the genuine article ’ are quality brewery refurbishments dating from the 1920s and 1930s , good Brewers ‘ Tudor , maybe , but hardly the stuff of the ancient , inglenooky world that the modern myth-makers — the brewers and the tourism industry — would have us believe still exists . |
| 19 | In fact they are regularly seen around all the best joints . |
| 20 | Dragonflies have stiff , long wings , with finely netted veining , long slender bodies , and large eyes , which are well seen on this fossil . |
| 21 | Although Moorhens are sometimes seen in unusual localities along the coast , definite evidence of migration in Sussex is very scant . |
| 22 | They are there to see in various books that have been published ; I suppose it is sad that they have n't been seen by a wider opera-going public . |
| 23 | Lone wolves are seldom seen in threes ; |