Example sentences of "to be see against the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact the great universal struggle for human rights is to be seen against the background of human suffering brought about by excessive state power , its abuses and corruption . |
| 2 | I would n't want that to be seen against the other 88 . ’ |
| 3 | This has to be seen against the Unionist belief that Asquith 's government was corrupt as well as irresponsible and radical . |
| 4 | John Plaw 's design in 1800 for a gentleman 's country retreat on the Isle of Wight engagingly illustrates this coexistence : the south-east front ( Fig. 8a ) — to be seen against the harbour , a view that is socialized by boats and buildings — is Grecian in style and covered in stucco ; while the north-west front ( Fig. 8b ) , against a natural background , is ‘ of Monastic character ’ and built in local stone . |
| 5 | The mobility of specialists , moreover , needs to be seen against the ‘ localist ’ orientations of councillors and administrators . |
| 6 | The 15 most heavily indebted developing countries ( see p. 37017 ) in 1988 as a group increased the surplus of their merchandise exports over their imports to nearly dollars 28,000 million ; the dollar value of their exports rose above the 1981 peak for the first time since the onset of the Third-World debt service problem , although the GATT report pointed out that this trade performance needed to be seen against the background of rising interest charges and continued lack of fresh capital inflows . |