Example sentences of "seen [conj] [v-ing] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Broadly the period 1951–87 can be divided into four parts : 1951–64 , a period of comparatively little social policy innovation which may be regarded as a time of consolidation or stagnation , according to one 's political viewpoint ; 1964–74 , a period of fairly intense policy change stimulated by both political parties , in which considerable difficulties were experienced in translating aspirations into practice ; 1974–78 , a period in which rapid inflation and government by the Labour party without a parliamentary majority administered a severe shock to the political and social system , and to all who believed that there was still a need for developments in social policy ; and 1979–87 , when much more explicitly anti-welfare state Conservative administrations reinforced that shock by deliberately treating inflation as more deserving of its attention than unemployment , attacking public services which were seen as inhibiting economic recovery and seeking ways to ‘ privatize ’ public services . |
| 2 | They may be seen as lacking basic training which can be rectified by the intervention of psychiatrists , psychologists , social workers , probation workers or other similar welfare professionals . |
| 3 | The strength of the protest vote against the mainstream parties was seen as reflecting popular disillusionment with their unsuccessful attempts to resolve the country 's long-running linguistic problems and to complete constitutional reforms [ see p. 38465 ] . |
| 4 | Also , the fact that free , rational human beings are still seen as requiring organised discouragement from committing crime implies an acceptance of its ‘ naturalness ’ . |
| 5 | Whether these types of initiative ought to be included within the development theme is arguable , but labour-supply considerations may be seen as constraining urban output . |
| 6 | The action of Jesus is seen as fulfilling Messianic prophecy : |
| 7 | He is empowered to authorize the use of these powers to a properly constituted body and the RP is seen as fulfilling this role . |
| 8 | If we approach these tensions from the perspective of assuming that these represent the dialectical poles , or at least some of them ( for of course others could be discussed here had we the space : for example the tension between " knowing how " and " knowing that " in design activity ) of a design activity which encompasses all of these in a vertical moment of synthesis , a synthesis that is counterposed horizontally ( ie over time ) by the changing movements of the activity itself ( from product critique through to problem definition to cognitive modeling of potential solutions etc ) , a movement of understanding and practice which parallels in its sphere the circle of historical understanding and historical praxis ( and just as the latter is the " way in which history itself moves " so the former is the " way praxis itself moves " ) so design can be seen as embodying that movement in its movement from or across actuality ie in its activity of transformation from one set of " givens " to another ; in its movement from problem to product . |
| 9 | Including Irish women — six of the forty fell into this category — might be seen as contradicting this objective . |
| 10 | The professionalisation of management in the late 1950s and early 1960s coincided with other economic trends , which may be seen as providing fertile ground for the seeds of the search industry . |
| 11 | An informal survey of the lunchtime customers suggests that the hotel is well established as a meeting place and that the lunches are seen as providing good value . |
| 12 | The outcome of these cases is that the Chinese wall has not been seen as providing satisfactory protection for the interests of the former client and , despite the existence of a Chinese wall , the courts have required the law firms not to act on behalf of the new client . |
| 13 | ‘ Functional ’ because such institutions have to be seen as serving certain value objectives , in this case primarily the avoidance of war and mutual destruction . |
| 14 | Donald MacRae , a professor of sociology , for example , was seen as lending substantial support to the development of the polytechnics . |
| 15 | Is our political culture more attractive if seen as accepting that virtue ? |
| 16 | appeared to have little interest in the sort of discussion groups generally seen as furthering mutual support and understanding … |
| 17 | The vote was seen as marking another step towards ending the EP 's nomadic existence between Luxembourg , where the secretariat was based , Strasbourg , where its annual monthly plenary sessions were held , and Brussels , where committee meetings were held . |
| 18 | In September 1989 , it was reported that the Home Secretary had begun a series of private discussions with public officials including the Lord Chancellor , the Lord Chief Justice ( who had hitherto been reluctant to participate in such discussions lest they were seen as prejudicing judicial independence ) and the senior Lord Justice of Appeal . |
| 19 | Accordingly , first up were East Village , Heavenly 's wild card from early on , when their timeless swoonings and groomings were seen as making some case for the plurality of the dance scene from which Heavenly first hatched . |
| 20 | They point out that in the history of science it is clear that social and political factors play a great part in determining which theories are held on to and which are rejected ; certainly they play at least as great a part as the degree to which a theory is seen as having evidential support . |
| 21 | This will not , however , be achieved as long as IT is regarded as the province of mathematics , science and technology in the curriculum , and English — or other language — teachers are seen as having little part to play . |
| 22 | In fact , the message is seen as having little news value and is confined to wishes of a happier 1993 . |
| 23 | Such a tax is seen as having lower disincentive effects than an income tax because it relates to past effort ; i.e. there is no disincentive effect to work for additional income that is to be consumed . |
| 24 | However , there is a danger that parents who can not raise their children appropriately , or find a job , or provide sufficient income to support their family , or whose children engage in delinquent activities , are seen as having some form of personal failing or character weakness . |
| 25 | Even in social work , working with elderly people is often seen as having less status , and being less challenging than working with other clients . |
| 26 | A large proportion of the children have been referred to the school from mainstream schools where they have frequently been seen as having severe behaviour problems . |
| 27 | The appointment of Sapin , 39 , was seen as indicating that Bérégovoy would continue to control economic policy . |
| 28 | He suffered , like Vincent , from depressive attacks , of a kind now seen as indicating acute anxiety neurosis . |
| 29 | In the greatest of the Enlightenment philosophers ( notably Immanuel Kant , 1724–1804 ) the individual is seen as possessing ultimate worth and dignity . |
| 30 | The attributes seen as constituting physical attractiveness differ from culture to culture . |