Example sentences of "seen to [be] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In clarifying our confidence in another 's consciousness , human or non-human , it was seen to be an error of Griffin 's to pose the problem in terms of putting ourselves into another 's ‘ skin' or to experience their ‘ subjective feelings ’ ( 1984 : 1 , above ) . |
| 32 | Oppenheimer 's ‘ defects of character ’ , the political indiscretions and Communist Front connections of his past , were seen to be an excuse for the real reason for his suspension : that the father of the A-bomb was ‘ lacking enthusiasm ’ and ‘ lukewarm ’ about the H-bomb . |
| 33 | Vegetarianism , above all else , is seen to be an affront against a traditional way of life . |
| 34 | In The Fox Above and the Fox Below , a greater threat to that identity is seen to be the capitalist , industrial development of recent decades , which has attracted a massive flow of migrants from the countryside to the cities and brought with it an erosion of traditional values and ways of life . |
| 35 | The central issue was seen to be the relationship between the growth or contraction of the money supply and the pattern of national income and expenditure . |
| 36 | Proportional representation in Parliament might translate into disproportionate power in government in a way that would make the established first-past-the-post inequalities look rather more fair than is often seen to be the case . |
| 37 | There are few examples of their being scattered extensively and repeatedly used within a single text ; where this does happen , as for instance in Les quatre Souhais Saint Martin , the practice can readily be justified by its thematic significance ( on which see further below ) , as again can be seen to be the case with the cornucopia of excrement that Robin drops on to the deservedly victimized Jouglet . |
| 38 | Here there is talk of cooperation on foreign policy and of furthering ‘ the European idea ’ ; there is also seen to be the need to ‘ protect ’ Europe 's ‘ common interests ’ and to invest ‘ this union with the necessary means of action ’ . |
| 39 | The major problem was seen to be the hostility of teachers towards industrial and commercial values and the way in which this deflected ‘ bright ’ , traditionally educated pupils away from industry . |
| 40 | Freemasons were seen to be the power behind the French Revolution , whose role in contemporary disturbances such as the Russian Revolution had been taken over by the Jews . |
| 41 | But this is seen to be the reason why forces or energies are transferred or transmitted across what has continually been regarded by so many scientists as ‘ empty space ’ . |
| 42 | Referring back to the main circuit diagram , Fig. 2 , resistor R5 can be seen to be the charge resistor for capacitor C3 , whilst a rapid discharge occurs predominantly through R6 . |
| 43 | Finance was a constant source of tension within the city , and increasingly the city 's problems in this area were seen to be the fault of the Poles . |