Example sentences of "was see as [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Soon , Russia was seen as a land of opportunity and many men who went there attained high positions . |
2 | The impetus behind the NBA was the problem in Victorian times of widespread and severe price cutting in the retail book trade , which was seen as a threat to the viability of booksellers and publishers . |
3 | Any threat to the Sabbath day was seen as a threat to the Jewish faith as a whole . |
4 | Foreign contact was seen as a threat to political stability . |
5 | The Tokyo gubernatorial contest was seen as a threat to the position of Ichiro Ozawa , the LDP 's general secretary who was frequently tipped as a future Prime Minister . |
6 | Hobsbawm emphasised an important distinction between machine breaking where the machine itself was seen as a threat to employment , and those cases where machinery was destroyed simply as a means of putting pressure on employers in disputes unconnected with its use . |
7 | The Christian emperor and king was seen as a man born or elected to duties and obligations towards God and his subjects , as well as a man with rights and privileges . |
8 | Chris said one of the biggest failings was that parents did not take part in the education of the children , this is where it fell down , that , once the education was seen as a government thing that |
9 | Kreitman and Chowdhury ( 1973b ) found that the most common reason given for not getting in touch with a helping agency was that the overdose was seen as a way of relieving strain or going to sleep . |
10 | After 1870 education for the Poles was seen as a way of bringing them within the German order , of lightening their Slav darkness by opening up to them the world of ‘ civilisation ’ . |
11 | This intervention was seen as a way of minimizing the harmful and the more undesirable side-effects of commercially funded media . |
12 | Such guardianship was seen as a way of protecting vulnerable people from exploitation , ill treatment , or neglect . |
13 | This was seen as a way to reward the unions for their opposition to Nazism , as well as a way to foster good industrial relations . |
14 | Some kind of assessment of the competence of teachers was seen as a way of weeding out those who were incompetent : a reaction to severe cuts in education ( along with the effects of falling rolls ) , and the need to thin out the teaching force . |
15 | This new form of settlement ( incorporating the best of town and country ) was seen as a way of relieving congestion in the major cities and of providing a better environment for ordinary people . |
16 | She said that for mothers struggling to bring up children , smoking was seen as a way of surviving . |
17 | There was also then great concern that the appointment of erm er of independent members apparently was seen as a way of my Right Honourable Friend or anyone who then er held the office of er Ho Home Secretary would actually put in his own . |
18 | With Courtaulds already powerful in the United States , the Far East , France and Australia , the ICI deal was seen as a way of strengthening the position in Europe , and in particular in Germany . |
19 | The whole complex of events in the Persian wars from the fall of Sardis to the retreat of Xerxes was seen as a unity and formed what Robert Drews has called ‘ one Great Event of awesome proportions ’ . |
20 | In what was seen as a setback to an eventual peace settlement , the ANC on March 29 cancelled a peace rally due to have been held with Inkatha on April 2 . |
21 | An agreement in May to resume these talks was seen as a setback for the Army , which had arrested Brunswijk and 10 Jungle Commando guerrillas , killing two of Brunswijk 's bodyguards , on March 26 while he was attending peace talks with the government in Paramaribo . |
22 | Vice-President Virgilio Godoy stated that the murder , which was seen as a setback for the attempt of President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro to promote national reconciliation , should not go unpunished and would have to be solved " even if this has to be done outside government institutions " . |
23 | At that time the presence of these pupils was seen as a problem , one that would very probably get worse before ( and most people predicted ) natural processes of assimilation and dispersal meant that it got better . |
24 | Preparation for independence , when it occurred , was seen as a problem of constitution-building according to some model based on principles derived from the domestic experiences of the colonial powers . |
25 | Second , the division of responsibility within the county areas was seen as a weakness ; and many local authorities were seen as too small to accept the responsibilities appropriate to the needs of their areas . |
26 | The proposed investment by PepsiCo Inc. in a bottling plant in the country was seen as a test of the new government 's commitment to encouraging foreign investment . |
27 | The verdict followed a three-day jury trial in a civilian court which was seen as a test of the ability of the judicial system to end the effective immunity of the armed forces from human rights charges . |
28 | The election , the first for the legislature since 1988 [ see pp. 36019-21 ] , was seen as a test of popular support for President Roh Tae Woo , and as an important indicator of the likely result of the presidential elections due later in 1992 . |
29 | The hearing was seen as a test case to establish an important legal principle and Mrs Taylor 's claim was backed by the Keep Sunday Special campaign . |
30 | The vote on a motion tabled by the Kingswood MP , Roger Berry , opposing an ‘ independent and unaccountable European Central Bank ’ was seen as a test of Mr Smith 's leadership and control of his party over the issue of Europe . |