Example sentences of "be see [prep] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An example of the Eleventh Labour — the stealing of the Golden Apples of the Hesperides may be seen on an altar from Whitley Castle ( fig. 14.39 ) , although it has been identified as the Hydra , however , a tree with apples is clearly visible on the edge of the stone and also the head of the protective snake . |
| 2 | This should not be seen as an attack on a balding old Pole but on the institution he leads — ie the hierarchy of the Catholic Church , whose attitudes towards gays , women and other oppressed groups belong in the dustbin of history as do those of most religious hierarchies . |
| 3 | This could be seen as an approximation to a Ramsey-optimal price structure , though the analogy is probably rather forced . |
| 4 | Finally , its admission must be seen as an advantage to the security industry and to the BSIA . |
| 5 | He was fortunate to be seen as an anti-appeaser by the time Chamberlain was negotiating with Hitler and coercing the Czechs into surrender during the Czechoslovakian crisis of September 1938 . |
| 6 | The prices that different social groups are able to afford for land can be seen as an equivalent to natural species competing for space . |
| 7 | " Look/sniff " arbitrations , as these arbitrations have become known , have to be seen as an exception to this important guideline . |
| 8 | Fearful of punitive damages , companies will avoid doing anything that might later be seen as an admission of guilt . |
| 9 | Even mate-swapping or ‘ swinging ’ may sometimes be seen as an adjunct to a stable , adult family life . |
| 10 | Hence it is worth explaining , in a way that elsewhere might not be necessary and would be seen as an indulgence , that in our case , once permission was granted , no limits were laid down by senior officers and no censorship role has been retained by the RUC over the final manuscript . |
| 11 | Its most serious short-comings are its failure to be seen as an arena for national debate … and its incapacity to be a check on executive power . |
| 12 | Thus , the degree of fit between phonological choice and network structure may be seen as an issue quite separate from the absolute level of use of a particular range of variants . |
| 13 | I think it 's very undesirable that it should be seen as an issue of women versus men , because the chances of getting anywhere are reduced if it 's set up in that way . |
| 14 | The Child Poverty Action Group might also be seen as an expert and appropriate group to raise social security matters , having been for many years active in campaigning on such matters . |
| 15 | Furnish your home in this adventurous style and you will be seen as an innovator . |
| 16 | On the other hand , it might be seen as an opportunity to enhance family life by the more equal opportunities offered to women to take up employment , as well as bringing up a family ; or by the enriched experiences children bring back into the family as a result of their attendance at nursery school or playgroup . |
| 17 | However this should be seen as an opportunity , rather than a fait accompli . |
| 18 | Yesterday the party called for non-renewal of the US bases agreement , but perhaps that should be seen as an opening bid . |
| 19 | The Renaissance then can be seen as an addition to the early modern period . |
| 20 | Stedman Jones ' ( 1982 ) re-examination of chartism , for example , argues that its political form can not be understood as a simplistic response to the putative material experience of a class , nor can its political language be seen as an expression of that experience . |
| 21 | Instead , this increasingly popular element of dominant ideology should not be seen as an expression of social concern for the well-being of older people , but examined for its wider social purpose . |
| 22 | [ … ] This might be seen as an expression of concern by university mathematicians about the subject socialization of their potential students . |
| 23 | Fighting against threats to young children 's rights to early childhood opportunities could be seen as an expression of legitimate collective responsibility . |
| 24 | ‘ To promote closer union ’ means that it is , in the Council 's judgement , an acceptable means towards fuller unity in some circumstances , and not only to be seen as an expression of full unity already achieved . |
| 25 | This homage to the past can be seen as an expression of respect for the artist 's original intent , for his ambition to prolong his existence through a work created according to artistic rules , with chosen techniques and materials . |
| 26 | The election of Tatwine , a priest in the monastery of Breedon on the Hill in the territory of the Middle Angles , to be archbishop of Canterbury on the death of Beorhtwald in early 731 ( HE V , 23 ) , should perhaps be seen as an expression of Aethelbald 's influence , and likewise that of Nothhelm , a priest of London , to Canterbury in 734–5 , and of Cuthbert , probably the former bishop of Hereford , to Canterbury in 740 . |
| 27 | On the one hand , the antisemitism of ‘ anti-immigrant ’ fascist parties might be seen as an anachronism , arising from the fact that for a number of years such parties were led by a generation who were raised in conditions of widespread antisemitism . |
| 28 | In this subject the stomach is crescent shaped and the pylorus can be seen as an incisure at its distal end ( arrowed ) . |
| 29 | If Uppark is stabilised and retained as a ruin , as it should be , the basic structure can be seen as an education itself . |
| 30 | In all these market phases , the producer could still be seen as an originator , though in practice , throughout , there were qualifications . |