Example sentences of "were see as [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beset by relative impotence in the international arena only rarely could abolitionists provide sustenance from ‘ agitation ’ for antislavery diplomacy or politics as when the 1814 petitions were seen as support for Castlereagh 's negotiations on suppressing the transatlantic slave trade at the peace congress . |
| 2 | The relatively puny Fascist and Communist movements in Britain gained attention because they were seen as projections of much more important European counterparts . |
| 3 | These were seen as products of a new strategy on the part of Britain to ensure its continued domination of Ireland : |
| 4 | As football has become a big-business enterprise in this country , and since the players , who once were seen as members of the same working-class community as the fans themselves , have become rich superstars , the close identity between fans and their team has been eroded . |
| 5 | THE APPROACH of the Eden Park Test initially was viewed with trepidation , and the majority of the five changes to the home team were seen as signs of disarray rather than as providing fresh blood . |
| 6 | Both were seen as sources of disease , bodily or spiritual , moral corruptions which were spreading throughout the land . |
| 7 | The individual organism came first in the biologist 's consciousness , while the replicators — now known as genes — were seen as part of the machinery used by individual organisms . |
| 8 | The 1989 NHS Reforms were greeted with great hostility by much of the medical profession , partly because they were seen as part of possible moves towards dismantling the NHS , but also because of the changed emphasis brought about by the consideration of terms such as : ‘ efficiency ’ , ‘ internal market ’ , and ‘ payment by results ’ in areas where the role of the market had previously been much less prominent . |
| 9 | These changes were seen as part of a comprehensive strategy to foster exchange rate cohesion . |
| 10 | There was , however , overlap between the Stanley connection and the royal household , which confirms that the Stanleys were seen as part of the royal affinity rather than as part of Gloucester 's . |
| 11 | They were sometimes denied the authority necessary for the fulfilment of their expected role , and it was critically important that they were seen as part of a school 's management team rather than being relegated to the position of mere facilitator . |
| 12 | One has only to think of the Romantic period where poets became their own heroes , and their lives were seen as part of their poetic output . |
| 13 | There was , however , overlap between the Stanley connection and the royal household , which confirms that the Stanleys were seen as part of the royal affinity rather than as part of Gloucester 's . |
| 14 | Mechanisms such as nitrogen quotas and a carbon tax were referred to as actual ways of introducing more environmentally friendly practices , while land zoning linked with conservation incentives , and subsidised organic farming , were seen as ways of encouraging farmers to diversify their income in a way which was more socially acceptable than set-aside . |
| 15 | Concrete flyovers , wholesale clearance for new routes , and concern over noise and lead pollution , were seen as affronts to living conditions ; in the environmentally conscious 1970s new highway planning became politically beleaguered . |