Example sentences of "could be see as [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The extension of ‘ privatization ’ could be seen as evidence for structural change — a ‘ rolling back ’ of the state . |
| 2 | From outside the Carter camp it could be seen as evidence that the twosome are having trouble finding new songs . |
| 3 | If they then still chose to seek engineering jobs , this could be seen as evidence of commitment . |
| 4 | This could be seen as evidence that there is a level of automatic syntactic processing which is not always used in sentence comprehension . |
| 5 | Although this could be seen as evidence that subjective risk was not present for this subject , it could equally be regarded as a self presentational bias on the part of the subject who may have felt that feeling risk would imply dangerous driving . |
| 6 | With some minor deviations — such as Paisley 's preference for fuller integration with the mainland in the early 1970s — the DUP has maintained the image of being the most traditional of the unionist parties and the one with the record of consistent opposition to any changes in the political structures of Northern Ireland which could be seen as compromise with nationalists and republicans . |
| 7 | Paley was quite right to insist that the adaptation of each individual species to its environment was an indication of divine forethought , but it was equally important to demonstrate the existence of an underlying pattern that showed that all species could be seen as elements within a rational plan . |
| 8 | All its imports could be seen as luxuries , and the Stuart government was very ready to see luxuries taxed ; as James II put it to his Parliament in 1685 , ‘ Lay it on Luxury , as chocolate , tea , coffee , East Indian commodities as not necessary for the life of man , and on wine . ’ |
| 9 | FEBRUARY , May and August could be seen as rehearsals for November 's main event so that what may have been a series of happenings in these months could lead to November 's denouement . |
| 10 | All the Bible readings , therefore , the quotations and claims and aspirations , could be seen as part of the religious boilerplate current in the Middle East : as current as lists of arms . |
| 11 | The ‘ law ’ of natural evolution or development , especially when popularized by Herbert Spencer and applied to society , was said to parallel traditional Christian reliance on Divine Providence and meant that the expansion of Nonconformity at home and the extraordinary growth of British power and influence abroad could be seen as part of the same phenomenon . |
| 12 | There still remain three sites , all north-west of the Fosse Way — Alcester , Droitwich and Worcester , and these could be seen as part of the fortified road network round the rich agricultural lands of the Lower Avon . |
| 13 | The repair of derelict , and the construction of new , buildings connected with these estates could be seen as part of the same policy . |
| 14 | This reluctance could be seen as part of the general strict interpretation of exclusion clauses , but in a line of cases it was suggested that there was a rule of law that an exclusion clause could never cover a fundamental breach . |
| 15 | This could be seen as indoctrination and not education . |
| 16 | That could not be said of the Cuban missile crisis which could be seen as President Kennedy 's determination to uphold the Monroe doctrine . |
| 17 | The decision of the Court of Appeal overturning that of Vinelott J. could be seen as appeal or review . |
| 18 | Well I do n't think he is , I think what he 's put , what he 's describing is a restorationist response initially by the peasantry , all o almost all of these actions could be seen as restorationist , they are an attack on the system not working because of the actions of evil gentry , corrupt bureaucrats , local officials etcetera etcetera |
| 19 | So , so they could be seen as restorationist but he 's making restorationist into a revolution . |
| 20 | The template could be seen as Figure 4.12(a) . |
| 21 | Other pieces of legislation such as the Vagrancy Act 1898 and the Licensing Act 1964 have been used to tighten up what could be seen as loop-holes in the law . |
| 22 | In truth this land could be seen as drear , |
| 23 | In zoology , where again there seemed to be a former world of ‘ Dragons of the prime , That tare each other in their slime ’ in meaningless violence , the extinct animals could be seen as types of those now existing . |
| 24 | They could be seen as tools of the replicating crystal lineages , the beginnings of primitive ‘ phenotypes ’ . |