Example sentences of "[is] see [prep] a threat " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fundamentally the whole complex of hostility towards homosexuality is a reflection of a biological imperative to procreate , in which the homosexual is seen as a threat to the species , ‘ unnatural ’ , and therefore worthy of condemnation . |
| 2 | Not only is there a continuing fear of firms corrupting politicians in the search for contracts , this close connection between industry and the military is seen as a threat to the balance of the American economy . |
| 3 | Not surprisingly , the temporary usurper of the throne is seen as a threat , an unworthy upstart , rather than as an understanding protector . |
| 4 | By contrast , community spirit in the valleys which were once associated with mining is seen as a threat to smooth , harmonious and profitable working conditions . |
| 5 | Against such threats the ego has many defences , such as denial , distortion , forgetting , intellectualization , projection and so on ; and thus it comes about that , in the not uncommon tendency to confuse the theory with the fact of what is repressed , psychoanalysis itself is seen as a threat to the very process of repression which it was the first to discover and is itself subjected to these defensive reactions . |
| 6 | Another strong theme in the conference is what is seen as a threat posed to the traditional newsagent . |
| 7 | At first , the river is seen as a threat to Pip as Magwitch comes from it , but later when Magwitch returns to Pip in London , it is seen as a promising object , drowning the bad Compeyson , and uniting Pip and Magwitch . |