Example sentences of "see [prep] [noun prp] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | What was presented in America as a bid to resolve Europe 's economic problems was seen in Moscow as an attempt , using US dollars , to subvert the Soviet hold on eastern Europe , Russia 's hard-won prize in the war . |
| 2 | For several decades Britain 's policy had been splendid isolation , and that Europe 's most powerful nation should emerge from that isolation by concluding an alliance with Japan was seen in Japan as a triumph . |
| 3 | The appointment of Charlton would be seen in Manchester as the perfect solution to the damaging public wrangling that has made the club a public farce over recent weeks . |
| 4 | The decision is seen in Vilnius as the biggest step yet on the road to the complete independence of Lithuania , although Mr Brazauskas was careful to draw a distinction between party and state relations . |
| 5 | Aethelheard , abbot of Louth in Lindsey , who became archbishop of Canterbury in 792 , may have been seen in Kent as a ‘ symbol of Mercian rule ’ , but he appears to have obtained from Offa a confirmation of the immunity of Kentish churches ( CS 848 : S 134 ) 52 and he presided without Hygeberht over a synod at London attended by most of the bishops of southern England ( CS 265 : S 132 ) . |
| 6 | FOR a man seen in America as an oriental devil incarnate , Mr Shintaro Ishihara , co-author of the notorious ‘ The Japan that can say no ’ , is an appealing fellow . |
| 7 | The priority for the O'Neill government was development in the area east of the Bann ; the proposed new town of Craigavon underlined what was seen in Derry as neglect of the north-west . |
| 8 | That , more than anything else , will be seen in Brussels as the test of whether Mr Major intends to use his new personal mandate to take Britain to the ‘ heart of Europe ’ . |
| 9 | Metaphysics was seen by Ayer as a product of linguistic confusion . |
| 10 | Involving airborne and seaborne troops , warships and fighter-planes and bombers , the US manoeuvres were seen by Cuba as a rehearsal for invasion , but described by the US Defence Department as routine . |
| 11 | In Iraq there was glee over the fall of President Bush , seen by Baghdad as the driving force behind the Gulf War and punitive UN sanctions . |
| 12 | The 21-year-old winger is seen by Porterfield as a player for the future : ‘ He is big , strong , quick and good with both feet . |
| 13 | In particular the crisis was seen by Washington as an opportunity to press for the rearmament of West Germany . |
| 14 | As PW2 Advantage Plus PCs , available next week , the boxes will run SCO Unix , seen by Unisys as more of a desktop offering . |
| 15 | Du Bois 's ‘ Black Reconstruction ’ and ‘ Cahier d'un retour au pays natal ’ , by Aimé Césaire , were , alongside ‘ The Black Jacobins ’ and its companion study , ‘ The History of Negro Revolt ’ , seen by James as concrete manifestations of an historical movement . |
| 16 | This increased mobility is seen by Naville as a source of great dissatisfaction . |
| 17 | This proposition is seen by Freud as one which is potentially refutable by further biological research , and which could be completely mistaken . |
| 18 | It is this assumption which many reject , but the rejection is seen by Freud as evidence of repressed hostility . |
| 19 | The creation of the SEM is seen by Cecchini as a programme which boosts the effectiveness of the supply-side of the economy . |
| 20 | The surviving correspondence does not make clear what happened to Mr. Carrick , but as Glassford had by the time of election three votes prepared and George Abercromby defeated Major Dundas , it may be surmised that Lord Dundas 's failure to secure the reinstatement of the collector of Inverness was seen by Glassford as a neglect which justified his remaining friendly with Abercromby . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , the breakdown is not seen by Marx as a fully determined and automatic consequence of capitalist economic development ; on the contrary , as Nicolaus ( 1972 , p. 328 ) has observed , Marx 's theory of the breakdown is characterized by ‘ its great latitude and flexibility ’ . |
| 22 | The simple demand for the vote , the be-all and end-all of most suffragettes , was truly seen by McAllister as a minor step compared with relieving poor women 's social and economic disabilities , a measure which had little to do with suffrage . |
| 23 | Financial devolution was seen by Solihull as a means of achieving the following : |