Example sentences of "see [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was aware of how professional he must appear to her in his preparations for what she saw as killing and which he had been trained to see as protection of the innocent . |
| 2 | The capitulation of the General Council on the 12 May , and its decision to call off the strike without any guarantees that those involved would not be victimized , might also be seen as evidence of failure . |
| 3 | It has been suggested that learner errors can be seen as evidence of learner achievement . |
| 4 | When , a few weeks later , Labour overturned a large Tory majority in a by-election at East Fulham , this was widely seen as evidence of the popularity of pacifism — despite the fact that Labour 's candidate , John Wilmot , had been more concerned to appeal to Liberal supporters of the League than to whatever sentiment may have existed in Fulham in favour of war resistance . |
| 5 | If they then still chose to seek engineering jobs , this could be seen as evidence of commitment . |
| 6 | In the early days of Minoan studies , this widespread network of trading links was seen as evidence of a powerful Minoan navy , a wholesale conquest by sea and political subjugation of the tributary lands . |
| 7 | While the legislation is clearly to be seen as evidence of a government 's entitlement to legislate in connection with a national responsibility , it is also interpretable as evidence of the government 's impatience with local authorities . |
| 8 | They may be seen as evidence of the insidious creep of sport climbing ethics into the mountains , but used sparingly they eliminate an unwanted and unnecessary risk and cause less visual intrusion . |
| 9 | All this suggests that the institutions of more stable family patterns should not be seen as evidence of the success of an effort at ‘ social control ’ . |
| 10 | Teaching English , being a metaphor for a policy of enforced cultural assimilation , dovetailed with the view expressed by a large proportion of heads and teachers that ‘ immigrant ’ cultures — the desire to hold on to which was seen as evidence of a ‘ ghetto mentality ’ — were an educational hindrance requiring vigilant exclusion from the culture of the school ( Brittan , 1976 ) . |
| 11 | This was seen as evidence of the government 's continued commitment to economic re-structuring and of its need to have an experienced negotiator to deal with the mounting foreign debt [ see pp. 37216-17 ] . |
| 12 | The projected surplus of AD13,500 million was seen as evidence of an upturn in the economy . |
| 13 | The resignation of Labour Minister Erick Thompson Pineres in October [ see p. 37770 ] was seen as evidence of a rift in the Cabinet over the severity of the austerity programme . |
| 14 | This provoked a public outcry [ see p. 37913 ] and was widely seen as evidence of his autocratic style of government , already reflected in his combining the presidency with the chairmanship of the ruling Peronist party [ see p. 37651 ] . |
| 15 | If we are not to infer from Anderson 's breach of Grice 's Co-operative Principle that he is deliberately being rude ( unlikely , when McKendrick is a complete stranger to him ) then it is most likely to be seen as evidence of his vagueness or , less favourably , his self-centredness . |
| 16 | The extension of ‘ privatization ’ could be seen as evidence for structural change — a ‘ rolling back ’ of the state . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | In New Historicism this awkwardness should not be deplored but seen as proof of the integrity of its methods . |
| 20 | The Visigothic settlement in Aquitaine is usually seen as proof of the success of the Roman general Constantius , in blockading Wallia and his people when they were in Spain . |
| 21 | There is growing concern in the Government about unemployment in the south-east of England and what is seen as discrimination in favour of Scotland and other areas through regional aid . |
| 22 | There is growing concern within the Government about the level of unemployment in the south-east of England and what is seen as discrimination in favour of Scotland and other areas through regional aid . |
| 23 | At this time there was evidence of increasing irritation locally over what was seen as interference by central government . |
| 24 | International law forbids outsiders to intervene in civil wars , and premature recognition of breakaway states is properly seen as interference in the domestic affairs of the state endeavouring not to fragment . |
| 25 | Those drastic price cuts instituted by Univel Inc last week ( CI No 2,128 ) are being seen as response to the nervousness engendered by Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT , the most threatening vapourware ever to descend on the market . |
| 26 | It is seen as competition between multinational corporations which requires each to adopt the most profitable organization of its production and that invariably affects the international structure of its operations . |
| 27 | Mugabe 's statement on March 4 , 1990 , that " all progressive forces " should prepare for negotiations with the apartheid regime in spite of the continuation of the armed struggle was seen as criticism of the Pan Africanist Congress ( PAC ) with which , rather than the ANC , ZANU had traditionally been aligned . |
| 28 | The concept of exchange has often been used to describe support in families , and this can be seen as expression of mutual self-interest . |
| 29 | Even if Mr Lang decided on a form of franchising rather than the formation of privatised companies , that would be seen as privatisation by the back door . |
| 30 | Other approaches , including those of Douglas and Bourdieu , are concerned with consumers themselves as groups with interests , both cognitive and material , which are projected in patterns of objects , and in this case it is industry which is seen as handmaiden to the pattern of consumer group demands . |