Example sentences of "often see [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Among the African poor , this militancy is often seen as leadership , rather than being viewed antagonistically .
2 The prisoners themselves are often seen as failures , who ought to be made to support their families , though the system does little to help bring that about .
3 Obviously larger employers might be considered part of the upper class , but the others are often seen as part of the ‘ old ’ middle class .
4 This group is often seen as part of what is termed the ‘ triple alliance ’ between TNCs , the local bourgeoisie , and the state bureaucracy .
5 This is often seen as overkill by old guard data processing ( DP ) staff .
6 In the years after the war , with the drive for ever-increasing agricultural productivity , country house parks were often seen as areas of ‘ conspicuous waste ’ , which could be better put to more intensive cultivation .
7 Lochs and pools were often seen as places where the gods could be contacted .
8 During the preceding fifty or sixty years Christians were often seen as outsiders , especially in Western aristocratic circles .
9 The Führer , too , had demonstratively donned field-grey at the start of the war , to emphasize his unity with his troops and his image as the first soldier of the Reich , whereas the unpopular Party hacks were often seen as shirkers , avoiding their duty at the Front .
10 Buoyant , tern-like flight not often seen on surface of water .
11 The British Standards Institution , Kitemark , more often seen on goods like washing machines and fridges , could soon be appearing on solicitor 's headed notepaper .
12 A final chance to pick up the kind of luxuries not often seen on sale nowadays .
13 The largest 25 producers account for more than 50% of the area planted and it is their names which are most often seen on merchant 's lists .
14 In both , a warm , dignified and considerate people provide a marked contrast to the simple peasants or scruffy bandits who are all too often seen on screen .
15 Less often seen on wing than Golden Eagle .
16 The appointment of Mr Stürmer , a friend of Chancellor Kohl and a man often seen on television , made some of the staff fear they were going to be ‘ politicised ’ .
17 4 Different strategies are often seen at work in children of different chronological ages but with the same reading age .
18 Often seen at press receptions and " at homes " for a client and his products , journalists from the women 's magazines may appear young and rather silly or matronly and gentle .
19 Luckier fates awaited the Louis XIV Boulle marquetry console , sold to a telephone bidder under-estimate for $675,000 ( £375,000 ) ( est. $800–1.2 million ) , a small Louis XIV ormolu-mounted Boulle bureau plat around 1700–1710 , sold to Bernard Steinitz for $850,000 ( £472,200 ) ( est. $1–1.5 million ) , a simple Louis XV tulipwood marquetry table à écrire by Bernard van Risamburgh , sold to Partridge for $460,000 ( £255,500 ) ( est. $400–600,000 ) and the skeleton of a charming Louis XVI giltwood lit à la polonaise around 1780 ( est. $100–150,000 ) , a form not often seen at auction , which went to a phone bidder for $440,000 ( £244,400 ) .
20 Plus the plain tile eave coursing so often seen with pantile roofs in the North East .
21 He is often seen around Hollywood , driving his jeep or eating meals poolside at swanky hotels .
22 It is often seen in competition , but for safety reasons the heel strike is substituted for the sole of the foot .
23 A complicating factor , so often seen in evolution , involves the ‘ cheats ’ , for there are many species with non-nutritious seed appendages but coloured so as to mimic them , e.g. species of Ormosia and Rhynchosia ( Leguminosae ) .
24 In the heart , clinically significant cardiac amyloid with congestive heart failure is more likely in AL than in AA , because extensive amyloid interstitial infiltration in the myocardium is more often seen in AL than in AA .
25 Even expensive and exotic breeds — such as the loose-skinned Japanese shar peis which sell for $1,000 — are often seen in shelters .
26 A familiar example of interference in the case of light is the colors that are often seen in soap bubbles .
27 ‘ Cut out middleman 's profits — buy direct from the manufacturer ’ is a phrase often seen in newspaper advertisements , implying that the retailing and wholesaling functions are otiose , or at least inefficient .
28 At many Siva temples and Cobra shrines , women are often seen in prayer or receiving the blessings of the attending priest .
29 Dai Qing was often seen in Tiananmen Square talking to student demonstrators , and being interviewed by foreign journalists .
30 Striped dolphins and Dall 's porpoise are most often seen in groups of 530 and 2–20 , respectively , but both have also been observed in numbers of around 300 .
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