Example sentences of "seen from a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seen from a coach with Sharon and Claire and a handsome lad or two . |
| 2 | When the campanile is seen from a distance , it seems to belong to some strange Expressionist church one has not noticed before . |
| 3 | In fact , if the aposematic prey is rare , it is more heavily predated , and the proportion falls : if the aposematic prey is relatively frequent to begin with , it is favoured , and becomes more common The black and yellow caterpillars of the cinnabar moth are camouflaged when seen from a distance as they feed on their favoured ragwort . |
| 4 | Then visualize a mound , circular earthwork , or clump of trees , planted on these high points , and in low points in the valley other mounds ringed round with water to be seen from a distance . |
| 5 | Markstones buried in a hedge bottom or by the side of the road , tree clumps on prominent sites that can be seen from a distance , earthworks that might be indicative of an old sunken way , or indeed anything unusual on the line . |
| 6 | Stac Polly is an extraordinary mountain when seen from a distance and doubly so when one is engaged on the traverse of its narrow ridge . |
| 7 | Liathach , like its neighbour , is best seen from a distance , a popular viewpoint being the private road to Coulin Lodge , where it towers as a great wedge across the waters of Loch Clair , after a short stroll from the pass road . |
| 8 | These mountains are attractive when seen from a distance , their summits neatly carved and the connecting ridges gracefully curved , but they lose their allure on close acquaintance . |
| 9 | On some a small figure , seen from a distance , almost dancing across the platform at the back of the bucking hoverspeeder , spraying arcs of laser light that burst into explosions along the top of the perimeter wall , pausing only to hurl grenades that widened the hot smoking breach in the stonework . |
| 10 | Then the excitement of the New York skyline seen from a distance , its jutting towers like a giant 's cardboard cut-outs poking into a blue sky . |
| 11 | He was a tall stout man with a florid complexion , who looked well in vestments seen from a distance . |
| 12 | Seen from a distance at night , the dimly lit vehicles resembled ‘ the folds of some gigantic and luminous serpent which never stopped and never ended ’ On either side of the road their headlamps lit up the bowed backs of the endless columns of marching men . |
| 13 | Seen from a helicopter it would look like a little lad 's still-wet scribble on a sheet of green paper , winding and erratic ; drawn with a shaky hand . |
| 14 | But it was still not certain that war would come and , moreover , the reality of Berlin was less appealing than the romantic challenge seen from a basement flat in Earl 's Court . |
| 15 | He focused again on the patterns made by damp and mould on a patch of distempered mortar level with his eyes — a piece of coastline seen from a hill , headlands enclosing a bay with a wide curve . |
| 16 | Seen from a hill , the dunes stretched as far as the deep blue of the horizon , above which were a few streaks of cirrus cloud . |
| 17 | With the evening sun touching the highest peaks with crimson , and the smoke from a wood fire undisturbed by breeze , Kirchberg seen from a hill above the village is one of the most tranquil inhabited spots in the Alps . |
| 18 | The deliberate retention of the archaic style can be seen from a comparison with the head of the same deity , Athena , on a coin of Thurii of the late fifth century ( below ) . |
| 19 | The gastric susceptibility to ethanol injury did not differe between vehicle pretreated and untreated rats anaesthetised with phenobarbital , as seen from a comparison of histological injury scores ( Table and Fig 3 ) . |
| 20 | Midnight , seen from a sleeping bag , Sweden |
| 21 | More of the Oberland mountains including the Niesen and Blumlisalp have now come into the panoramic view , and can be seen from a number of vantage points in striking perspective across the Lake of Thun . |