Example sentences of "be see [prep] a threat " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any attempt to open up the convolutions of farm policy to public scrutiny is bound to be seen as a threat to those with an interest in the status quo . |
| 2 | To disobey one 's father in traditional China would violate the filial piety integral to the whole system of mores and be seen as a threat by all ; on the other hand when the young of such a society begin to question the code and assert themselves against the old , they see a disobedience as a blow struck for all of them . |
| 3 | No longer could the hanging be seen as a threat ; it was now a promise . |
| 4 | Particularly in the macho world of surgery , the researchers ' clinical limitations may raise eyebrows while their abilities in molecular biology are more likely to be seen as a threat than an achievement . |
| 5 | Although Buckingham was to take possession in most cases only as offices fell vacant , the existence of such a powerful reversionary interest could only be seen as a threat by existing office holders . |
| 6 | What from the central perspective might be seen as an instrument of public expenditure control , from the local level might be seen as a threat to the fabric of local government itself . |
| 7 | An engineer may be seen as a threat to society when designing a plant which generates toxic waste , but to be protecting society if working on a flood prevention scheme . |
| 8 | The new system may be seen as a threat to status and job . |
| 9 | Although Buckingham was to take possession in most cases only as offices fell vacant , the existence of such a powerful reversionary interest could only be seen as a threat by existing office holders . |