Example sentences of "see as " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It is somehow seen as trying to soften the cross-examination of an alleged victim , and is somehow seen as more acceptable . ’
2 It is this folk model , epitomized by the graffito ‘ SS/RUC ’ , seen as much in working-class Protestant districts as in Catholic ones , which makes it difficult for ‘ ordinary crime ’ to compete for the attention of criminologists in Ireland ( as a recent publication on crime in Ireland complained ; see Tomlinson et al .
3 Of the few central beliefs uniting the various post-structuralisms ( and connecting them with post/modernism ) this is one of the most important : human identity is to be seen as constituted as well as constitutive ; constituted ( not determined ) by , for example , the pre-existing structures of language and ideology , and by the material conditions of human existence .
4 Management of interest rates and the exchange rate were seen as more effective influences .
5 The State is seen as developing as class differentiation increases , because it is one of the tools by which a dominant class maintains itself .
6 Men die to win democracy for their countries , which after a while is taken grudgingly ; and its practitioners come to be seen as less skilled , worthy and entertaining than the aristocrats of sport .
7 Unless there is regular guidance given to parents through workshops and school produced booklets the arrival home of the reading book will be seen as little more than an opportunity to check when the teacher last heard their child read and a chance to rush their child to the next stage on the reading scheme .
8 Decay was seen as mental as well as physical : ‘ the faculties of intelligence share equally in this universal deterioration . ’
9 Why , then , are pedigree dogs seen as frequently as mongrels in rescue homes ?
10 The skins who sided with the punks were a new breed , who wished to be seen as more anarchical and more shocking than the punks .
11 In fact the chances for viewing exciting wildlife are getting rarer every day , as hundreds more people take to the hills , bringing dogs and children and wearing colours that can be seen as far away as Belgium .
12 There is virtually no difference between action and control samples in Ipswich in organic brain syndrome and possession of behavioural problems ; control sample clients appear older in Newham and more problematic in terms of informal care and in possession of behavioural problems , and in Ipswich in terms of indoor mobility ; only in Newham on OBS score and indoor mobility can action sample clients be seen as more problematic than the control samples .
13 Saints who should be seen as well as heard about
14 The saints or ‘ holy ones ’ should be seen as well as heard about .
15 It allows a relationship between professionals to develop which is unlikely to be disrupted by what are seen as more ephemeral shifts within local electoral politics .
16 Harlan has described a guided tour as follows : ‘ Batches of students — I have seen as many as thirty in a group — are herded through a dozen or so stations .
17 One does not readily associate public libraries with user education , possibly because the educational role of the public library service is generally seen as secondary to its role as the provider of leisure-time reading and other services .
18 I have scant evidence to suggest that the problem for incomers is seen as much more than this — there may be a threat to house prices on behalf of non-oil-related incomers ( who have no guarantees ) but oil-related workers seem to be assured-of recovering their costs if they decide to sell up .
19 The individual group was seen as more important than the umbrella organisation .
20 It was films depicting behaviour which seemed perverse or deviant which were seen as more suitable for private therapy than for public consumption , since the possibility of harm to at least a proportion of the wider public could not be ruled out .
21 The Queen 's broadcast has traditionally been a closely guarded secret — and it was seen as more sensitive than usual this year after what the Queen has termed her ‘ annus horribilis ’ or horrible year .
22 Violence at home , terrible as it was , could be seen as little more than a reflection of what was then happening on foreign shores .
23 If you want to be seen as well as heard , search out the VZ303 .
24 Instead , the best accounts of the ‘ causes ’ of language are social and psychological , where language is seen as occurring as a result of interactions between people and their environments .
25 The word ‘ mothering ’ is sexist in many contexts because it reinforces the ‘ natural ’ connection of women with children and childcare — a connection that feminists have criticised , since under our present social arrangements it has the entirely sexist consequences of defining non-mothers as non-women , restricting women 's opportunities to do other things if they wish , exploiting their unpaid labour and in some cases causing them to be seen as less important than the children they give birth to .
26 To allow the naughty child to be seen as good , the good child also needs to be seen as being naughty .
27 At the same time , some forms of state support are provided , not only on grounds of age or disability alone , but contingent on whether or not informal carers are seen as able to give assistance .
28 Sport becomes relegated to the peripheries , whereas , for many black kids , it retains centrality — not because the other areas are seen as worse risks , but because they are seen as less accessible , they believe there are only a limited number of entrances to the upper reaches of the employment world .
29 Job-search , on this basis , is seen as ‘ more efficient , in that it is more closely aligned to employers ’ recruitment methods ' ( loc. cit . ) .
30 A third of its men were new recruits who had seen no fighting , almost another third had seen as little as the Colonel , while only the rest , like d'Alembord , had actually faced a French army in open battle .
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