Example sentences of "[being] seen [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the crest of this ridge , a comprehensive view of the range unfolds : a magnificent panorama especially when the tops are under snow , the long array of peaks being seen across the deep trench of Loch Fannich which forms the southern boundary of the group over a distance of eight miles . |
| 2 | Waiting times in this centre exceed five months despite full clinics and extra , urgent cases being seen outside normal times set aside for outpatient clinics . |
| 3 | The 1988–89 Committee was particularly anxious that as much coverage as possible should be given to Parliament on regional news and current affairs programmes , so as to improve the prospects of Members being seen at work by their constituents . |
| 4 | This is illustrated by the case of a girl who experienced a tremendous shock some three to four years before being seen at the homoeopathic out-patient clinic . |
| 5 | Jane , because she was a mistress , rarely had an opportunity to attend the more elegant events of society , and she was not going to miss this chance of being seen at a duchess 's ball . |
| 6 | A single-track lane had taken them down through a straggling copse to a brackish meander of the Beaulieu river and Mossop had stopped the car just short of the cottage so they could see the building , the garden , the overgrown jetty which had given it its name and the shadowed finger of the pontoon reaching out into deeper water , without themselves being seen at all . |
| 7 | He challenged the validity of a search warrant which had been obtained from a sheriff , alleging that statements by inquiry officers about a flickering light being seen at a bedroom window were a blatant and malicious fabrication . |
| 8 | Part-time reserve policemen and women also patrol the Easton area on foot , with no particular intention other than , as one policewoman described , ‘ being seen on the streets … usually we just walk around ’ ( FN 7/9/87 , p. 23 ) . |
| 9 | It is now being seen on ponds in the United States where fish are accustomed to being fed . |
| 10 | This 3-man team has been in post for three years and results are being seen on the ground . |
| 11 | These ‘ cairns ’ , as they are called , can reach enormous proportions , those on the tops of hills being capable in some instances of being seen for many miles . |
| 12 | Well over two decades of failure to mount any effective challenge to the established order led to their being seen for what they fundamentally were : bureaucratic ‘ enclaves ’ of the international workers ' movement with little substantial contribution to make to the debate on Latin American development . |
| 13 | It can cause problems if patients ' case records are held at the place from which they went on leave of absence , but they are being seen for review elsewhere or are attending some other facility such as an out-patient clinic or a day hospital . |
| 14 | Also , even if a subject is never directly or completely ‘ freed ’ trom repression by its displacement , he or she may be empowered in other ways — for example , by being seen to be homophobic in a homophobic culture . |
| 15 | Today the practice of this principle should lead the Church to apply the standards of fairness that are now accepted in society and this means being seen to value and use to the full the vocation and gifts of women . |
| 16 | It is not about sincerity , so much as being seen to be sincere . |
| 17 | The Nazis could only thrive on being seen to be refused , and the Poles had just obliged . |
| 18 | Justice was neither being done nor being seen to be done . |
| 19 | In conceding ( b ) he recognises that scribal records actually were unreliable , as well as being seen to be . |
| 20 | He has discovered how to enjoy life without being seen to . |
| 21 | It was played down by the band and manager Steve Harrison , who is paranoid about being seen to ‘ cash in ’ , ‘ manipulate ’ or any of those other snidey cracks that godhead success usually brings . |
| 22 | Having a senior member of the management team actively involved in analysing attendance and being seen to be taking action was an important aspect . |
| 23 | Being seen to be soft on the City is something that Mrs Margaret Thatcher has always dreaded . |
| 24 | A major development of the area had taken place , the CNAA was being seen to be ‘ fierce ’ in its approach , and institutions were being obliged to be ‘ thorough ’ . |
| 25 | It was played down by the band and manager Steve Harrison , who is paranoid about being seen to ‘ cash in ’ , ‘ manipulate ’ or any of those other snidey cracks that godhead success usually brings . |
| 26 | It is a view I believe which is held by everyone connected with policing at local level and additionally , the continuation of the tripartite system with its essential checks and balances on the activities of the three parties involved and My Lords that is the real importance and value of the tripartite system that depends on the local authorities being seen to be in the driving seat . |
| 27 | Being seen to be Green |
| 28 | Mm Oh I 've put in for one to pay the erm interest on the mortgage , which I have to do and that 's all being seen to because I 've had another letter saying can you tell me what this second loan were for and I 've put down yes , it was for windows and sent a bit of paper er , you know , that we 've paid four thousand seven hundred and something , five thousand , nine hundred and something we 've paid for them windows and I 've spent that |
| 29 | Are you being seen to ? |
| 30 | I think a lot of the current concern about schools being accountable is partly because things that in fact are being done are not being seen to be done , and I think if many of the things that we already done were more obviously being seen to be done , and perhaps also thought through rather more carefully as to how they were being done , the public would feel generally erm happier about what was going on in their schools than perhaps they are at the moment . |