Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [be] see [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Owen 's own first chosen vehicle , the co-operative community , had become an irrelevance and was seen to be impracticable . |
| 2 | You could , for instance , to select a name at random , call somebody a Kevin and be seen to be especially rude . |
| 3 | The growth of the Welfare State was seen to have developed diseconomies of scale and was seen to be securing staff interests rather than the public 's . |
| 4 | He is an extremely nice man and was seen to be a successful and popular president , although his name was linked to allegations that certain transactions were not totally above board . |
| 5 | Having a senior member of the management team actively involved in analysing attendance and being seen to be taking action was an important aspect . |
| 6 | The fact that ‘ official ’ criminals were overwhelmingly from the working class and were seen to be responding to the same forces that promoted socialist consciousness tended to favour at least a positive , if not heroic view of their activities . |