Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] seen [prep] a way " in BNC.
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| 1 | With Courtaulds already powerful in the United States , the Far East , France and Australia , the ICI deal was seen as a way of strengthening the position in Europe , and in particular in Germany . |
| 2 | This intervention was seen as a way of minimizing the harmful and the more undesirable side-effects of commercially funded media . |
| 3 | Some kind of assessment of the competence of teachers was seen as a way of weeding out those who were incompetent : a reaction to severe cuts in education ( along with the effects of falling rolls ) , and the need to thin out the teaching force . |
| 4 | Kreitman and Chowdhury ( 1973b ) found that the most common reason given for not getting in touch with a helping agency was that the overdose was seen as a way of relieving strain or going to sleep . |
| 5 | After 1870 education for the Poles was seen as a way of bringing them within the German order , of lightening their Slav darkness by opening up to them the world of ‘ civilisation ’ . |
| 6 | She said that for mothers struggling to bring up children , smoking was seen as a way of surviving . |
| 7 | Such guardianship was seen as a way of protecting vulnerable people from exploitation , ill treatment , or neglect . |