Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] be see to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the four factors , a confiding tie with a husband or lover was seen to be the most important , in that this could protect against depression whether or not any one of the other three vulnerability factors was present . |
| 2 | We must also ensure that teaching is seen to be important , and a simple way to start is to insist that all doctors must document their experience when applying for jobs and that all appointments committees should ask about it . |
| 3 | If their commitment and reliability are seen to be less than that of a paid worker then the stereotype will be reinforced and the many totally committed and reliable volunteers will be misjudged . |
| 4 | Traditional music and hymnody are seen to be for an older audience . |
| 5 | Even when a building is relatively plain inside , as time passes all historic finishes and fabric are seen to be of greater significance ; so it is desirable to preserve as much of the original interior as possible . |
| 6 | Efforts to chart continuities in maladjustment almost invariably fail to find more than a small relationship between early attachment or infant behaviour and later emotional or behavioural adjustment , and although very early relationships and behaviour are seen to be very important , most researchers aiming to demonstrate this fact end by concluding that discontinuity rather than continuity is the rule ( e.g. Lewis et al. , 1984 ; Fischer et al. , 1984 ) . |
| 7 | The feudal bond of duty and loyalty was seen to be almost as strong as , and certainly similar to , the ties of blood relationship . |
| 8 | The ability to assimilate information into concepts and to be aware of one 's own learning process and capacity for transferring skills and information is seen to be an integral part of the information skills work done within the Modern Studies curriculum and indeed , all information skills work within the school in connection with information retrieval through the library systems . |
| 9 | When policy was seen to be hurting the colonies , some protested ; but even the many who accepted that Britain 's relations with its colonies were unsatisfactory saw this as a relatively minor blemish on an otherwise desirable system . |