Example sentences of "[was/were] seen to [be] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These were doubtless satisfactory for the individuals who had collected them and for a short period of time , until perhaps superseded by rulings that were seen to be more appropriate . |
| 2 | As a result , the range of permissible accounting treatments was seen to be amazingly broad . |
| 3 | Whereas Pleistocene geology was seen to be primarily concerned with stratigraphy and chronology , Butzer saw the need for a more comprehensive study of past environments and envisaged Pleistocene Geography as concerned with the natural environment and focused on the same themes of man and nature that are the concern of historical and contemporary geographies . |
| 4 | The first wave approach to NHS management was seen to be increasingly inappropriate to the needs of the service and society at large . |
| 5 | The process was seen to be too cumbersome and costly to provide much useful guidance to purchasers , who , in any case , preferred to back their own judgement . |
| 6 | Compared to other graphics fairs , the London event was seen to be somewhat old fashioned in its approach and emphasis . |
| 7 | By examining decentralization in this way , the restructuring school argued , the role of regional policy was seen to be more complex . |
| 8 | In Germany this proximity was seen to be entirely natural . |
| 9 | Theliver was seen to be severely congested . |
| 10 | The Guardian commented that these sorts of deals ‘ would simply prompt further government investigations into the industry , unless the pub owning company was seen to be genuinely independent of the brewer ’ . |