Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] see to be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a government is weak and under pressure and when policies are seen to be failing , little authority may attach to a Prime Minister and the advantages of office are rapidly turned to personal disadvantage . |
| 2 | Second , it was written by a working party headed by John McFarlane , which meant that the non-practitioners were seen to be playing a prominent role in the APB 's activities and encouraging widespread debate . |
| 3 | Where libraries were seen to be furthering school purposes there was a strong case for supporting them adequately , in both financial and wider terms . |
| 4 | With a revised scale for its deficiency payments , in effect a reduction of 50% grant-aid to WEA classes in the county , the LEA with only marginally increased costs was seen to be acceding to public demand for continuity and simultaneously responding to the recommendation of the Carnegie Trustees . |
| 5 | If their discharges are seen to be causing harm they can be liable in the civil courts . |
| 6 | The loss for the quarter of $285m , $0.50 a share , was in line with analysts ' estimates , which averaged at a loss of $0.49 a share , and cost controls are seen to be improving . |
| 7 | The loss for the quarter of $285m , $0.50 a share , was in line with analysts ' estimates , which averaged at a loss of $0.49 a share , and cost controls are seen to be improving . |
| 8 | Thus , unions are seen to be engaging in a conflict with firms ’ managements as part of the class struggle between workers and capitalists , with workers aiming to raise the share of wages in the national income and capitalists aiming to raise the share of profits . |
| 9 | Opposition from vested interests will be intense , but no one should underestimate the power of the goodwill that survives to be tapped as soon as politicians are seen to be moving in the right direction . |