Example sentences of "to be see [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corners can be cut on flowers and remember , the flowers at the reception are going to be seen for a longer time than those in the church . |
| 2 | As such it was certain to be seen as a global cartel , and it was in fact denounced by individual European governments and the EC Commission as being in contravention of GATT . |
| 3 | Six months later , in June 1951 , after de Lattre had halted the Vietminh offensive in Tonkin and with the immediate threat removed , Heath reported from Saigon that the current phase in Indo-China was now to be seen as a holding operation . |
| 4 | With the rise of Christianity , abortion came to be seen as a full-blown moral problem . |
| 5 | So my beliefs constitute an extremely important constraint on my behaviour and , bearing in mind that what we believe to be right or wrong is , to a large extent , learnt behaviour , that we do not inherit such beliefs , it is obvious that the source of these beliefs has to be seen as a major constraint on , and determinant of , our behaviour . |
| 6 | This is now to be seen as a major disadvantage in the position of an expert , and if an expert is selected as the appropriate machinery for resolving disputes , questions of law should be excluded from his remit except with the consent of the parties . |
| 7 | George concluded the evening — and successfully reclaimed his right to be seen as a sober enough man — by reciting ‘ The Bashful Wooer ’ from the works of one he announced as ‘ the greatest poet of Cumberland and Westmorland , a man living among us today , our own Robbie Burns — Robert Anderson of Carlisle … ’ |
| 8 | The head of department , for example , depicted the library project as something which had to be seen as a specific development in the context of a GRIDS exercise in which the broad range of curricular provision came under consideration . |
| 9 | Indeed , it is clear that there will need to be a significant improvement in the conditions associated with part-time work if this is to be seen as a real alternative for older workers . |
| 10 | The Labour Party will need to develop a plausible vision for the future of the NHS if it is to be seen as a credible alternative to the present government . |
| 11 | On the one hand , the Institute wishes to be seen as a professional body , and this is possible only where entry is restricted by academic qualification . |
| 12 | What had started as a ‘ new look ’ language course began to be seen as a new approach to teaching children based on a new and popular medium — English . |
| 13 | The implications of this peculiar kind of vested interest , interest in one 's public image , for drama are probably obvious — the participant who wants to be seen as a good actor , for example . |
| 14 | Of course there is implicit commentary in any selection of examples but case study material is intended to be seen as a working document which is left open to varied and flexible use in a teacher-training programme . |
| 15 | Corruption , public relations and lobbying work debase Congress and undermine its right to be seen as a legitimate institution representing the American people . |
| 16 | Similarly , the impact of GIST may have been as great in schools which had no contact with the project at all , because of the changing climate of opinion in which girls ' under-achievement in science and technology came to be seen as a serious educational issue . |
| 17 | Halom , last minute Liberal Democrat candidate for Sunderland North , is anxious to be seen as a serious politician , not just a rekindled striker . |
| 18 | His actions then ( in this case in calling the twelve ) did not simply relate to his immediate Jewish context , but are to be seen as a considered action undertaken in relation to his having founded the church . |
| 19 | It has tended to be seen as a pampered favourite , while regarding the lower-tech and less profitable businesses as a ball and chain . |
| 20 | We want to be seen as a reliable supplier with a good record of continuity . ’ |
| 21 | Their perseverance revealed the obvious : needs and capacities continue to change after a person has been de-hospitalized or moved from the parental home to a group home — and the developmental role has therefore to be seen as a permanent not a temporary one . |
| 22 | Similarly , a sexual proposition in a bus queue is likely to be seen as a degrading assault while at a party it may be viewed as less violating . |
| 23 | the view of the traffic planners here is that if the bike is to be seen as a realistic substitute to the car over distances of up to two km , then every point must be made accessible to it . |
| 24 | ‘ It was terrible having to be seen as a human being when all I wanted to do was be a bean . ’ |
| 25 | You simply need to ask to be visible , to be seen as a human being , not an unpaid curate . |
| 26 | If knowledge is to be seen as a shared process ( ‘ growledge ’ , to invoke Coleridge 's term ) , then this must have an ineradicable effect on the curriculum , on styles of teaching and learning , and on the Language of Education in all its aspects . |
| 27 | To do this , education has to be seen as a continuing life process linked to social and economic activity at all points and not just as a precursor to employment and a dependent adjunct thereafter . |
| 28 | There then followed a discussion about the way in which West Belfast ( like Derry ) was coming to be seen as a big shopping mall . |
| 29 | But it was hard to express gratitude for what was bound to be seen as a harsh deprivation — the loss of natural family . |
| 30 | From village green to inner-city street , Labour needs to be seen as a respected , radical , and creative presence . |