Example sentences of "can [be] [verb] as be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Economic and social factors now loom large , and can be seen as being of greater importance than purely land use matters , though the courts would not necessarily accept such a line of reasoning ( as , for instance , when Lord Widgery held that the London Borough of Hillingdon could not impose a condition that the occupants of a private housing development should be people on the council 's waiting list ) . |
| 2 | The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast can be seen as being in the process of fulfilment . |
| 3 | According to this reading , the repetition of episodes and the lack of a linear structure can be regarded as being in keeping with the formal realism of a narrative which is being conducted by someone whose overwrought state of mind colours his perception of the world around him , and who is no longer able to distinguish between imagination and reality . |
| 4 | This can be construed as being in accord with the important premise of this book that life is to be enjoyed . |
| 5 | In general , then , we need to try to explain the earliest arrangement of the basic administrative land units in our study area and see if it can be identified as being of pre-Roman , Roman , or later date . |