Example sentences of "seen as a [noun] of the " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 The study can be seen as a continuation of the work of the SSRC North Sea oil panel but with a more urban focus and making use of more recently available information .
2 Not only does this mean that science is handled by a senior member of the Canadian cabinet — a tax lawyer who once said that the last thing that Canada needs is more tax lawyers — but also it means that science and technology are seen as a part of the process of economic development .
3 The chapter/section idea(s) : these will be much more concrete , are usually expressed in the first and/or last paragraphs and should be seen as a part of the wider themes/theses of the book .
4 Anyway , I 'm older and am seen as a man of the world . ’
5 Saris are seen as a sign of the wearer being progressive .
6 The break-up of the old world was seen as a sign of the last times .
7 The proposed investment by PepsiCo Inc. in a bottling plant in the country was seen as a test of the new government 's commitment to encouraging foreign investment .
8 Although the PNP campaigned on local issues , the elections were widely seen as a test of the party 's popularity following the devaluation and austerity measures introduced in February [ see below ] .
9 The verdict followed a three-day jury trial in a civilian court which was seen as a test of the ability of the judicial system to end the effective immunity of the armed forces from human rights charges .
10 Its success in coming to collective agreements and avoiding industrial strife was seen as a gauge of the wider success of the national compacts between employers and unions ( see , e.g. , Pueblo , 3 March 1982 ) .
11 This may be seen as a measure of the extent to which opportunities for successful study are being provided for students who would traditionally not have been considered to be capable of achieving this success .
12 Section 22 reaffirms the notion that a partnership share is ordinarily to be seen as a proportion of the net distributable assets of the firm available for distribution at the end of the winding-up process and not as comprising a severable share in each of the partnership assets — though , as mentioned in Chapter 10 , the Revenue may take a different line .
13 A drop in cases coming before the political ’ Special Courts ’ can also be seen as a reflection of the fall in expression of critical opinion in the summer of 1940 .
14 The mindless sentimentality and inevitably happy endings were seen as a reflection of the popular will .
15 Viewed this way , culture is seen as a possession of the elite and a pursuit of the rich .
16 On December 18th Hoare resigned , to be replaced by Anthony Eden , widely seen as a champion of the League .
17 This too , however , must be seen as a presentation of the lives of human beings , which is useful perhaps for taxation purposes but bears little resemblance to the real world .
18 The Northern Ireland Centre in Europe , therefore , should be seen as a symbol of the commitment of the people of this Province to active membership of the European community .
19 The island is seen as a microcosm of the world and this is part of Golding 's style that has remained the same throughout the book .
20 A leading member of the Medellín drug cartel , Fabio Ochoa , wanted by the United States authorities for drug trafficking offences and the murder of an agent of the American Drug Enforcement Agency ( DEA ) , surrendered on Dec. 19 in what was seen as a vindication of the policy of President César Gaviria Trujillo , who had adopted legal and political methods rather than the previous military offensive against the drug cartels [ see p. 37772 for October proposals ] ; on Dec. 17 the government had said that it would waive extradition to the USA and reduce prison terms for those traffickers who surrendered and confessed to crimes .
21 Nevertheless , in practice , innovation must be seen as a function of the quality of the school .
22 Now , the economic costs attributable to the adversary system are not just seen as a function of the frequent reversals of ideologically motivated policies .
23 The motivation to perform is seen as a function of the beliefs that individuals have concerning future rewards multiplied by the value they place on those rewards .
24 However , as Haldane 's comment suggests , altruism is seen as a function of the proportion of genes shared by individuals .
25 And surely Isaiah Berlin was better seen as a liberal of the old school , a classic Millian , while Karl Popper arguably opened the way , via Lakatos , to Thomas Kuhn ?
26 It is essentially seen as a question of the growing difficulty experienced in subjecting the administration to the control of non-bureaucratic institutions , mainly legislatures .
27 If Stein 's action can be seen as a rearrangement of Cristofori 's action , then the Viennese action , formally speaking , can be seen as a transformation of the English .
28 The German escapement action Stein employed in all the pianos that he made after the piano in the vis-á-vis instrument can be seen as a transformation of the Cristofori-Silbermann piano action .
29 Yet others have argued that the unrest can be seen as a symptom of the breakdown of law and order in British society ( Gaffney , 1987 ; Hall , 1987 ; Keith , 1987 ) .
30 There was no serious attempt to examine the rioters ' underlying grievances — seen as a symptom of the media 's customary neglect of the social problems experienced by black Americans .
  Next page