Example sentences of "[be] seen not [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did the trade union movement really fail to grasp that the two pre-conditions were : first , that its sense of responsibility must be seen not to be limited to a commitment in the shorter term to contribute to recovery from immediate crisis , but to extend , at the expense of short-run advantage , to the longer term commitment , to the revival of British industry and to its successful competition in world markets ; and secondly , that a Labour Government would have to preside over the management of the country 's affairs ? |
| 2 | She did n't want anyone to talk to her so she could be seen not to be alone . |
| 3 | Now if I was a cadre and I received that I think I would be thinking right erm if I really want to be at the forefront of this that 's the policy that I want to promote erm and if the peasants in my area are not demanding this and not achieving this well we , I , I ca n't be seen not to be going it , I 've got ta go with this . |
| 4 | NERC is in a situation in which it can not please every department , and it can only achieve a limited degree of acceptability by adopting the negative posture of being seen not to be unfair to particular departments ( hence spreading small numbers of grants as widely as possible ) . |
| 5 | But once the difference between one 's body qua sensitive and one 's body qua sensible , is realised , it is seen not to be relevant . |
| 6 | This last total is seen not to be correct . |
| 7 | The joys of design often mean that there is a tendency to design and attempt to install a totally new system if the old one is seen not to be working particularly well . |
| 8 | This opposition , she felt , was orchestrated by the ‘ homosexual/humanist/intellectual lobby'-adding homosexual to the usual list — who were well organised and united in a way the Church was seen not to be . |