Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] seen [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result was seen as having strengthened the somewhat precarious position of Prime Minster Toshiki Kaifu within the party . |
| 2 | The vote was seen as marking another step towards ending the EP 's nomadic existence between Luxembourg , where the secretariat was based , Strasbourg , where its annual monthly plenary sessions were held , and Brussels , where committee meetings were held . |
| 3 | However , financial delegation was seen as running efficiently with or without the involvement of the staff . |
| 4 | His candidacy was seen as suffering from factional conflicts in his home state . |
| 5 | Such forms of help were seen as enabling young people , in the long term , to have control over their own lives . |
| 6 | The multilevel and fragmented bargaining which occurred in the private sector was seen as fuelling inflation and making the implementation of incomes policy more difficult . |
| 7 | Too often a job , any job , for a refugee child was seen as bestowing a great favour in return for which sacrifices were expected . |
| 8 | Sea-floor spreading and continental drift were seen as involving these lithospheric plates rather than just oceanic or continental crust . |
| 9 | Poland 's long-term security was seen as lying in the creation of a Euro-Atlantic security system , and future membership of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) was confirmed as an aim . |
| 10 | No significant difference was seen when compared with laser YAG or bipolar electrocoagulation . |
| 11 | The vote for presidential reform was seen as expressing impatience on the part of Walesa at the speed of political change in Poland . |
| 12 | This form of examination was seen as equating the professional relationship of solicitor and client with that of the market place . |
| 13 | The increased capitation was seen as enabling schools to offer their pupils an enhanced curriculum . |
| 14 | Ximena was seen as representing the former , while Rodrigo , who had formally renounced his rights as a Castilian noble , now stood for Leon . |
| 15 | The paper was seen as constituting ‘ guidance for local education authorities ’ and the ministers proposed to inform themselves in due course about the action taken by LEAs with regard to that guidance . |
| 16 | The celibate woman was seen as having been freed from the ‘ curse of Eve ’ , to bear children in sorrow and to be under the domination of the male . |
| 17 | On the contrary , the Prussian State was seen as having been turned consciously , by a great act of will on the part of its ruler , on to paths which were constructive and enlightened . |
| 18 | The incident was seen as reflecting growing white concern over government plans to return some land to blacks under proposals expected to be debated in parliament during June and July . |
| 19 | The reason is that the vivid phrase which the investigator had chosen to ‘ flag ’ what he considered to be an issue of concern was seen as exaggerated and alarmist by academics . |
| 20 | The cases equally indicate the boundary beyond which the church was seen as abusing its definitions of the sacred . |
| 21 | Hart , in criticising Devlin 's position , suggested that his conception of morality was like that of a ‘ seamless web ’ where attacks on one part were seen as threatening the life of the whole . |
| 22 | The radio was seen as possessing authority on standards of moral and social behaviour : |
| 23 | Black employment at stations continued to decline until working on the railway was seen as detracting from black dignity . |
| 24 | In the late 1940s and 1950s the fast reactor was held in such esteem that other forms of nuclear power generation were seen as filling in time until the FBRs were ready to go on stream . |
| 25 | Always , before a patient was seen or examined , they were asked if they minded a student being present . |
| 26 | In the early modern period also the individual was seen as constituted by and in relation to — even the effect of — a pre-existing order . |
| 27 | In addition a 25 second burst of delta activity was seen that did not cause panic or disturbed behaviour . |
| 28 | The diagnostic expert system was seen as using the SEMA faults data-base as a source for its knowledge base . |
| 29 | The system was seen as creating dependency in that young people were passed from the hands of one professional to another , pressurised by the demands of each professional discipline , and had their ‘ needs ’ determined by others . |
| 30 | Plowden was seen as providing a medium-term strategy for economic control , though to function satisfactorily it required an adequate institutional structure . |