Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] seen [subord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A measure of confusion and uncertainty arose within the colony , however , as to the precise constitutional status of the bill in relation to the Basic Law — Hong Kong 's proposed mini-constitution [ see p. 37248 ] — and as to whether or not China had the power to repeal the bill , given its non-participation within the terms of the Covenant and its insistence that the Basic Law should be seen as supreme . |
| 2 | First Criterion : Gender differences should be seen as situational and interactional rather than global and structural . |
| 3 | Again it should be seen as close and calculated that the shawl which wraps the head in shame at first , becomes at last a green emblem of mercy . |
| 4 | The importance of language to education was undeniable ; yet it did not prove possible for development to take place within conventional faculties or schools of education ( in 1975 , for example , departments within the University of London Institute of Education were unable to agree about establishing a language centre because of concern over who should be seen as central ) . |
| 5 | Even in softly flowing ballets such as Monotone II where no impetus should be seen as deliberate , it must nevertheless be there and firmly controlled lf , for example , the two boys are to turn the girl sur pointe with her working leg stretched upwards and her head and body bent downwards over her supporting leg . |
| 6 | The two approaches should be seen as complementary . |
| 7 | If , as was argued earlier , the notion of duty should be seen as functional rather than purely temporal , it should therefore extend to all situations where the constable is engaged in obligatory police work . |
| 8 | Different speakers do , of course , have their own typical pitch range , loudness , voice quality , etc. , and contrasts among prosodic components should be seen as relative to these ‘ background ’ speaker characteristics . |
| 9 | Both of these views of the relationship between government and the economy stress the extent to which social policy should be seen as dependent upon , or even a derivative of , economic policy . |
| 10 | Whether a particular level of credit payments should be seen as high or not obviously depends on the consumer 's income . |
| 11 | In this book I will argue not only that these are indeed constraints on the form of knowledge but also that they are constraints on all knowledge which should be seen as ideological in the sense in which Marx uses it . |
| 12 | If regulation is involved , those charged with performing the surveillance should be seen as responsive to consumer as well as producer interests , if they are to reflect societies ' preferences . |
| 13 | Reflectiveness should be seen as natural and part of the normal rhythm of daily life . |
| 14 | In Freudian theory , there is a constant concern with the way in which entry into culture and human relationships , and the conflicts and struggle this causes , should be seen as constitutive of the human self . |
| 15 | The effects of war on the economy must be seen as uneven . |
| 16 | The first major change in the structure of child care law is the introduction of the concept of paramountcy — that is , that the child 's welfare must be seen as paramount in all decisions relating to the care of the child , residence , access , and so on . |
| 17 | Since these factors can and do change , the position of the younger generation in structures of family support must be seen as specific to particular points in historical time . |
| 18 | Whatever procedure for dismissal is established must be seen as fair and just , so that governing bodies are able to demonstrate that they have acted reasonably . |
| 19 | And to fulfil this role they must be seen as independent of the society they help to constitute . |
| 20 | For staff , because the process involves a protracted process of consultation with the local authority , sometimes other agencies , and the careful scrutiny of all relevant data by other personnel , internal policies might be seen as wanting and senior staff viewed as incompetent . |
| 21 | In fact , financial targets might be seen as equivalent to constraints imposed by shareholders in a public company who require dividends of a certain level ( or indeed as related to constraints on regulated companies who must earn no more than a certain return on capital ; see chapter 5 ) . |
| 22 | For instance , adding 1.630 Kg and 250 g might be seen as sterile so the question becomes , " A recipe says add 250 g of sugar to 1.630 Kg of flour — what is the total weight ? " |
| 23 | Her desires might be seen as figurative of more general feelings among postmodernist British authors , seeking inspiration and affection less often to be found within their own shores . |
| 24 | John Barnsley , director of tax services at Price Waterhouse , argued in a recent letter to the Financial Times that ‘ the tendency of the ACT system to encourage profitable investment in the UK rather than overseas might be seen as helpful , with the UK in recession and 3m unemployed ’ . |
| 25 | Such a finding might be seen as inconsistent with data from brain damaged patients ( Warrington and Rabin , 1970 ; De Renzi , Faglioni and Scotti , 1971 ) which suggest that the right cerebral hemisphere is more accurate than the left hemisphere in judging the orientation of a line . |
| 26 | You may find that you 've worried about whether you 'll be seen as weak of you give it your blessing . |
| 27 | The Government 's policy on television in mainland Tanzania could be seen as anti-elitist ; the same could not be said of its policy on the press . |
| 28 | What is acceptable in Italy could be seen as vulgar in the Netherlands or Sweden . |
| 29 | If it were possible in the residential care of young people to replace their sense of failure in personal relationships with successes , small or big , in other aspects of their lives , then the experience of residential care could be seen as beneficial in its own right , whatever the outcome of work to restore family relationships . |
| 30 | But the Bank has always indicated that it would only take such a step in exceptional circumstances and continues to stress its awareness of the need to avoid actions which could be seen as capricious if it is to retain the confidence of market makers and investors in gilt-edged stock . |