Example sentences of "[was/were] seen to [be] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When black youth did appear it was often because they were seen to be a problem . |
| 2 | Oppenheimer 's ‘ defects of character ’ , the political indiscretions and Communist Front connections of his past , were seen to be an excuse for the real reason for his suspension : that the father of the A-bomb was ‘ lacking enthusiasm ’ and ‘ lukewarm ’ about the H-bomb . |
| 3 | As priests controlled the local school directly , this was seen to be a direct attack on their role in the school system . |
| 4 | The task of the nervous system was seen to be a computational one . |
| 5 | In so far as management budgeting was seen to be a failure , it was because it was perceived to be too much of a finance-led exercise which did not adequately tackle the organisational and behavioural issues . |
| 6 | German industry was seen to be a major threat to the European powers and to established patterns of Atlantic trade . |
| 7 | My blackness was seen to be a public and political fact , whereas my gayness was seen as a purely personal matter . |
| 8 | The drilling provided for the first time borehole information on the age and evolution of the Great Barrier Reef Pore morphology was seen to be a control on both the resistivity and velocity logs , and when combined with Formation Micro Scanner data , should enable laboratory research to provide the basis of enhanced geological interpretation of the downhole geophysical logs . |
| 9 | He is an extremely nice man and was seen to be a successful and popular president , although his name was linked to allegations that certain transactions were not totally above board . |
| 10 | There was seen to be a need to protect such witnesses as a Swiss banker who is prevented by Swiss law from disclosing bank details , or a French physician whose duty of professional secrecy is enforced under severe professional sanctions . |
| 11 | On the latter point , the hon. Gentleman is well aware of what was said at the time of the Barlow Clowes affair , following an investigation by the ombudsman into what was seen to be a unique set of circumstances . |
| 12 | This was seen to be a reference to Iran 's standing position calling for the death of Salman Rushdie for the anti-Islamic " blasphemies " contained in his novel , The Satanic Verses . |
| 13 | The move was seen to be a response to the average daily INRO market price indicator being below the " may buy " levels in the six months leading up to the review . |
| 14 | This was seen to be a problem and in the 1960 's a change was made to a method known as ‘ total communication ’ . |
| 15 | Whatever the book 's faults might be , it was seen to be an original contribution of power , and that a new force in Christian thinking had appeared among the Churches in England . |
| 16 | There was seen to be an urgent need to give much greater recognition to the potential contribution of NHS managers . |
| 17 | In clarifying our confidence in another 's consciousness , human or non-human , it was seen to be an error of Griffin 's to pose the problem in terms of putting ourselves into another 's ‘ skin' or to experience their ‘ subjective feelings ’ ( 1984 : 1 , above ) . |
| 18 | The difficulty of hitting a balance between total rigidity and disciplined freedom was recognized , but was seen to be an essential aim . |