Example sentences of "it [was/were] seen to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | This was a crucial consideration , especially for the unskilled , because it was seen to be their only asset . |
| 3 | On opening it was seen to be empty . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | Before this , the judges themselves , and especially the Master of the Rolls , whose responsibility it was seen to be , considered and made the necessary recommendations to the Department on the staffing and other administrative arrangements of the courts . |
| 6 | Collectively , however , the service was not well regarded in the schools since it was seen to be enact many of the tendencies referred to earlier . |
| 7 | It was seen to be not an excrescence on the body politic , having no bearing upon its general health , but an organic disease … a running sore that affected the entire fabric of society , a morass exhaling a miasma that poisoned the healthy elements of industry . |
| 8 | Partly because of this distinction in favour of processions at common law , it was seen to be necessary for the police to be given statutory powers to control potentially disruptive processions ( but not meetings ) in the Public Order Act 1936 . |
| 9 | And yet this field was like every other since the archers had become the terrible force they were ; their part was done first , but nonetheless at the end it was seen to be the determining part . |
| 10 | He said he saw no sign of a white stick until after the accident when it was seen to be folded up . |