Example sentences of "to [be] seen [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The companies took the point and began beautifying the environs of their stations in the manner suggested by Mitchell , designing their station gardens to be seen to best advantage by both those arriving on the train and those waiting on the station . |
| 2 | In some cases you will need to be seen for further investigation and/or treatment . |
| 3 | In recent years , the abuse of children by those charged with their care and protection has come to be seen as one of the major social problems of modern societies . |
| 4 | The various roles of agriculture will have to be seen as integral aspects of the broader rural , national and international economy . |
| 5 | On the way to achieving effectiveness groups will undoubtedly face uncertainty , if not conflict , but these processes have to be seen as necessary costs of achieving both harmony and purposeful behaviour . |
| 6 | In the context of the apparent marginalization of the cities , there is a central reformist tradition ( developed in both Britain and the USA ) that suggests that riots need to be seen as political statements of dissatisfaction . |
| 7 | ‘ They just wanted to be seen as loyal citizens . ’ |
| 8 | Furthermore , people with a history of psychiatric disorder are more likely to be seen as suitable referrals by primary health care workers . |
| 9 | From a sociological point of view , however , such places are ‘ learning ’ establishments in a much broader sense than most people would ordinarily recognise and , as such , have to be seen as major agencies of socialisation . |
| 10 | In this view , teaching materials are to be seen as hypothetical constructs , models or exemplars of abstract principles from which actual instances of pedagogic activities might be developed in the light of particular classroom conditions . |
| 11 | firstly , the interpretation of normalisation which seems to us to be in line with the sense of direction of the self-advocacy movement recognising that people with learning difficulties need to be seen as autonomous individuals with their own rights of self-determination ; |
| 12 | As the army 's innately conservative values became increasingly influenced by ultranationalist thought , the villages from which many soldiers came continued to be seen as fertile areas of support . |
| 13 | Amongst other things , the sociologist is interested in how and why some things come to be seen as social problems . |
| 14 | Towers are to be seen as single scouts or in pairs in Perugia and Bologna ; but these are isolated survivors ; many an Italian city was once adorned with innumerable towers . |
| 15 | The turnabout is expected to be seen as disastrous news by purists — not only in the United States but here in Britain , because of the speed with which language fashions cross the Atlantic . |
| 16 | ‘ Good ’ work has to be seen as More than crime-fighting : ‘ Like , this is the sort of job that you come off at the end of the night and say to yourself ‘ What did I do ? ’ |
| 17 | Grief and tears are not to be seen as special experiences , only to be used at great and solemn moments . |
| 18 | This is bound to be seen as further evidence that Britain risks cutting itself off from the mainstream of European integration because of hostility both to economic and monetary union and to eventual political union . |
| 19 | If data archives hold their data long enough , however , they will eventually come to be seen as historical sources , and in reality there is no intrinsic difference between the 1991 census and that of 1891 . |
| 20 | But female psychologists are much more likely than male psychologists always to be seen as some male psychologist 's prize student . |
| 21 | And er she wanted er you know she has visions of us filling the streets of from to with banners waving and the we asked for no banners in the first rally we had back in October because we did n't want it to be seen as some thing that had you know big sort of take over and everybody you know the Communist Party and the language people and er all the different factions being able to wave their banners you know , We support the Blaenau quarry men . |
| 22 | The medieval fabliaux in English belong in the first instance to the context of medieval England , and are not to be seen as foreign intruders disguised in the clothing of the Middle English language . |
| 23 | As Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces and chancellor of both universities , the Governor is to be seen at occasional military parades , or handing out diplomas . |
| 24 | Certainly our classification policy is very much based on what kind of violence is safe to be seen at various ages . ’ |
| 25 | In all these streets , thick with lime trees , estate agents ' boards and large , clean cars , there were no people to be seen at all . |
| 26 | After a while , there was nothing to be seen at all . |
| 27 | Mick 's lay at the end of a row of long , low wooden buildings with a careful air : there were no guards or electric fences or anyone to be seen at all , but you got the feeling it would be inadvisable to appear shifty in any way as you traversed the path . |
| 28 | I guess I just wanted to be seen at that point . |
| 29 | The other divers were nowhere to be seen at this time , which made for an extremely dangerous situation in the open ocean . |
| 30 | It 's so important to be seen at these things and — I know it sounds very philistine — to show people that you have money . |