Example sentences of "it [verb] be see " in BNC.

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1 To lead in all the polls as the favoured candidate for the Tory succession , to persuade your own party that you offer a distinctive viewpoint without being in any way overtly disloyal , to convince even the cynics of the Press that you pose a realistic alternative to the present leadership — no phenomenon like it has been seen in British politics for 50 years .
2 Non-availability is an idea deeply embedded in the Christian tradition of celibacy ; though for too long now it has been seen as renunciation by men of sinful life , rather than as a radical statement by women .
3 Nothing like it has been seen since — well , since the Nanking Cargo was unloaded at Christie 's in April 1986 .
4 It is a fact that the written essay — usually of 400 to 500 words long — has dominated the English language and literature curriculum for many years because it has been seen as the main vehicle for the transmission of knowledge in written examinations .
5 It is not common in European waters , but since it is a migrant fish it has been seen .
6 These exceptional cases apart ( and it must be recalled that they are not really examples of the situation under discussion ) , it has been seen that there is no good ground for arguing that the doctor breaches his duty to his patient when respecting the patient 's wishes to be left to die .
7 Therefore it has been seen as right that they should be kept under male control .
8 So far it has been seen that a manager may help the advisers cope with pressure by encouraging social policy work in order to remove persistent client problems ; by training directed at problem management or interview management or by assigning a support role to a member of the team .
9 It has been seen that singularities inevitably occur in the solutions describing the interaction region of colliding plane waves .
10 For colliding plane waves with aligned linear polarization , it has been seen that the main field equation ( 10.2 ) is linear .
11 As it has been seen in Buxtehude that drivers take about six months to change their driving style and attitude , further falls in emissions are possible as they increasingly adopt defensive driving in third gear as an appropriate style rather than the aggressive driving in second gear that characterises their responses on first encountering Tempo 30 zones .
12 By pressing actively for the payment of wages monthly instead of weekly , they have supported and contributed to the great growth or worker banking in those countries , where it has been seen as a first step to other ‘ staff status ’ privileges .
13 It has been seen in the last chapter how Bishop Tunstall observed that it was not sufficient to burn the heretics and their works and appealed to Sir Thomas More , the best-known English writer of his time , to write against them .
14 The more the study of BSL has progressed , the more it has been seen to fit general language principles .
15 As it has been seen to touch upon every aspect of pupils ' lives , most particularly the emotional , English has become increasingly diffuse .
16 It has been seen that the modern justification for conferring broad discretionary power upon both corporate managers and administrative agencies is their special expertise .
17 Since the nineteenth century it has been seen as the cause and ‘ truth ’ of our being .
18 It has been seen that French wartime planners believed that France could gain from European economic co-operation .
19 It has been seen how the Thatcher Governments have been busy in turning the taxation of wealth into a voluntary tax .
20 While this system may have been satisfactory when inflation was negligible , it has been seen as more of a disadvantage in recent years .
21 Some of it has been seen as justifiable because it seeks to ensure competition and prevent monopoly .
22 It has been seen that academic institutions have to abide by procedural fairness when applying disciplinary measures , as do trade unions , and it has now been held that prison Visitors and governors exercising their disciplinary functions are subject to certiorari for breach of natural justice .
23 But it has been seen that Picasso was also attracted to tribal sculpture because he admired its conceptual quality .
24 The problem of combining various aspects of an object into a single image was one which , it has been seen , had concerned Picasso and Braque for some time .
25 Picasso , it has been seen , was anxious to introduce into his paintings what might almost be called a ‘ sculptural completeness ’ .
26 Although it has been seen that early Cubism was in no sense simply a continuation of Cézanne , the paintings of Picasso and Braque of this period represent , in many ways , the culmination of the investigation of form and pictorial space initiated by him thirty years earlier .
27 It has been seen that for an offence to be committed under section 14 two things need to be present at the same time .
28 It has been seen that there are a number of criminal offences relating to advertising .
29 It has been seen many times since then , and many of the Baskervilles have died in strange and terrible ways .
30 However , it has been seen that in a very short time , the Commissioner 's powers were extended to cover the private rights of members to enforce union rules-to sue for breach of contract-including individual complaints concerning discipline and expulsion .
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