Example sentences of "seen as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both the 1965 ‘ plan ’ and devaluation can be seen as technocratic measures , equally inadequate to abolish the competitive weakness of the UK economy — a weakness which is inscribed in its industrial structure , and the slow growth of productivity which is linked to the development of social relations within enterprises as well as the shortfall of investment . |
| 2 | Other charity administrators say that Wolfson 's policy could help to legitimize the campaigns of anti-vivisectionists and could be seen as implicit criticism of the efforts of laboratory researchers . |
| 3 | There have been some dramatic prosecutions of commercial fraud , or what may be seen as criminal negligence . |
| 4 | In one demonstration my car was stopped at a hospital entrance but it soon became clear that much of the resentment was directed at what were seen as remote hospital authorities ‘ up there , . |
| 5 | American brand Rusty , founded by an American guru board shaper , is seen as good clothing , as is the surf/skate label Gordon & Smith . |
| 6 | Wedding is seen as final ‘ betrayal' |
| 7 | The balance between gaining and losing is by no means even ; many infrequent users of search are seen as prime poaching grounds , whereas companies constantly recruiting may not necessarily be losing people , but experiencing rapid growth . |
| 8 | Jews or Zionists are seen as prime movers in a plot to take over the world , by destroying nations and manipulating the minds of ordinary people . |
| 9 | They are seen as deaf ‘ camp-followers ’ . |
| 10 | These latter are seen as central aspects in the perception of beauty . |
| 11 | The shooting is seen as retaliatory action following the murders of three Roman Catholic civilians by the UFF and UVF last week . |
| 12 | If the patient is unconscious and will never regain consciousness , or is suffering from a progressive or fatal illness , then the respirator must be seen as heroic treatment and may be turned off , as in the case of Karen Quinlan , when it is no longer of any lasting benefit . |
| 13 | The syndrome is seen as poor speech , e.g. ‘ omission of phonemes ( flower instead of flower ) ’ or avoidance of lip-reading by looking away . |
| 14 | The causes of poor organizational performance are seen as poor communications , bad supervisory practices , low levels of group satisfaction and cohesion . |
| 15 | The second point is on correspondence , I 'm absolutely certain that when a member of public writes in to any department , not necessarily highway , he expects and needs an immediate response , now I know you have , you have started the acknowledgement of our system , but I think it 's , it does n't go far enough , an acknowledgement card that simply says the thing is received and is receiving attention , needs to then indicate the individual to whom that matter has been passed for attention and that leads me to the third point and I think the general complaint on the public is that local government is seen as faceless people and I think we have to get in our mind to name people within our department , there 's not one mention about it in our promise , I think we need , unless I 've not read it , but I think , I think we , yes , but I think we need to mention people by name , senior people within the department who will respond to particular things and certainly where public comes into contact within the offices we must get around to wearing a name badge who says who that person is , people want to relate to a person and I think we can do that if we try . |
| 16 | The Commission 's aim of reskilling workers before they become unemployed , and smoothing their transition into alternative employment is also objected to by the UK Government , as it is seen as industrial policy in disguise . |
| 17 | These have been seen as appropriate developments from the teaching in the Bible . |
| 18 | English , on the other hand , has to be able to distinguish dental from labiodental and alveolar places of articulation for to be distinct from and and for to be distinct from and ; this requires an additional feature that most languages do not need , and this could be seen as specific task for the learner of English . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The result was that the all-union bodies which carried out these functions were seen as Russian bodies , and Russians took the blame for their shortcomings ; while Russia itself , one of the areas whose numbers had been increasing most rapidly before the revolution , was threatened with depopulation . |
| 21 | But by 1800 , man and woman were no longer seen as similar bodies on different parts of a scale . |
| 22 | There has been a tendency generally , but particularly in the years since 1979 , to disregard what are seen as private troubles ( family poverty , poor marital relationships , isolation ) and to consider primarily public issues , e.g. dependency of lone parents on welfare benefits , reception of children into care because of homelessness or family breakdown and juvenile crime . |
| 23 | For four hundred years it was owned by a succession of wealthy aristocrats … the valley , woodland and lakes seen as private possessions for their eyes only . |
| 24 | It will do so from a common perspective : that is , how might each of them handle what have been seen as necessary imperatives of organizational action ? |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | In effect , the insider who reveals the structural formations of a system of power inverts that power and the revelation creates a situation where elements of ‘ anti-structure ’ ( Turner 1969 , 1974 ) now present a version of how things might be constituted ; and what has been seen as solid reality begins to be identified as only one social possibility . |
| 27 | The foundations of his manor house , Roos Castle , can still be seen as regular contours in a field south of the church . |
| 28 | They should rather be seen as complex social activities involving different expressions of human concern , the same individuals often participating in both . |
| 29 | In addition 3,000 mentally handicapped and 200,000 mentally ill people were seen as new out-patients that year . |
| 30 | Bertram argues that game theory and kin selection should not be seen as alternative explanations ( Nature , vol 302 , p 356 ) . |