Example sentences of "[det] can be [vb pp] as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can be seen as physiological immaturity or a deficiency in learning where the child has not learned the series of conditioned reflexes necessary for achieving bladder control . |
| 2 | These can be seen as practical methods of resolving the kinds of problems identified by the theory . |
| 3 | These can be regarded as hard corals which have , through some quirk of evolution , lost the ability to produce calcareous skeletons . |
| 4 | But most of these can be regarded as experimental works designed to clarify the problems that Picasso was facing in his painting . |
| 5 | All of these can be viewed as valid reasons for changing a contract . |
| 6 | Both can be seen as genuine attempts at making something out of nothing , attempts at getting something even if it 's only a laugh out of a life which , in many cases , by 16 has already run into a collection of brick walls labelled ‘ unemployment ’ , ‘ shit jobs ’ and ‘ routine brushes with the Law ’ . |
| 7 | Both can be seen as popular traditions in that they appeal to ‘ the people ’ , but while popular interpellations tend to absorb and neutralise potentially antagonistic elements , populism tends to develop them : |