Example sentences of "could be seen to be [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The visitors could be seen to be bewitched at the learning about the cathedral coming out of such callow lips .
2 These idealised sentences often turn out to be based , in fact , on the conventions of written language in the academic sub-culture and these linguists could be seen to be perpetuating , albeit in more sophisticated terms , the older , ideological conception of writing as the model for speech .
3 The pursuers were keeping up as best they could but held little hope of catching him , though at the first fence on the second circuit — the seventeenth in the race — Red Rum could be seen to be keeping on gamely .
4 Thus , the Report considers the universities mainly in so far as their influence could be seen to be reflected back on the school system examinations and the home .
5 On timeliness alone Electronic Publishing ( EP ) could be seen to be established .
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