Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb mod] be seen " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this way , the stylized clay objects may be seen as early forerunners of the more recognizable goddess-idols of the Late Minoan period . |
| 2 | Eye-witnesses claim it dives beneath the surface of Loch Argyll , and its footprints may be seen on the muddy shore each dawn . |
| 3 | So the relative position of bureaucracy and other political institutions may be seen historically as a consequence of transitions in capitalism and the state . |
| 4 | Because exceptional items , such as the profit on the sale of assets or the cost of fundamental restructuring , are disclosed separately , the underlying profits from a company 's operations may be seen more clearly . |
| 5 | Hen harriers , merlins and short-eared owls may be seen in winter . |
| 6 | The bargaining relations between state enterprise unions and the political authorities may be seen in terms of Pizzorno 's well-known concept of ‘ political exchange ’ . |
| 7 | Leaving aside the question of whether these descriptions may be generalized beyond the British context , a problem with the approach is that writers have tended to concentrate on the ‘ outward and visible signs ’ , the more manifest differences in collective bargaining structure , unionization , pay determination , conflict and so on , without providing a more general framework within which these phenomena may be seen . |
| 8 | The style of life created by the upper artisan strata may be seen , from one point of view , as a transmission of middle class values — certainly as an assertion of social superiority , a self conscious cultural exclusion of less-favoured working class groups . |
| 9 | These birds may be seen taking their specially prepared foods from raised feeding trays and nectar tubes arranged near the visitors ' viewing path . |
| 10 | Such groups tend to wield greater power in conflict situations than their members , and indeed the very existence of the groups may be seen to anticipate and perpetuate conflict , to harden and formalise a set of attitudes and values that their individual members may not themselves have recognised or expressed . |
| 11 | The varices may be seen on barium enema or at colonoscopy and aortoportography is diagnostic . |
| 12 | They are , of course , required for the older works in the repertoire and probably in newer story ballets where all ages should be seen if a plot is to have credibility . |
| 13 | Against either form of determinism one might instead want to argue that contingencies and institutions should be seen as providing the arena in which power-players will seek to utilize whatever resources are available in constructing local organizational practice , shaped to whatever mode of rationality , against the last of organizational imperatives . |
| 14 | It seems , therefore , that the Burgundians should be seen as a largely catholic people , but that for a brief period under Gundobad they had an arian Church . |
| 15 | Birt added that his plans must be seen as being about ‘ greater freedom to operate , not less , greater initiative and enterprise within mutually agreed strategies . ’ |
| 16 | The implications for social policy are as follows : first , that the main determinants of welfare are economic ; second , that the government 's role in diverting resources into social policies must be seen to be closely interrelated with , even dependent upon , the role it plays in the management of the economy ; third , that social policies will be determined by views about the way the economy does , or should , operate . |
| 17 | Compact activities should be seen as a useful curriculum resource rather than as " bolt-on " activities . |
| 18 | In so far as this book is a plea for some measure of reform in the priority given to sexual considerations in social work cases , public attitudes must be seen as creating obstacles . |
| 19 | These sins may be seen to menace lineage identity and solidarity — the paramount Nuer virtues . |
| 20 | This aspect of option premiums may be seen more clearly if we look at calls and puts with the same exercise price but with different expiry dates . |
| 21 | Or professionalism and relationships may be seen mainly within the professional group . |
| 22 | An example of the Eleventh Labour — the stealing of the Golden Apples of the Hesperides may be seen on an altar from Whitley Castle ( fig. 14.39 ) , although it has been identified as the Hydra , however , a tree with apples is clearly visible on the edge of the stone and also the head of the protective snake . |
| 23 | On a third view , parties may be seen as alternative ‘ managerial teams ’ for running the economy and providing public services . |
| 24 | Whether these types of initiative ought to be included within the development theme is arguable , but labour-supply considerations may be seen as constraining urban output . |
| 25 | The characteristic styles of great architects and designers may be seen clearly reflected — Chippendale , Sheraton , Adam and Hepplewhite . |
| 26 | Schools should be seen as a valuable resource , not just for their pupils but for the communities around them . |
| 27 | I think that in the nineteen nineties , there is agreement that some reform is need is needed that there should be a better balance between the different groups at conference , and that decision making in the parties should be seen to be democratic open and based on one person one vote . |
| 28 | ‘ Little kids should be seen an' not 'eard . ’ |
| 29 | Consequently , he proposed that the reporting unit should be defined as the fund and that organizations should be seen as one fund or a series of funds . |
| 30 | " The Youth Militant supporters must be seen in their true light of splitters and disrupters and cleared out of the youth movement , " urged John Gollan , secretary of the Young Communist League , after the conference . |