Example sentences of "[noun pl] [is] see as " in BNC.
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| 1 | A membership based on the hereditary principle and the patronage that is needed to create life peers is seen as deeply offensive in the context of a democracy . |
| 2 | The frequent use of metaphor by authors describing the use of citation counts as a basis for value judgements is seen as reflecting the resistance of the citation process to standardisation . |
| 3 | Again , contra Lawrence , it is obvious that for Eliot the idea that modern western society should adopt savage customs is seen as ludicrous and reprehensible , since he believed that not even the lowest of civilized people could adapt themselves to such society without deteriorating and frequently also corrupting the natives . |
| 4 | Computerisation of some or all of these resources is seen as desirable , in order to provide : |
| 5 | Language use among individual bilinguals is seen as being governed by these norms . |
| 6 | The use of registered interpreters is seen as sufficiently important now for Freeman , Carbin and Boese to warn : |
| 7 | Beyond this the practical stress of sanctions is seen as unhelpful in the development and maintenance of law , since the person who is threatened is not only psychologically less open to accepting the ethical demands of law but may indeed by virtue of the threat be under a reduced ethical obligation to conform to the sanctioned law . |
| 8 | College staff were invited to take an active part in helping SCOTVEC to develop the new operating procedures — a proactive role for colleges is seen as essential to the introduction of efficient , easy to use systems . |
| 9 | The competition between professional and management groups is seen as essentially productive , and indeed is the stuff of life for those inhabiting the organizational levels . |
| 10 | The sight of union leaders holding up cards carrying hundreds of thousands of votes is seen as ridiculous , outdated and undemocratic ’ — Gavin Laird , general secretary of the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union . |