Example sentences of "[was/were] see to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The move caused some surprise in Whitehall , where the belief is that it would be damaging to Mr de Klerk if he were seen to be making reformist moves because of external pressure . |
| 2 | Oppenheimer 's ‘ defects of character ’ , the political indiscretions and Communist Front connections of his past , were seen to be an excuse for the real reason for his suspension : that the father of the A-bomb was ‘ lacking enthusiasm ’ and ‘ lukewarm ’ about the H-bomb . |
| 3 | The journals were seen to be in better health , both scientifically and economically , than for many years , and plans to take advantage of this situation , in promoting the journals to both authors and subscribers , were approved . |
| 4 | Frank Laczko and Chris Phillipson show how the emergence of retirement in the twentieth century created a sharp dividing line between those who were seen to be actively part of the community and those who were not . |
| 5 | CONCERN as to whether the parish council were seen to be fully behind the scheme to build a replacement sports pavilion at Four Marks recreation ground were expressed at the council 's meeting on Tuesday last week . |
| 6 | Some , however , were concerned about the nature of the play activities , almost all of which were seen to be based on some kind of violence . |
| 7 | Finance was a constant source of tension within the city , and increasingly the city 's problems in this area were seen to be the fault of the Poles . |
| 8 | Second , it was written by a working party headed by John McFarlane , which meant that the non-practitioners were seen to be playing a prominent role in the APB 's activities and encouraging widespread debate . |
| 9 | Some were canonised and others — like Eckhart and Tauler — were hounded by the Church , but all were seen to be of enormous importance by their contemporaries , even by people who could not follow them into the inner world . |
| 10 | However , shortly afterwards , curio-sellers in Kano were seen to be selling photographs of the man , his wives and followers , and of some of the incidents that had taken place in December . |
| 11 | Some still retained private property as is evidenced by the fact that they met in private houses and that they would sell their assets if people were seen to be in need . |
| 12 | After further adventures in Spain , Nicholas had a dream in which his family were seen to be in trouble and needing him , so he returned to England , proceeded by a huge crate of the books collected on his travels . |
| 13 | During the final checks , the wheels were seen to be bent , and the flight had to be postponed whilst they were fixed . |
| 14 | Various grown men were seen to be weeping and Columbia Records have since been inundated with complaining telephone calls . |
| 15 | When black youth did appear it was often because they were seen to be a problem . |
| 16 | The fact that ‘ official ’ criminals were overwhelmingly from the working class and were seen to be responding to the same forces that promoted socialist consciousness tended to favour at least a positive , if not heroic view of their activities . |
| 17 | Freemasons were seen to be the power behind the French Revolution , whose role in contemporary disturbances such as the Russian Revolution had been taken over by the Jews . |
| 18 | Most important of all , family allowances were seen to be relevant to the government 's economic policy . |
| 19 | The firm has been at pains to correct this recently , however , and points to a ban of all flags in the workplace ( Union Jacks were seen to be intimidatory ) and its monitoring of the composition of the workforce . |
| 20 | The leadership was actually a collective one rather than a personal domination , and Law recognized his obligation to take the advice of those who were seen to be worthy of consultation by the party as a whole . |
| 21 | On one occasion , two of these were seen to be in open disagreement about the legitimacy and desirability of actions taken by the authorities ; on another occasion , one of these was set up , in effect , to review recommendations made by another . |
| 22 | Some historians argue that modern ecology only became possible in the post-Darwinian age in which all natural relationships were seen to be fragile . |
| 23 | Boccara/Boucherit of France had the next fastest time but they were seen to be wash hanging , not for the first time at this level , and a protest was upheld , posing the question why the umpires Riccardo Guala and Glyde Brytt had given white flags . |
| 24 | If the centre parties were seen to be self-interested in blocking the formation of a government through their insistence on a deal to introduce electoral reform then this could reflect badly on them in the election so cutting back their seats — and the prospect for proportional representation . |
| 25 | Where libraries were seen to be furthering school purposes there was a strong case for supporting them adequately , in both financial and wider terms . |
| 26 | In the silence that followed most of the chiefs were seen to be in tears and the council was dissolved until the afternoon . |
| 27 | Does he agree that if the distribution of Government grant were seen to be fair , local residents would not only be able to assess the performance of local authorities but would begin to see that our new council tax is a far better deal than the uncosted return to the rates — or , even worse , the uncosted local income tax — proposed by the Opposition parties ? |
| 28 | The poll tax was introduced because rates as a property tax were seen to be becoming increasingly unfair and undefendable . |
| 29 | They might get at least some credit if they were seen to be laying better long-term foundations for the economy . |
| 30 | Lim 's sources of information were seen to be much more effective than the Army 's compromised intelligence gathering network , as evidenced by the fact that four of the chief rebel officers captured since the coup attempt had been tracked down and arrested by the police . |