Example sentences of "[conj] [be] see to be " in BNC.
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1 | I have outlined a handful of sexual difference theories wherein homosexuality is associated with , or is seen to be expressive of : ( 1 ) the true , negative , nature of patriarchy , ( 2 ) a negation of what is truly vital and creative in ( heterosexual ) desire , ( 3 ) anti-Semitism , totalitarianism , and fascism , ( 4 ) an obliteration of the autonomy of the other , ( 5 ) anal negativity , solipsism , and sterility and de-creation , ( 6 ) the undifferentiation of a dying culture , ( 7 ) a cowardly refusal of homosocial rivalry , ( 8 ) the definitive expression of homosocial rivalry . |
2 | These were doubtless satisfactory for the individuals who had collected them and for a short period of time , until perhaps superseded by rulings that were seen to be more appropriate . |
3 | Machines that were seen to be at the forefront of technology just a few years ago are now readily replaced and cast-off with little or no second-hand value . |
4 | Justice was neither being done nor being seen to be done . |
5 | The park authority itself has few powers over agricultural change — control of the largest and a few other farm buildings but little else — and must operate by giving counter advice and offering compensation to the Farmer who proposes an action that is seen to be damaging . |
6 | But , Peter Edwards asks , are we approaching a customer relationship from a strait-jacket that is seen to be contrived and without spontaneity ? |
7 | To ensure that all issues presented to the court are considered as fairly and expeditiously as possible and are seen to be so . |
8 | You must make sure that you deal ( and are seen to be dealing ) impartially with all aspects of your work , eg you must not wear items which may indicate political , controversial or other affiliations which might bring your impartiality into question . |
9 | Heseltine faced the tactical dilemma that were he to campaign openly and be seen to be instrumental in splitting the party and bringing down the Prime Minister , he would be criticised as divisive and disloyal . |
10 | any targets or standards of performance must have been previously agreed between employee and superior , or team colleagues , and be seen to be both sensible and reasonable |
11 | If the B Ed was a degree which enjoyed the status of all other first degrees , then it must be and be seen to be academically respectable . |
12 | I 'm stuck in a cell with a reeking bucket , and two hundred years to wait before justice can be done , and be seen to be done . |
13 | N C V O must therefore , draw together voluntary organisations effectively and be seen to be responsive and creative . |
14 | You could , for instance , to select a name at random , call somebody a Kevin and be seen to be especially rude . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | Having a senior member of the management team actively involved in analysing attendance and being seen to be taking action was an important aspect . |
17 | The full circuit diagram for the UV Exposure Timer is given in Fig. 1 and is seen to be based around a simple 555 timer chip IC1 , wired as a monostable . |
18 | ‘ Chronicle is an up-and-coming house , and is seen to be different , which is good for us , ’ he said . |
19 | Steve Platt finds that the people who sold their votes are not necessarily Labour supporters ; Missing millions Did vanishing voters tip the electoral scales , asks Jolyon Jenkins ; Culture of contentment The western world seems set on a course that will lead to great violence in our cities , says J K Galbraith ; On the clothes line The Paris fashion industry employs illegal immigrants at knock-down wages , reports Nyta Mann ; Symbolic injustice The importance of the Rodney King case is that injustice was done , and was seen to be done , says Alexander Cockburn |
20 | He is an extremely nice man and was seen to be a successful and popular president , although his name was linked to allegations that certain transactions were not totally above board . |
21 | According to Mrs Whitehouse , there was a time not so long ago when the Church was , and was seen to be , the defender of both public and private morality . |
22 | Owen 's own first chosen vehicle , the co-operative community , had become an irrelevance and was seen to be impracticable . |
23 | The growth of the Welfare State was seen to have developed diseconomies of scale and was seen to be securing staff interests rather than the public 's . |
24 | It was important that employee information remained secure , and was seen to be so . |
25 | In many spheres of public life justice should be seen to be done as well as be done , and officials should not only be impartial but be seen to be above reproach . |
26 | Literature is not reduced to a spectral series of disembodied texts , but is seen to be a point of mediation in a developing dialectical process . |
27 | The difficulty of hitting a balance between total rigidity and disciplined freedom was recognized , but was seen to be an essential aim . |
28 | It is not about sincerity , so much as being seen to be sincere . |
29 | In conceding ( b ) he recognises that scribal records actually were unreliable , as well as being seen to be . |