Example sentences of "[be] see [prep] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is important that laws drawn up at community level are seen to be applied in an effective and consistent manner throughout the community . ’ |
| 2 | If their discharges are seen to be causing harm they can be liable in the civil courts . |
| 3 | This means that we are seen to be thinking with our partner rather than thinking against them . |
| 4 | Differentials do exist between blue- and white-collar workers , but they appear to be narrower than in most Western companies , and they are seen to be justified by different educational qualifications . |
| 5 | Microscopically the alveoli are seen to be blocked with worms , eggs , larvae , and cellular aggregations which may progress to granuloma formation ( Fig. 45 ) . |
| 6 | Whilst most activities taking place during the scheming ( or " drawing board " ) phases are seen to be based around discrete geometric interpretations , their function may allow them to take on many differing forms . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Opposition from vested interests will be intense , but no one should underestimate the power of the goodwill that survives to be tapped as soon as politicians are seen to be moving in the right direction . |
| 9 | With his concept of the linguistic sign Saussure created the basis of structuralism , both in linguistics and as a more broadly based movement of thought , in which all forms of social and cultural life are seen to be governed by systems of signs which are either linguistic or analogous to those of language . |
| 10 | As far as I am concerned the whole point of Punch is to attack those in authority when they are seen to be acting in a way not worthy of respect . |
| 11 | As long as the limitations are recognised and understood and those who allocate are seen to be acting fairly and using socially accepted criteria such as equity and efficiency , the use of rough , though conceptually sound , mechanisms ( for example , the original RAWP formula ) is most probably as good as we can get . |
| 12 | From this vantage point , the heads of both lochs are seen to be terminated by a group of mountains that seem to bar further progress eastwards . |
| 13 | Readerly judgements about the degrees of co-operative coherence pertaining to texts are seen to be determined by bundles of textual features as well as contextual factors . |
| 14 | It is less important that people gain sustenance from philanthropic benevolence than that gestures are seen to be made . |
| 15 | A system is a set of interacting parts which has meaning as a whole because it is possible to define a purpose — a reason why the parts are seen to be related to the whole and a justification for the concept of the whole ( Singleton , 1974 ) . |
| 16 | When the remainder of the known fortified sites are plotted on a map ( fig. 7.1 ) most of them are seen to be distributed along three routes : |
| 17 | When a government is weak and under pressure and when policies are seen to be failing , little authority may attach to a Prime Minister and the advantages of office are rapidly turned to personal disadvantage . |
| 18 | Thus , unions are seen to be engaging in a conflict with firms ’ managements as part of the class struggle between workers and capitalists , with workers aiming to raise the share of wages in the national income and capitalists aiming to raise the share of profits . |
| 19 | You are seen to be pulling a large load across the stage . |
| 20 | When the sheet is examined in the electron microscope filaments are seen to be localized at the upper surface . |
| 21 | It does not matter whether the overall burden of tax increases , as long as they are seen to be reducing personal taxation . |
| 22 | In some policies the two problems are seen to be combined where the systems of farming collectively called shifting cultivation have reached a point where their carrying capacity has been exceeded , and fallow periods have become so short that degradation and erosion have set in ( Allan 1967 ) . |
| 23 | The loss for the quarter of $285m , $0.50 a share , was in line with analysts ' estimates , which averaged at a loss of $0.49 a share , and cost controls are seen to be improving . |
| 24 | The loss for the quarter of $285m , $0.50 a share , was in line with analysts ' estimates , which averaged at a loss of $0.49 a share , and cost controls are seen to be improving . |
| 25 | There are some remarkable examples of genuine healing , but increasingly these are seen to be linked with some inner process involving a drive to self-healing . |
| 26 | They are more likely to do this if they are seen to be making a direct and positive contribution to the school 's consultative and decision-making processes , rather than observing from a distance in a way that underlines the ‘ us-them ’ relationship . |
| 27 | That cultural regulation , as we have seen , is controlled by men , for ( and this brings me to the third point ) , within this scheme of thought , woman herself is placed more fully within the realm of nature than man in consequence of the fact that more of her time and her body are seen to be taken up with the natural processes surrounding reproduction of the species . |
| 28 | In mechanical engineering these are seen to be centred around the generation of geometric shapes which in association perform a specified function . |
| 29 | Most of the breakage induced by trampling has been seen to be limited to the skull and mandible , with less breakage of the postcrania , while the breakage due to weathering is more limited still . |
| 30 | Justice must be seen to be done , however , and when it had been seen to be done , the miscreants were cheered by a crowd assembled outside the court . |