Example sentences of "[prep] be perceived as " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she capitalized on this , she saw where it could be to her advantage to be perceived as a celluloid creation . |
| 2 | Unlike some of the more academically qualified tutors , Sophie Green believed that if the WEA was to succeed among manual workers it had to be perceived as a social movement striving for a democratic state through its educational purpose . |
| 3 | But others ( or , paradoxically , the same people deploying a different argument ) wish it to be perceived as a microcosm for the whole of society — a school , therefore , in which all groups and classes mingle freely and naturally , whatever their economic position or home background . |
| 4 | If labouring was to be perceived as a ‘ moral ’ activity , then young workers had to be persuaded to see ‘ meaning ’ in wage-earning . |
| 5 | Fifth , class action suits mean that a shareholder with just one share can sue on behalf of the entire body of shareholders and , finally , the widely misused Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organisations Act allows any firm that has been charged with fraud more than three times in the previous few years , whether or not it is found guilty , to be perceived as a corrupt organisation and therefore liable for triple damages . |
| 6 | Inevitably , this is likely to be perceived as gloomy news for those concerned with therapy and teaching . |
| 7 | If the sender does not intend violations of the principle to be perceived as such , or if the receiver does not realize that they are deliberate , then communication degenerates into lying , obfuscation , or simply breaks down altogether . |
| 8 | then we may be sure both that the sergeant means his words to be perceived as an order , and that the private will perceive them as such . |
| 9 | Dissociated from each other , the various topics were likely to be perceived as fragmentary accounts of practical and procedural matters . |
| 10 | At the Fifth Congress the colonial question began to be perceived as an essential factor for the triumph of socialism on a world scale . |