Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] see [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without this the theory would find it difficult to explain why latent inhibition should be seen with inhibitory conditioning in the test phase . |
| 2 | It reveals clearly that neither central nor local government should be seen as monolithic blocs and that the relationship varies according to the agencies , personnel , policy areas and goals involved . |
| 3 | Mosca , like Pareto , had at one stage of his writing career some sympathy for the socialist parties of the period , and like Pareto he is more remembered for his argument that socialists should be seen as dangerous purveyors of an illusory hope of democratic participation . |
| 4 | They should be seen as complementary contributions to the wider management of our transport , environmental and social objectives . |
| 5 | It is not inconsistent with this interpretation that managerialist goals are sometimes pursued , but it argues that such conduct should be seen as aberrant behaviour , contrary to the dominant management culture . |
| 6 | Nevertheless I shall argue that the idea that the National Curriculum ensures a common entitlement for all should be seen as persuasive rhetoric , rather than as an indisputable truth . |
| 7 | Aid to depressed regions should be seen in regional as well as national terms : regional recovery is part of , and it assists national recovery , for it utilises the reserves of idle labour . |
| 8 | Second , if the ‘ historicist ’ argument is to hold good , then at least some of the female characters in such texts should be seen in non-traditional roles since this is one period in history when women were called upon to enter previously ‘ male ’ domains . |
| 9 | If the patient is unconscious and will never regain consciousness , or is suffering from a progressive or fatal illness , then the respirator must be seen as heroic treatment and may be turned off , as in the case of Karen Quinlan , when it is no longer of any lasting benefit . |
| 10 | Similarly , approaches which seem to imply a pre-knowledge of the aims and goals of other people 's lives , and lack the willingness to retain an open mind , to live with uncertainties , possibilities and transitions — these too must be seen as professional approaches with little to recommend them . |
| 11 | Abroad they must be seen as great statesmen anxious to build peacemaking bridges between East and West . |
| 12 | Software must be seen as capitalized technique . |
| 13 | The various risings must be seen as spontaneous popular movements , and there is no reason to believe in any central leadership which attempted to control the revolt . |
| 14 | Once again the trend must be seen in historical and sociological perspective . |
| 15 | The occupation forces in the territory of defeated enemies might be seen as temporary inconveniences , but there was at the same time a natural tendency to acquire overseas bases from which to extend the reach of America 's armed forces . |
| 16 | That Eden should have allowed the Cabinet a full and lengthy debate on 3 November 1955 could be construed as skilled management , and his referral of the issue for further thought to a Cabinet committee might be seen as prudent policy . |
| 17 | Teachers might find their loyalties divided : a wedge driven between what might be seen as opposing interests — for example supply cover for staff or more capitation for pupils . |
| 18 | Desiderius of Cahors was extremely active in what might be seen as secular aspects of city administration . |
| 19 | Some of this complexity might be seen as unexpected side-effects . |
| 20 | The growth in pre-school services , which in no way matches parental demand , might be seen as clear evidence that some of the family 's functions in child-rearing , even in the earliest years , are being taken over by professionals ( e.g. nursery teachers and nursery nurses ) and other ‘ specialist ’ child carers ( e.g. child minders ) . |
| 21 | The glint of diamanté or pearl-embroidered dresses could be seen under black veils . |
| 22 | He also had another er , what we call a journey waybill and that , he used to record on there at each termini he used to record the time and the ticket numbers that he 'd got in his rack at that particular time , so it could be seen between certain times that a ticket perhaps was sold between Witton and Rushmere Heath . |
| 23 | Other charity administrators say that Wolfson 's policy could help to legitimize the campaigns of anti-vivisectionists and could be seen as implicit criticism of the efforts of laboratory researchers . |
| 24 | English , on the other hand , has to be able to distinguish dental from labiodental and alveolar places of articulation for to be distinct from and and for to be distinct from and ; this requires an additional feature that most languages do not need , and this could be seen as specific task for the learner of English . |
| 25 | Even if the government neglected to veto legislation of this sort , the Westminster Parliament could in theory pass laws to repeal colonial legislation , but in practice Parliament did not legislate on issues that could be seen as internal concerns of the colonies and did not go round picking up loose ends left by the governors . |
| 26 | Certainly , the composition of Model B 's national body , consisting of distinguished persons appointed by the Secretary of State , could be seen as commanding great credibility and providing ‘ for the first time in higher education an experienced and well-qualified team capable of looking with detachment at both the demand side and supply side of higher education ’ . |
| 27 | Similarly , the good and great could be seen as noble types appearing before their time . |
| 28 | could be seen as contrasting opposite ways of reacting to the modern era . |
| 29 | At the conclusion to Chapter 1 we provisionally adopted a multilevel concept of style , whereby more or less equivalent choices at a particular linguistic level could be seen as STYLISTIC VARIANTS , and in which these variants could be associated with STYLISTIC VALUES , or special significances associated with one variant rather than another . |
| 30 | William had come to the throne two years earlier , in 1688 , after the Glorious Revolution against the Catholic James II ; but although the Treatises do contain material which could be seen as after-the-fact justifications of the Revolution , they were not written for this reason . |