Example sentences of "be [adv] seen [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The FDA 's audacious new tactics gained massive media coverage and are widely seen as only the beginning of a serious assault on products whose labelling is thought to violate federal law . |
| 2 | Caecilians are rarely seen for they seldom come to the surface except at night and even if they are accidentally dug up , they may well be mistaken for brightly coloured earthworms . |
| 3 | Certain kinds of object are better seen if they are lit from below . |
| 4 | It has been claimed by some writers that distinctive feature analysis is not irrelevant to the study of language learning , and that pronunciation difficulties experienced by learners are better seen as due to the need to learn a particular feature or combination of features than as the absence of particular phonemes . |
| 5 | For the purposes of my present argument , however , of even greater importance than the influence exercised by Les Annales is the fact that their approach is clearly governed by the idea — definitive of concessive holism — that individualist and holist explanations are best seen as answering to different interests , and therefore as contributing , at least to some extent , to independent projects . |
| 6 | They will also clarify whether such difficulties are best seen as an exaggerated form of more normal occurrences , or as arising in a different way from the mistakes made by normal people . |
| 7 | Social order can be found in events that are generally seen as dangerous and irrational . |
| 8 | So notions and functions are generally seen as replacing linguistic structures as units of content , and a notional/functional ( and therefore communicative ) orientation is seen to be incompatible with a concern for grammatical structure and meanings intrinsic in form . |
| 9 | By and large , these new firms are : ‘ overwhelmingly British-owned , single , independent establishments of relatively small size ’ , in which employee relations are generally seen as involving good informal communications and flexible working practices ( quoted in the Financial Times , 20 February 1987 ) . |
| 10 | They are generally seen as anti-competitive and necessitating legislation to proscribe them , since they almost invariably create the detrimental effects of monopoly without engendering the benefits . |
| 11 | Societies are thus seen as made up of three interconnected structures , each of which is seen as a mode of production , transforming raw materials into commodities . |
| 12 | You 're often seen as being aggressive and impatient , but you believe that your pattern of behaviour is responsible for the success that you 've had . |
| 13 | But if their injury is n't considered serious , it could be hours before they 're actually seen and treated by a doctor . |
| 14 | By contrast , in America permanence planning and research into permanence are always seen as including rehabilitation with the child 's natural family as a major permanence option . |
| 15 | In their tomb portrayals the deceased are always seen as young and fit , the image of eternal youth . |
| 16 | But it has been further seen that strong justification is needed for adopting a system at variance with prevailing medical views . |
| 17 | The parables of the kingdom , therefore , are still seen as relevant today by all Christians . |
| 18 | Also , the fact that free , rational human beings are still seen as requiring organised discouragement from committing crime implies an acceptance of its ‘ naturalness ’ . |
| 19 | To ensure that the external assessors are independent of , and are clearly seen as being independent of , the directors of the companies they assess , an audit review panel should take responsibility for the appointment , and the termination of the appointment , of the external assessors . |
| 20 | Higher administrators are also seen as dominant within the political directorate of the liberal democratic state . |
| 21 | As well as being , then , a means of administration and management of social relations , the state , and its symbols of home , land , family , nationhood and communal experience , are also seen as offering a sense of identity and security : especially to people who have little understanding and control over the processes affecting their everyday lives . |
| 22 | The region 's wetlands , mangrove swamps and coral reefs are also seen as under threat . |
| 23 | It follows then that the ‘ Action Men ’ are often seen as incompetent and as avoiding work which calls for common sense . |
| 24 | Female criminals are often seen as suffering from some physical or mental pathology ( disease ) and the courts still accept the arguments , that female offenders have biological problems , with the menopause , pregnancy , pre-menstrual tension and so on regularly used as explanations or excuses for their criminality . |
| 25 | Those who make the right guesses early on are often seen as ‘ good ’ or intelligent students ; those who do not are often labelled slow or stupid . |
| 26 | One official said : ‘ Pilots are often seen as above reproach . |
| 27 | At Redland we are often seen as big , progressive and up-to-date . |
| 28 | With interest rates of 4 per cent or more above bank base rate , bridging loans are often seen as risky and expensive . |
| 29 | Tall hierarchies are often seen as bureaucratic . |
| 30 | As a result , women 's issues are often seen as irrelevant , or at best of low priority , and yet tacking women 's needs is central to improving the status of the most deprived — most of whom are women . |