Example sentences of "is see to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once again , a sufferer is seen to be mad , and his fearful sense of what he is up to can be seen to dominate the book in which it is in the end defeated or controverted . |
| 2 | The head , body and arms open out boldly in such a way that the performer is seen to be fully revealed to all as an honest , sincere person who has no need to dissemble . |
| 3 | This can be done only if the whole body is seen to be involved in some way or other . |
| 4 | The United States thus finds itself in a no-win situation : the more it is seen to be intervening against him , the more it is likely to reinforce his position . |
| 5 | In between are the ‘ fair ’ judges , whose judgement is seen to be unaffected by mood or the time of the day , and whose punishment fits the crime . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The answer is seen to be : 1,020,304,050,607,080,910,100 . |
| 8 | Brownie points for guts , if true ; but public confidence is not going to be restored in the integrity of official information unless it is seen to be properly independent of the government machine that is now exerting its improper pressures behind closed doors . |
| 9 | Because of Ceausescu 's insistence that the entire population is responsible for national defence , there is seen to be no need to maintain professional and well-trained armed soldiers . |
| 10 | Unless his Kuwaiti venture is seen to be a manifest failure for him personally , runs the argument , the job will have been only half done . |
| 11 | And if a boy is seen to be too concerned with his appearance , he gets called , amongst other things , a ‘ poofter ’ . |
| 12 | A far more task-orientated approach is seen to be required taking into account both externally identified problems and the wishes and latent abilities of rural people themselves . |
| 13 | Briefly , then , for we shall be returning to this same point later in the book , it can be said that the performance mode itself can be protective , either because it is seen to be mainly a technical or intellectual task , or because the dramatic form is powerful enough to enhance whatever the participants ' contribution might be . |
| 14 | When we recognise that for the three Near Eastern traditions there is a clear emphasis upon God 's presence as well as His transcendence , their approach is seen to be closer than might be imagined to that of the Indian religious traditions . |
| 15 | The loyalty of confidentiality is seen to be owed to members of the group and those relationships are the crucial ones which must be protected . |
| 16 | Walter is seen to be best in the care of his parents because they protect him and offer him a barrier against the outside world . |
| 17 | The novelist 's justification of ludism is usually couched in pseudo-political language : all meaning is seen to be implicitly ideological , therefore playful and experimental writing becomes a means of subverting dominant ideologies . |
| 18 | In The Fox Above and the Fox Below , a greater threat to that identity is seen to be the capitalist , industrial development of recent decades , which has attracted a massive flow of migrants from the countryside to the cities and brought with it an erosion of traditional values and ways of life . |
| 19 | Vegetarianism , above all else , is seen to be an affront against a traditional way of life . |
| 20 | Admittedly the vicious cycle of police militarization and public alienation is seen to be kicked into play by the economic crumbling of the inner city , but thereafter the weight of the explanation is placed on inadequate ( or over-heavy ) policing . |
| 21 | At long length , the slope of the ridge , so far imperceptible , becomes more pronounced , raising hopes that the summit is near — but disappointment follows when , on topping the rise , it is seen to be succeeded by others . |
| 22 | The prime target market , then , is seen to be pre-retirement . |
| 23 | Explain the system carefully and do ensure that it is seen to be fair . |
| 24 | The effect of being rich ( +0.068 ) is seen to be pretty small . |
| 25 | So the direct effect of being young ( +0.193 ) is seen to be much stronger than the direct effect of being rich ( +0.068 ) . |
| 26 | Moreover , the system of land tenure , wherein the land belongs to the indigenous Fijians and can only be leased to Indo-Fijians ( the descendants of indentured cane workers who were drafted in from India in the early colonial period ) militates against conservation measures because it ensures the political dominance of the former ; and the encouragement of production ensures that such land is seen to be in use , an artefact to maintain internal stability . |
| 27 | On atomic and subatomic levels seemingly solid matter is seen to be small particles within particles which eventually turn out to be just pure energy . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Examinations are designed very largely to secure ease of marking since skilled markers are limited , and to ensure that , as far as possible , justice is seen to be one and that instances ( and accusations ) of nepotism or corruption are kept to a minimum . |
| 30 | In consequence no particular facet of the policy is seen to be peculiar to any one Division ; what is so for the profession generally is also true for the building surveyor ; we are all in the same boat . |