The phrase "are typically seen" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It is often used to describe a common or expected occurrence. Example: In urban areas, pigeons are typically seen scavenging for food in parks and plazas.
Surveys of voters are typically seen as popularity polls.
Buildings, being large and expensive, are typically seen, at a distance, as totems of external authority.
But mbalax singers are typically seen as older entertainers who often support the government in power.
Men, meanwhile, are typically seen as having a straightforward and uncomplicated relationship with it: they are drawn to it.
OUTSIDERS trying to break into the movies are typically seen as a comic sideshow to the real business.
While VWs are typically seen as more distinctive than Toyotas or Hondas, questions remain about the brand's reliability.
Social psychologists have found that women in leadership roles are typically seen as either warm, likable and incompetent, or cold, distant and competent.
Even larger, more mainstream hotel brands, which are typically seen as design-conservative, are installing open bathrooms to contemporize their look.
These partisan visitors, known among political bloggers as "trolls," are typically seen as trying to disrupt productive discussion, and regulars know to shun them.
Now, once again, observers are trying to comprehend the Bloomberg administration's recalcitrance regarding the teacher layoffs, which are typically seen as a political third rail.
But now the region also faces what are typically seen as "first world problems": education, access to capital, business capacity, security, and counter terrorism measures.
