"be seen as progress" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe something that is perceived or viewed as a positive advancement or development. Example: The introduction of renewable energy sources is a crucial step towards sustainable living and it is widely seen as progress in the fight against climate change.
Still, for Iguodala and the Sixers, advancing to seven games against the Celtics can be seen as progress.
Swann is always a good bet to defuse tension, but the fact that he felt able to crack a joke like that had to be seen as progress.
On the face of it, certifications on everything from fish to timber can be seen as progress, promising higher standards and transparency in the pursuit of sustainability.
Sunni participation in the Iraqi government has been an important goal for the United States, and the return of the Sunni bloc will be seen as progress in an otherwise bumpy political reconciliation process.
Against that background, the IMF's decision to stop lending Argentina any more money late last year, which made the country's default inevitable, may be seen as progress of a sort.
From outside the ring, or up on the American social mountaintop, shouldn't any significant abandonment of a dangerous and inherently exploitive sport as a preferred way up the economic ladder by African-Americans or other impoverished minorities be seen as progress?
The idea that something that works must be changed for change's sake — and that change in and of itself is seen as progress — is an economic driver.
Akhundzadeh, whose mere appearance at the conference was seen as progress in US-Iranian relations – repeated Tehran's earlier criticism of the Nato role in Afghanistan saying: "The presence of foreign forces has not improved things in the country and it seems that an increase in the number of foreign forces will prove ineffective, too".
On day one, David Cameron denounced his Labour opponent on the steps of Downing Street, so to tie with the current PM in two polls on the question of who won the debates - and to be ahead in another - is seen as progress.
There has also been a recent international agreement on phasing out the use of a heat-trapping refrigerant called hydrofluorocarbons, which is seen as progress toward meeting the goals of the Paris deal.
Only a reduction in the working week to 30 hours or less can be seen as genuine progress in the achievement of shorter work time.
