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The phrase 'were seen to' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you are describing an action that was witnessed by another person or group of people. Example: The pair of birds were seen to fly in sync with each other.
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Meanwhile, some policies were seen to be bankrupt.
Painting, literature and music were seen to belong together.
The bombers were seen to be met by anti-aircraft fire and defending fighters.
They were seen to have some external spiritual reality; they were ghosts or angels or demons.
It would certainly help the European debate if the Americans were seen to be stepping up".
If you were seen to be failing in that, you were treated with contempt".
"At the time, the benefits of industrialization were seen to outweigh the drawbacks".
FBI agents and police were seen to converge on an apartment near the Elizabeth station.
This time a handful of party apparatchiks were seen to sleep through a half-hour speech.
Mr. Byrd's dazzling dancers were seen to much better advantage in "Gentle Prelude".
Current options were seen to be stifling ambition, career goals and family plans".
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