Object

• shortcoming: Do you perceive shortcomings with the existing rules on access to documents?

• threat: The crew perceived a hostile aircraft threat to be closing on their ship.

• lack: Finally, the table points to a perceived lack of opportunities for women.

• barrier: The ' Parent Know How ' campaign has been developed to break down some of the perceived barriers to asking for help.

• weakness: That something was finally done has much to do with the perceived weakness of the Royal Navy at that time.

Modifying Another Word

• wrongly: Some teachers are insufficiently sensitive and can underestimate a childâs intellectual abilities or wrongly perceive a child as lazy.

Subject

• observer: Indeed, the isolated sytem does not absorb or emit anything... and, as a result, cannot be perceived by any observer.

• ear: Each 10dB increment is perceived by the ear as about twice as loud.

Used with why or when

• what: This tendency to perceive what one wants to see can be traced to several factors.

Preposition: as

• means: Visual merchandising is perceived as a genuine means of gaining competitive advantage over other retailers and is a major draw to consumers.

Infinitive complement

• exist: Students should be asked what barriers they perceive to exist, and how they believe the department can reduce or remove them.

Modifying Another Word

• widely: The central bank is widely perceived to be a driving force behind many of the reforms mentioned by Fitch.

• negatively: This call for strike action can only be negatively perceived, given the increasingly bleak climate of uncertainty with regard to the international situation.

Preposition: by

• listener: To increase the level of reality and immersion perceived by the listener.

• observer: Indeed, the isolated sytem does not absorb or emit anything... and, as a result, cannot be perceived by any observer.

• ear: Each 10dB increment is perceived by the ear as about twice as loud.