Direction: Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
His policies (were seen by much as) crimping investment at a time slumping copper prices were weighing on the economy.

Options

A. 1) seen by mostly as
B. 2) were seen by many as
C. 3) were seen by majorly as
D. 4) No Improvement

Answer

B

Explanation

Many : used to mean "a large number of . " Look at the sentences :
Not many people have heard of him.
Uncountable nouns take much.
How much money have you got?
Hence, were seen by many as should be used here.