Example sentences of "[modal v] see by " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was hard to believe the change you could see by moving just a couple of kilometres out of West Germany , one of the richest countries in the world . ’ |
| 2 | Yes , I could see by the way she grumbled about Wilson that she loved him and , although he was over eighty at the time , still saw him in a romantic light . |
| 3 | Yet she could see by their shocked and altered faces that even their virtues were being burned away . |
| 4 | He drew in his breath with elation , but he could see by the way she bit her lip that she had n't intended to let the confession slip . |
| 5 | Dad moved slowly towards Mum and I could see by the look of him that he was furious . |
| 6 | He could see by the set of his father 's mouth . |
| 7 | Michael could see by the look in his eyes that he knew who had ordered his accident . |
| 8 | And the Magistrate , watching like a stoat , could see by the alarm on their faces that they were assigning this treatment to Dr McNab for no other reason than that he had happened to mention it . |
| 9 | We could see by its black bib that it was a male ; the female 's throat is unmarked . |
| 10 | I could see by the light of his torch that the cave was deep and spacious ; I could not make out from the beam of light its total dimensions , but clearly a man would have had no problem stretching out to sleep there . |
| 11 | He could see by the dark light that came down from the night sky , a sky that glowed with vivid city lights , that on stands in nearby cages other eagles were listening to his story and staring at him silently . |
| 12 | They could see by my record that I had n't been to prison before , did n't know the procedure . |
| 13 | She could see by his self-satisfied expression that he intended to make himself a fixture , and somehow , despite her friendship with Elaine , the thought of having to work closely with James on a day-to-day basis made Christina 's flesh crawl . |
| 14 | He could see by her awkward stance and darting eyes that she was acutely embarrassed . |
| 15 | Miranda could see by his grip on the newspaper , the thinness of his lips , and above all how he directed his words to her , not to his daughter , how much it cost him to refuse her anything . |
| 16 | Soon we could see Rona in detail and skirting Gealldruig Mhor , the outlying skerry to the south , we could see by the white-based cliffs that a heavy swell was running . |
| 17 | I was not wearing any special clothes , but this lady — she was from an old Lucknow family could see by my manners that I was not a common person . ’ |
| 18 | I could see by its outline that it was at least notionally human . |
| 19 | ‘ You ca n't be serious ! ’ she said , although she could see by the look on his face that he was deadly serious . |
| 20 | So after about a year , eighteen month , I could see by his dictates that we were n't going to have worker 's control in the real sense of the word . |
| 21 | Or you may see exactly what you would see by looking through the glass at any point . |
| 22 | It can take a great deal of courage and confidence to challenge colleagues in this way , but as you will see by studying the Code itself , the definition and standards of conduct required are clear and unequivocal , even if putting them into practice is not always as easy as it is made to sound . |
| 23 | Obviously , as you will see by the one we have enclosed with these notes they have cost the Society a fairly substantial amount of money and although we are still allowing you to have them free of charge we ask that you use them very sparingly Thank you . |
| 24 | It is such a complicated thing to try and do , you do need the support of the medical profession and of the managers of the health service and of the public , and you 'll get it more effectively if they can see by example what you 're trying to do comprehensively . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ It is such a complicated thing to try and do , you do need the support of the medical profession and of the managers of the Health Service , and of the public , and you 'll get it more effectively if they can see by example what you 're trying to do comprehensively . ’ |
| 26 | All this Abudah can see by the grace of the Genius of Riches , exotic spirit of James Ridley 's ornate imagination . |
| 27 | In addition if ‘ comparative ’ statements are made such as ‘ reduced calorie ’ the pack also gives you information about the calorie content of the standard food so that you can see by how much the calories are reduced . |
| 28 | However , we can see by the diagram it is not just a straight shot from the eyeball into the security judgement . |
| 29 | How ancient this thought is we can see by noticing that it is just the figure Plato used in The Republic to supply his political myth justifying political inequality ( Bk . |
| 30 | ‘ I can see by those here present that Samuel did not lack for friends , ’ said the priest who now filled the place of Father Michael . |