Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] can see " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some alterations have been made to it , such as substituting a cast-iron beam for the original timber one , but it is basically intact as built , and interested visitors can see it on application to the Coal Board 's local area office . |
| 2 | Some observers can see it with the naked eye under ideal conditions , though I certainly can not . |
| 3 | But in important issues and debates public relations can see that an alternative point of view is put to the media . |
| 4 | Different users can see different views of the model . |
| 5 | ‘ I think that the young painters are more intelligent than the others , the old ones can see in me only a disastrous rival ’ , he said to his son in a letter written only a few days before his death . |
| 6 | Social interviews can vary from a candidate being taken over to the pub for a drink and a sandwich , so that future colleagues can see whether or not the newcomer will fit in , to full-scale formal affairs . |
| 7 | Yet the mathematical calculations that would be necessary to explain the principles of vision are just as complex and difficult , and nobody has ever had any difficulty in believing that little animals can see . |
| 8 | ‘ Exceptional Navigators can see into the warp from the normal universe ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ See this gob , ’ she pointed to her painted mouth , ‘ it can talk a lot and these peepers can see a lot , they 'll remember you , mind , and if there 's anything I can do to hurt you any time then I will . ’ |
| 10 | Since their eyesight is sensitive to parts of the spectrum that are invisible to us , butterflies ' wings , like flowers , have even more complex patterns than our ultraviolet-blind eyes can see . |
| 11 | But He hummed a little tune , cheery as a plague pit , and — pausing only to extract the life from a passing mayfly , and one-ninth of the lives from a cat cowering under the fish stall ( all cats can see into the octarine ) — Death turned on His heel and set off towards the Broken Drum . |
| 12 | If we know what animals with cytochrome oxidase blobs in their visual cortices can see that those lacking them can not we can learn something about the functions of the blob system . |
| 13 | Make sure students can see your lips , and facial expression . |
| 14 | Gary Nicholas 's translation means Welsh speakers can see the play well before an English version is staged in September . |
| 15 | While financial institutions can see that such technology saves them cash , companies that find it more difficult to calculate the cost of a breakdown are more reluctant to commit . |
| 16 | With such an Army Iran can resist Communist pressures and build the country into a showcase to so that other peoples can see that it is possible to work with the West and get more effective support than countries such as Egypt receive . " |
| 17 | It seems people in other countries can see ourselves much better than we are . |
| 18 | Golden eagles can see a hare from a distance of 3.2km ( 2 miles ) if the light is good . |
| 19 | Just as soon as the young ferrets can see and crawl around the nest is the time to make a start . |
| 20 | The department of industry is so impressed its organised a conference so that other businesses can see the process in action . |
| 21 | They may also deliberately maintain extra production capacity so that potential entrants can see that any attempt at entry will be matched by a sharp increase in production by existing firms , forcing price reductions which in the short run will be unprofitable for all but which may bankrupt the entrant first . |