Example sentences of "see the [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could see the attraction for the Government ; a positive response was more difficult to formulate and meant more work . |
| 2 | She could see the attraction for him : a curiosity like a Jacobite Guinea would be an excellent visual addition to the documentary he was researching . |
| 3 | Well did n't you see the sign for it ? |
| 4 | With no Lamb and no Gower I can see the chance for England 's batting enigma Graeme Hick to go on the senior tour , even if he has not been offered a winter retainer contract . |
| 5 | Take the cable tidy apart and you 'll see the connections for all the relevant equipment are clearly labelled , along with the terminals for each wire — live , neutral and earth . |
| 6 | We come to the different conclusion , and we we think that a settlement between , from those sources , that a new settlement between fifteen hundred to two thousand could support a reasonable range of services , and we when we look at Barton Willmore 's evidence we do n't see the support for their conclusion , if one reads each individual service , one fi comes to the view that a new settlement between fifteen hundred two thousand would support a reasonable range of services . |
| 7 | But if we travel the northern route we probably wo n't see the sun for weeks , and the daylight is grey and the sea is green and grey , while at night you just see the cold white wavetops hissing out of blackness . |
| 8 | Only when I began to realize what my situation was really like did I see the gospel for what it was — extremely good news for people in extremely bad situations . |
| 9 | I 'm sure that you can see the reasons for the brain-strain caused by trying to get to grips with this sort of puzzle . |
| 10 | I can see the reasons for that and went along with my birth certificate , marriage licence and National Insurance card . |
| 11 | Can you not see the dangers for us ? |
| 12 | Next week we must have Brian or Gerry telling you why I 'm wrong and they 'd be as persuasive , or more persuasive than I 'm being , but I ca n't see the case for such a thing as a law of form . |
| 13 | Forest loom in the FA Cup in the New Year , and if United , who had their lowest League crowd of the season on Saturday and are now only six points ahead of the bottom club City , still can not see the wood for the trees , somebody will be in for the chop . |
| 14 | But that is a pity , for then they do not see the wood for the trees . |
| 15 | ft was then necessary to review the work carried out so far , which , due to the extensive coding exercise and sheer size of the database , was making it difficult to ‘ see the wood for the trees ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh , you 've repaid him : you 've opened his eyes to things that 've been under his nose , and he could n't see the wood for the trees . |
| 17 | Most clients were too close to their organisation — they could not see the wood for the trees — to solve many of their senior recruiting problems . |
| 18 | Research on conformity has shown that individuals with higher levels of ability conform less to group norms than those with lower levels of ability ; individuals with strong relationship goals will identify with group norms more readily than those individuals for whom multiple , close relationships are not important ; highly authoritarian individuals conform more than less authoritarian individuals ; individuals who find it hard to ‘ see the wood for the trees ’ conform more readily than those who find it easy ; and individuals with strong structure goals conform more willingly . |
| 19 | Therapist : ‘ One of the main features of people under stress is that very often they ‘ ca n't see the wood for the trees ’ . |
| 20 | I got to the stage where I could n't see the wood for the trees . |
| 21 | ‘ This government ca n't see the wood for the trees . |
| 22 | Can we see the wood for the trees ? |
| 23 | He was one of the very few men of science who gave a welcome , albeit qualified , to Vestiges ( 1844 ) presumably because he could see the wood for the trees ; but when the Origin of Species came out in 1859 he disliked it heartily , and became one of the most formidable opponents of Darwin and Huxley . |
| 24 | Used as in this instance , it helps one to ‘ see the wood for the trees ’ . |
| 25 | Either the A types are too busy doing other things , the wrong things , and they do n't rise to the top , you know , you ca n't see the wood for the trees . |
| 26 | Always going on about the Fate of the Graduate Wife and how she 's fed up being a cabbage — well as far as I 'm concerned I can not see the call for langwidge . |
| 27 | The final takes place on June 5 , and the Clothes Show will be there with the cameras , so you can see the event for yourself . |
| 28 | Now when that settles down a little bit more , maybe in a year or two , we shall lime-wash the whole frame over so you wo n't see the timbers for a bit , and just lime-wash right over the whole timbers . |
| 29 | Q. How do you see the outlook for Courtaulds ' markets this year ? |
| 30 | Yes , better they should see the plans for a nuclear submarine than this ! |