Example sentences of "[vb base] that [pers pn] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | The great majority of lenders say that they see the courts as an unfruitful last resort , and would prefer to make some special arrangements ( smaller but regular payments , say ) as soon as a customer gets into difficulties . |
| 2 | The Civil Aviation Authority , which is drawing up safety and environmental guide lines for STOLports say that it sees ‘ no problem in accommodating ’ the docklands plan . |
| 3 | When I say that I saw Karen at the funeral , I mean that quite literally . |
| 4 | By that I mean that I see the New English Art Club as standing for a cultured , civilised , very English approach to art — a kind of visual stability . |
| 5 | You mean that you see through me , Theda thought . |
| 6 | No longer through Bibles , sacred texts and holy writ is the world conquered , but by the promise that if the poorest countries will carry out the prescriptions — indeed , the orders — of the western financial institutions , they too will achieve the levels of affluence and ease that they see in the western world . |
| 7 | Those who imagine that they see the spectre of euthanasia raising its head look with particular misgiving at the doctor 's decision to discontinue ventilation.4 Those lawyers who have given the issue their attention have accepted the common factual assumption that turning off a ventilator is significant , and have then sought legal arguments by which to justify it.5 For they have had to recognize both that it is a common medical practice , and that it is one which prima facie calls for some justification . |
| 8 | The minority who do find themselves embroiled in the criminal justice system are usually involved in petty crime such as shoplifting , casual theft , prostitution and minor public order offences rather than violent crime , and may become frequent offenders — magistrates complain that they see a procession of recidivist minor offenders in whom unemployment , poverty , poor intellect , long-standing emotional and social difficulties and a wide range of mental health problems are compounded . |
| 9 | Or , in a more patronising manner , ‘ Yes , I accept that you see it as my doing . ’ |
| 10 | The heron profile that she saw through the grille . |
| 11 | Dan 's notes record that he saw eleven B–17s go down . |
| 12 | Some have called him a drunkard and assume that he saw puce poetry instead of pink elephants . |
| 13 | ‘ You really believe that she saw her ? ’ |
| 14 | In the pathfinder prospectus for next month 's stock market flotation , published today , the directors state that they see ‘ the greatest potential for profitable growth ’ from privatisation of the 32 remaining municipally-owned bus operations and 10 London bus companies . |
| 15 | Well you see when you turn that you see turn , turn your control |
| 16 | Well they claim that you see . |
| 17 | And when we think that we saw it when it was new ! |
| 18 | Unless they 've been on a course of laughing pills , no one at the doctor 's will find these jokes in the least funny , and if you laugh at them , we recommend that you see a doctor as quickly as possible since your humour gland has obviously gone mental . |
| 19 | Well you see that you see , she probably looks at it every day and thinks , oh hideous ! |