Example sentences of "be see " in BNC.
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| 1 | How depressed those tough pioneers would be to see their descendants , who had not only lost their pioneer spirit , but the ability to walk ! |
| 2 | ‘ The conventional way would be to see this movie as the rise and fall of a rock star ; I have chosen not to see it that way . |
| 3 | Another aim might be to see how far upwind you can sail in ten minutes , trying to beat it each time you do it in the future . |
| 4 | The smooth-phrased B.B.C. announcer , the amusing don , the self-confident politician , the jargon-perfect critic , the editor of the literary magazine — all are reducible within a few months to a bewildered defensive creature with hollow cheeks and desperate eyes whose only cares will be to see that he gets his fair share of the potato ration , that nobody steals his bed boards , and that he exchanges his cigarette ends for food or vice versa at the best possible price . |
| 5 | To close the eyes should be to see a carnival amongst friends . |
| 6 | The role of the LEA in monitoring and evaluation should be to see that the work is done within schools and to provide support and expert advice . |
| 7 | The aim of such a meeting would not be to see whether any staff members have particular responsibility for the event but to try to develop a shared understanding of why it occurred . |
| 8 | She speaks again , chattily this time , about her friend Cal and how nice it 'll be to see her again , and she hopes that he 'll be polite and help with the washing up . |
| 9 | This will probably be to see if you can think on your feet and react well under stress . |
| 10 | Your aim should be to see that she does not suffer long periods of loneliness and that she feels so well cared for that she can manage to endure her period of sorrow without too many crutches , until life becomes worth living again . |
| 11 | My personal reaction may often be to see the problem originating with the attitudes , beliefs , or actions of the other person . |
| 12 | The greatest present we could wish for would be to see him safe and sound . |
| 13 | How pleased she 'll be to see that in print . |
| 14 | An alternative way of examining this example might be to see the individuals as employees or representatives of the organisation , and thus as exercising the rights the organisation had gained for them through the treaty , independent of their member States . |
| 15 | Aesthetic terms " used in the discussion of style ( urbane , curt , exuberant , florid , lucid , plain , vigorous , etc ) are not directly referable to any observable linguistic features of texts , and one of the long-term aims of stylistics must be to see how far such descriptions can be justified in terms of descriptions of a more linguistic kind . |
| 16 | In the case of the universal conception such contrasts will be difficult , for the temptation will be to see all beliefs , images , myths — in short all elements of culture — as being social representations or elements of social representation . |
| 17 | My payment will be to see you in these clothes . |
| 18 | The final stages of analysis must be to see what questions the analysis suggests . |
| 19 | His round had been long and arduous , and he was thinking how pleasant it would be to see and tease McAllister and ask her to serve them all some home-made lemonade . |
| 20 | Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that , although we can not protect the entire railway track throughout the country , a useful step may be to see whether cameras can be used at strategic points , not least at the busiest rail junction in the world ? |
| 21 | What ecstasy it would be to see them really move … |
| 22 | There are , however , important exceptions , and they clearly suggest that a first stage must be to see people 's housing experience in relation to the whole of their lives , in particular their lives in employment . |
| 23 | The hardest thing I suppose will be to see him play against us during the season . |
| 24 | Perhaps er er another way of looking at this would be to see it in terms of rightist deviations and leftist deviations and one might see erm the er the moderate policies er of thirty seven to forty nine i in a sense as being erm a rightist deviation , one might see forty six forty seven as being leftist deviations and the left is seeking to overcome rightist deviations , the right seeking to overcome leftist deviations and you 've got some kind of oscillation between the two . |
| 25 | it does n't who 's responsibility would it be to see that the old brochures were withdrawn and the new brochures were put on in there place ? |
| 26 | The more I put in then , logically , the more determined I 'll be to see that it all goes through smoothly . |
| 27 | My advice would be to see a solicitor immediately as your case needs very careful investigation and consideration . |
| 28 | My advice would be to see a solicitor immediately as your case needs very careful investigation and consideration . |
| 29 | To cut it loose now could be to see it sink . |
| 30 | Most of your technical tutors will be seeing everything you do , and deriving what they need to know from it ; they do n't want to find you confused by criticism from senior students which might not be helpful to you at this point . |