Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [modal v] [adv] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have a different kind of Serbianness , which will never be the same as yours , and this building will never see me again ! ’ |
| 2 | It 's pretty unlikely that this session will ever see the light of day on Strange Fruit , as the label 's last Wah release ‘ The Mighty Wah ’ proved about as popular as a motorway scheme through Kew Gardens . |
| 3 | noted in the 1890s that many sons would prefer to move rather than accept legal compulsion , and that their own old parents would often see relief as a right : ‘ the aged prefer a pittance from the parish ( regarded as their due ) to compulsory maintenance by children ; compulsion makes such aid very bitter . ’ |
| 4 | Some officers can now see that at the time they were " typical colonialists " who failed to read the signs of the tinies or entrust positions of authority more readily to African leadership . |
| 5 | If interdependencies exist between corporate segments , top managers can only see that there are no major actions by one segment which adversely affect the others . |
| 6 | Hon. Members would then see what good measures I introduced and with what democratic reticence I did it , which is more than the Leader of the House can claim for the way he adduced his case tonight . |
| 7 | ‘ Outside observers can often see things more clearly , than those intimately involved , ’ he said calmly , apparently unmoved by her outburst . |
| 8 | With no hint that unification was soon forthcoming , the Sevens ' organisers sent their invitation elsewhere , and despite the absence of the Springboks , the April 4–5 tournament will still see some new faces . |
| 9 | Those who complain about dear money and strong sterling would doubtless see this as an even worse regime . |
| 10 | Very lucky visitors may even see an otter here — but do n't hold me to it ! |
| 11 | Although his head and body are bent towards her in paternal concern , their tension indicates that he wants to be elsewhere ; away from hysterical females , generally , and , in particular , at his lunchdate with the Chinese antique dealer who has hinted over the telephone that he has some particularly fine pieces of Ban Chieng that the National Museum will never see hidden away in his back room . |
| 12 | The worldly-wise orchestrator will rather see to it that there is not an important clarinet part in the aforesaid section . |
| 13 | An agonising first nine years of life , this was a little boy who had seen things that little boys and little girls should never see . |
| 14 | Throughout this tine , the assumption was that the government was seeking a mandate to continue the war , and as late as October Bonar Law could still see " almost no chance of any joint action of this kind unless it is begun as the result of an election which takes place during the war and under the pressure of war conditions " . |
| 15 | The Bolsheviks might wish to prove their democratic credentials to the subject peoples , but the Great Powers would inevitably see this as an opportunity to advance their own interests or eliminate a threat to them . |
| 16 | It may not be rat-infested , but any good entrepreneur could swiftly see to that . |
| 17 | Similarly , France had to accept some relaxation in its position or risk seeing the five go ahead by themselves : the latter option would undoubtedly see a reduction in French influence as well as the likelihood of the five soliciting British membership . |
| 18 | But the neurotic person can never see him or herself , and wears everyone else out . |
| 19 | PATIENTS so short-sighted they could scarcely see their car from 25 yards can now see well enough without glasses or contact lenses to read its number plate . |
| 20 | A reproduction of that performance would certainly see Further Flight home in front of tomorrow 's opposition . |
| 21 | Not many developing countries would now see the activities of TNCs as impinging on their sovereignty … there are clear indications of a new pragmatic approach which comes from the growing belief that developing countries can negotiate agreements with TNCs in which the benefits of foreign investments are not necessarily outweighed by the cost ’ ( UNCTC , 1988a : p. 314 ) . |
| 22 | The next five years will also see the implementation of tests for seven , 11 and 14 year olds ; a shift towards ‘ on the job ’ teacher training ; and the transformation of some grant-maintained institutions into grammar schools . |
| 23 | I think I am only saying that anyone who has followed the history of this controversy over the last twenty years will already see reason to think that the friction produced by quarrelling among good causes is enormous and it is a luxury that we simply can not afford . |
| 24 | While a person engaged in a particular event can rarely see the whole set of circumstances in clear perspective he can record the minutiae of a situation which might well be lost when the position is looked back on at a later date . |
| 25 | Enlightened Glenman Let's just see how much money Glentoran ‘ grab ’ from Linfield for Cambell , a player they got for nothing . |
| 26 | Old fair hands could doubtless see order in the chaos , the separate camps of the different families within the larger camp . |
| 27 | Let's not forget that even if no more children 's books were published at all , each year would still see the arrival of a new cohort of children and their parents and grandparents , who for the first time start to contemplate buying books which are relevant for a child of that age . |
| 28 | Each prisoner will then see that — regardless of what the other does — he will be better off if he confesses . |
| 29 | Either going or coming one should cross the Athos peninsula and look down into monasteries on the Holy Mountain that no female eye may otherwise see . |
| 30 | Indeed , to suppose that any Carolingian ruler would readily see the clergy as a challenge , as Henry II of England could see Thomas Becket in the 1160s , would be radically to misconstrue his mentality . |