Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [vb mod] see [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The establishment of a locally-based subsidiary company will commonly be regarded by a foreign or multinational holding company as a sensible and effective way of carrying out the business of the latter company ; but the English courts will see it differently . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Some observers can see it with the naked eye under ideal conditions , though I certainly can not . |
| 4 | But the question was being only vaguely suggested — the next forty-five years would see it become more sharply pointed , demanding an answer from the interested individual and from the missionary Church . |
| 5 | Novell 's network products are mostly for PCs , but the next few years will see them move into the traditional minicomputer market with support for a number of minicomputer systems , thus re-enforcing their dominance . |
| 6 | Foreign investors would see us not as the launch pad to Europe but as some backwater . |
| 7 | ‘ Some men may see it as a challenge , ’ he said coldly . |
| 8 | ‘ A few volleys will see them off , so stand firm ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ About 30,000 fans will see her as she travels around the country . |
| 10 | Miss Bayliss claimed male officers could see her as she stood naked in the room , through a small window in the door . |
| 11 | Astronomers probably lean towards the idea that yes there is , and there are currently searches , I believe , in the United States erm beaming signals with characteristic wavelengths , erm in the hope that extra terrestrials will see them . |
| 12 | These unique products will see us through the rest of the 1990s , will beat the recession and competitors [ who ? ] , as well as all targets known to mankind in the years ahead . |
| 13 | In most cases the issue raises no problems , but estranged parents using the child to fight their bat ties or rebellious teenagers seeking recognition of their maturity and autonomy against over-protective or interventionist parents may see it as an important issue of principle . |
| 14 | I failed to arrange any stereotypical symbol of masculinity in the porch where all visitors would see it instantly : a pair of size ten wellingtons , a cricket fixture list , a rifle perhaps . |
| 15 | If a would-be burglar was standing outside your front or rear door , how many neighbours could see him ? |
| 16 | Because getting young Rossiter up to eleven lengths will see me to the grave . |
| 17 | A return to five furlongs should see him back on the winning path . |
| 18 | If the Irish comrades could see him now ! thought Alice , watching this deft , swift , accomplished work ; and then how he , with Philip and herself , lifted the great tank , as if it weighed nothing , on to the top of the papers … |
| 19 | Now I 'm not getting at you or Peter Underhill , both of being excellent fellows ; but this is just the sort of thing I predicted would happen twenty years ago when we , as a country , started to ‘ go metric ’ and were assured that five years would see it done . |
| 20 | Integrating primary care into the contracting framework of the health service will have advantages for patients , doctors , and managers but general practitioners could see it as a threat to independence rather than an end to isolation . |
| 21 | The radical feminist analysis described at the beginning of this chapter would see these as aspects of men 's patriarchal control over women ; the Marxist feminists would see them as a result of capitalism ; others would see them as the outcome of both systems , and indeed of racist systems too . |
| 22 | Female fans might see it as a challenge . ’ |
| 23 | Each should be designed for its recipient , but remember that other eyes may see it . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , in the course of the years , there were some letters that were painful , and meant for no other eyes ; and no other eyes will see them . |
| 25 | A hundred feet would see me clear of the danger zone , and this distance I covered foot by foot , walking sideways with my face to the rocks and the rifle to my shoulder ; a strange mode of progress , had there been any to see it . |
| 26 | CLOSE is a limit order system which allows investors to leave orders which are then publicised in the market , e.g. if an investor wanted British Aerospace at £5.00 when the market price was £5.08 the limit order could be left with the investors ' broker , and other brokers could see it . |
| 27 | However , given a reasonable state of preservation , you should come to no harm at Scourie ; and most days will see you happily tramping anything up to six miles , fishing perhaps a dozen different waters along the way , with golden eagle , red deer and curlew for company . |