Example sentences of "see for [pron] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Still others are there to show their sympathy and respect , but also to see for themselves the spectacle of a city 's mass grief …
2 A delegation from Europe 's largest hotel , the Izmailovo in Moscow , recently visited the Moat House International Hotel , Glasgow , to see for themselves the operating standards of a western hotel .
3 This has been configured so that visitors to the Museum can see in the cockpit and operate the flying controls to see for themselves the effects of stick on elevators and rudder .
4 Winston sent out a party of men and women from public life to see for themselves the horrors of Belsen .
5 LENTA organised parties of business people and senior ILEA personnel to see for themselves the achievements of the Boston Compact .
6 We want you to see for yourself the subtlety and awareness that can be wrought from the earth , to give style and grace to your everyday living .
7 In April the Prince went off to the Kalahari Desert for a few days with Sir Laurens Van der Post , to see for himself the society that his friend had written and talked about so much .
8 He will then be able to see for himself the resignation , if not quiet contempt , with which his customers regard the service for which he and his managers must hold themselves fully accountable .
9 Will my hon. Friend therefore give me an undertaking that he will visit Dartford early in the new year , or on Christmas day if need be , to see for himself the damage that has been done to our river and how much has been lost ?
10 The jury , sitting in court 4 at Bristol , were sent home early by Judge Overend , so that he could drive to the bridge to see for himself the spot at which the accident happened .
11 Each group needs to see for itself the importance of indirect and hard-to-define influences .
12 I have seen for myself the value of ACET 's work in the community and I would whole heartedly recommend other churches get behind the work in any way they can . ’
13 He had seen for himself the progress that had been made in the three days since he had last visited the laboratories .
14 Yet no Scot who regularly watches BBC 's Rugby Special , and has seen for himself the standard of much of the club game in Wales , will doubt their latent capacity to erupt in attack .
15 Best to put off even thought until he had seen for himself the place where murder had been done , and the victim who had suffered it .
16 She had seen for herself the effect he had on many of his clients ; had herself been impressed by his ability to amuse them with his quick wit and entertaining anecdotes .
17 The Picts could see for themselves the benefits and in doing so , the Romans hoped , would cease their war-like activities and come to heel .
18 On his return , Williams could now see for himself the changes that had taken place in the social and political structure of Trinidad and Tobago during his absence .
19 Besides , Edouard should see for himself the vineyards and plantations there : they were doing well , Jean-Paul said proudly .
20 From the architectural viewpoint the greatest importance of this site , now so excellently opened up and preserved , is that it has preserved for us a provincial Roman city at a certain point in time — A.D. 79 — so that we can see for ourselves the buildings in which such citizens of the empire lived .
21 When the parents saw for themselves the improvement in their children , their own prejudices were overcome .
22 I went to Brighton and saw for myself the absence of most of the top players due to other events taking place .
23 On April 1-2 he saw for himself the effects of internecine war when he toured the Natal townships ; on April 5 , after his meeting with de Klerk , it was announced that talks would take place in the near future about the remaining obstacles to full negotiations .
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