Example sentences of "to see [that] it [be] not " in BNC.

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1 But in all these descriptions , as in his characters and his story lines , we are taken from the particular to the general ; we are led to see that it is not what happens that is important nor what effect action has on the people concerned , but what meaning we can extract , or guess at , from the impact on our senses and our intellect of the whole .
2 On external relationships , we must use all our influence within the Community to see that it is not just a magnet for new members , which it clearly is already , but an influence for global free trade and payments .
3 ‘ I think I can rely on you to see that it is not .
4 If the boy had a ‘ gift ’ then it was everyone 's duty to see that it was not wasted .
5 The historic deepening process of the Community was foreseen from the outset , which is why those who commended it to the country 20 or 30 years ago took care to see that it was not misunderstood .
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