Example sentences of "children [modal v] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | These days judges are keen that children should see and remain close to both parents after divorce . |
| 2 | Children should see that from the way I act , not from what I tell them to think ’ . |
| 3 | Autobiographies and interviews , each constrained both by what children could see and also by what they would remember as significant , offer inevitably partial glimpses of the experience of ageing . |
| 4 | The windows had been broken years ago but the railway company had boarded the frames up with wooden battens which were very effective ; they did however allow a view into the building and although the children could see in they were fascinated with the place and were happy playing in the cutting . |
| 5 | The converse situation applied in the generative transmission condition : the two blocks moved simultaneously ( so there was no information about temporal priority ) but the children could see the string connecting the two blocks ( so there was information about how the cause generated the effect ) . |
| 6 | Here the teacher uses James 's block to create a group experience in which all the children could see how collaboration could help them to overcome a sudden loss of inspiration . |
| 7 | Nothing left of the saint that the children could see . |
| 8 | He fears unsupervised children could see the more controversial pictures . |
| 9 | Items such as sweets and toys are often displayed at a low level — so that children will see them and either ask for them or buy them . |
| 10 | Sometimes a teacher considers it suitable to help some of the children make marks on the wall to establish their present height , and these marks are then compared with others made later in the term ( perhaps in a different colour ) so that children can see how much they have grown . |
| 11 | Comparisons are best made at this early stage between things which the children can see . |
| 12 | Provide pots that can be half-filled with water and then have stones dropped into them so that children can see the water level rising and find out about displacement . |
| 13 | The idea of three comes as an abstraction from many sets of three objects : although no-one has ever seen three , children can see three cars , three people , three umbrellas , three miscellaneous objects , and so on , and eventually they will understand the ‘ threeness of three ’ . |
| 14 | Children can see Arnold Schwarzenegger killing people . |
| 15 | In fact , the Gallery has extended the show 's run to eight months so that school children can see it this autumn and has moved the scheduled second venue , Detroit , to the end of the tour . |
| 16 | Project work at the very least can provide that " real context " in which children can see the point of learning skills such as using an index , because these skills can make their work easier . |
| 17 | Children will clearly need to be taught all these things and , as the Bullock report points out ( DES , 1975 ) , there ought to be little difficulty in teaching these things if , and it is a big if , they are taught in a practical manner so that children can see that they do actually help them . |
| 18 | It ought to be possible for the teacher at this stage to spot skill weaknesses , and to introduce activities designed to remedy them — activities of which the children can see the point . |
| 19 | As previously argued , this sets skill development activities firmly within a context in which the children can see the importance of mastering these particular skills , simply because they can make the children 's work towards their goals significantly easier . |
| 20 | One of the dangers of the position , however , is that it 's very easy to slip into full authority — which is a " con " that children can see through all too easily . |