Example sentences of "that i see " in BNC.

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1 Gentlemen : It is with great regret that I see so many students labouring day after day in the Academy , as if they imagined that a liberal art , such as ours , was to be acquired like a mechanical trade , by dint of labour , or I may add the absurdity of supposing that it could be acquired by any means whatever .
2 And this light that I see ?
3 I can only say that I see no right whatsoever . ’
4 It does n't happen , and students are the poorer because the compounds that I see as old friends are more like enemies to them .
5 While I would insist on the centrality of Noel Coward 's sexuality to the patterns of meanings that I see in Brief Encounter , I would not wish for one second to hold him up as any kind of gay martyr .
6 ‘ As far as I am concerned diving is not an excessive calorie-consuming sport , and certainly from the numbers of divers that I see who are overweight , I do not actually believe that the statement in ‘ The Great Diving Adventure ’ , by Horace Hobbs , is actually borne out .
7 They see things that I miss and miss things that I see .
8 He takes good care that I see it . ’
9 The limitations are the lack of footswitching between the clean/crunch and OD1/OD2 modes , and that I see as a drawback ( unless you find you prefer one or the other and stick to it ) .
10 And having noticed that there is nothing whatever in this ‘ I think , therefore I am ’ which assures me that I say the truth , other than that I see very clearly [ je vois très clairement ] that to think it is necessary to be , I judged that I could take it as a general rule that the things which we conceive very clearly and very distinctly [ que nous concevons fort clairement et fort distinctement ] are all true …
11 He was always grateful for ‘ the healthy and restorative force that I see in the country . ’
12 By that I mean that I see the New English Art Club as standing for a cultured , civilised , very English approach to art — a kind of visual stability .
13 I must tell you that I see no advantage to them in this situation .
14 " I ca n't say that I see why not .
15 To say that I see the squirrel with the black nose is to be committed not only to the existence of a visual experience , but also to the existence of something else .
16 That I see before me ?
17 A reply might be that surely I am inferring that I see a sheep in the field from my knowledge of my own present sensory states .
18 I am ushered reverently into a cabin and pick up the quaint hand set , which has an additional round earpiece for clamping over the spare ear , so that I see myself reflected in the glass like a radio operator or a session singer .
19 For that matter , now that I see them for this moment so clearly , what has Hugh to do with the king , either ?
20 And are those hot chestnuts that I see ? ’
21 ‘ It is important that I see her . ’
22 ‘ I hope you realise that it is only on account of the entreaty of Taheb that I see you , Huy , ’ were his words of greeting .
23 In the end , it 's on that rainy promenade that I see her .
24 It 's been so long now that I see the title as my right . ’
25 But the only difference that I see was that they pushed their ploughs there , so they must have been smaller than the ones we use .
26 You might be forgiven for thinking that I see an ideal speaker-hearer as someone who relies on everyone else to complete his conversational turns , never finishes a sentence , speaks very quickly and often with his mouth full , never answers questions , always repeats himself , says nothing without hedging , and invariably forgets what he wants to say — but who survives , if only by ending his utterance with a triumphant whatchamacallit .
27 ‘ Thank you , ’ I reply , in a voice so matter-of-fact that I see Lil pulsate in a seven-headed double-take .
28 My point is that I see nothing in the Gracious Speech to enable me to counter the opinions expressed by our European partners who are still proud to know us but bemused that we have a Britain which in their eyes is no longer as great as it was .
29 It is only on these rare occasions that I see zander fighting deep down in the water for most are only seen at the netting stage due to the colour of the water that they are generally caught in .
30 Now , I must say that I see there is a point of charging for every television set , erm , I do n't have any er , er objection to that , but one rider , that senior citizens should be helped .
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