Example sentences of "can not see the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can not see the necessity of the shadow cast by a half-opened drawer in the kitchen table. , It is encouraging to find Fry underlining a point about critical writing — that with a description of a work of art it can be useful to be given an explicit account of how the critic responds . |
| 2 | While I can not see the attraction , at least it keeps her busy in the evenings . |
| 3 | We have made a bid of nearly £700m for a company with a book value of £200m — we 've acknowledged there is some extra worth there , but I can not see the sort of value they are talking about in property . |
| 4 | As a result of recent changes in the copyright laws , if you can not see the application at the council 's offices then you can ask the planning department to send you a copy of the application and the drawings . |
| 5 | Forest loom in the FA Cup in the New Year , and if United , who had their lowest League crowd of the season on Saturday and are now only six points ahead of the bottom club City , still can not see the wood for the trees , somebody will be in for the chop . |
| 6 | They can not see the point . |
| 7 | You can not see the bearers until they are right by you so the effect is of the person floating on air as he passes along the heads of the crowd and leans over to shake hands . |
| 8 | I can not see the remotest reason for your worrying . ’ |
| 9 | I am careful to have my desk angled towards the centre of the room so that I can not see the view from the window across the park towards the lake and the western curve of the South Downs . |
| 10 | Always going on about the Fate of the Graduate Wife and how she 's fed up being a cabbage — well as far as I 'm concerned I can not see the call for langwidge . |
| 11 | Our experiments with Zeta are only the first milestone along what may be a longish road , and we can not see the end of the road . |
| 12 | Privilege could mean a shelf in a lavatory , but I can not see the word catching on . |
| 13 | If it can not see the source of the danger , it can not turn to face it and lash out in defence — there is nothing there at which to lash out . |
| 14 | David Watson used to say : ‘ Much of the church 's warfare today is fought by blindfolded soldiers who can not see the forces ranged against them , who are buffeted by invisible opponents and respond by striking one another . ’ |
| 15 | No. 7 on your list may be from Russia : ‘ The bat can not see the sun , and so it does n't believe the sun exists . ’ |
| 16 | It does n't mean pretending you can not see the peeling wallpaper and moth-eaten curtains , and going wild with a credit card . |
| 17 | I simply can not see the point in having things I do n't need . |
| 18 | I can not see the point of building up your body by eating mountains of food just to pose before an audience . |
| 19 | ‘ But I can not see the benefit of a league which makes the already rich richer and the other ones poorer . ’ |
| 20 | President Lennart Johansson said last night they are prepared to discuss innovative plans from a group of Europe 's wealthiest clubs , but added : ‘ I can not see the benefit of a league which makes the already rich richer , and the other ones poorer . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I can not see the logic in leaving him behind . ’ |
| 22 | The man who ladles the food into the steel bowl on the tray can not see the face of the man to whom he gives the food . |
| 23 | I suppose that there are very few places on Moila from which one can not see the sea . |
| 24 | In general terms , if you can not see the water surface you should trim and fly the aeroplane at the speed and configuration which gives the best combination of high nose attitude , low airspeed and minimum rate of descent . |
| 25 | Because the way the English drive , on the wrong side , with the brim — ’ and to illustrate her point , Madame put a hand up to her right eye , ‘ with the brim comme ça they can not see the oncoming traffic ! ’ |
| 26 | But if , on days when they can not see the sun , small magnets strong enough to drown the earth 's comparatively feeble magnetic signals are attached to their heads , they get lost . |
| 27 | It is necessary because we can not see the mental and the behavioural as related in a non-contingent way . |
| 28 | Our normal response is to look for a comparatively minor adjustment near the periphery ; if we can not see the cake when we expected to we would normally suppose , perhaps , that someone has eaten it , rather than that cakes now have a tendency to dematerialize . |
| 29 | However , insects can not see the warning spots , and to them the spider 's disguise is deadly perfect . |
| 30 | GIPSY : [ examining PAMELA 's hand ] O , I can not tell , your hand is so white and fine I can not see the lines . |