Example sentences of "[adv] see the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We want rather to see the state intervene only to prevent such use of land as is clearly anti-social or wasteful , while otherwise development is guided and determined by choice and by economic forces . |
| 2 | There go right to see the Palazzo Erba-Odescalchi , a sumptuous palazzo built by the Cusani family in the early 1500s , although it takes its name from a later Archbishop who used it as his palace in the eighteenth-century . |
| 3 | Gay stayed with her , while Breeze ran into the inn and , with lively recollections of her last visit , asked rather nervously to see the proprietor . |
| 4 | It lends itself quite suitably to the UK sporting scene which is populated by many black sportsmen growing up in broken homes , settling on the side of the mother and eventually seeing the father as an anathema , as did Repton heavyweight Ray Tabi : |
| 5 | Mr Johnston said it would be foolish to anticipate better advertising volumes for the provincial press in general , at least until the latter part of 1993 , but the group 's present lower cost base should certainly benefit profits if Britain was eventually to see the type of modest recovery which was beginning to boost the US newspaper industry . |
| 6 | I had neither , so I plodded stoically through the mire turning a corner eventually to see the summit of Ingleborough framed by the walls of the lane . |
| 7 | As a free man in a growing country , it did not take him long to see the potential . |
| 8 | It did not take long to see the extension of the concept . |
| 9 | In my log I had mentioned cutting in especially to see the fall . |
| 10 | I 've never had any difficulty sleeping and I try to stay awake long enough to see the cancer in my mind 's eye . |
| 11 | We may arrive in sight of the same conclusion , near enough to see the possibility of rooting all valuation in a single principle of awareness , by an approach from the opposite direction . |
| 12 | The houses of Old Odborough are already lighting up for the evening , but it is not yet dark enough to see the lights farther away . |
| 13 | Gripping the sharp branch with both hands , she worked her way along it until she was close enough to see the whites of his eyes . |
| 14 | He was with the Post Office long enough to see the withdrawal and eventual reinstatement of the handy Sunday collections . |
| 15 | This seems to imply that only we are " clever " enough to see the mimicry in all its glory . |
| 16 | Stand close enough to see the column form and you will probably be pelted with near-boiling water . |
| 17 | In the kitchen the fire was burning low but there was light enough to see the steam rising from the bedclothes as they held them out to air . |
| 18 | We have been lucky enough to see the Minister of State ; he has been very kind and we have had really good discussions with him . |
| 19 | Richard Cox did not live long enough to see the triumph of his apple , for he died in Colnbrook 20 May 1845 , eight years after his wife Ann . |
| 20 | Mrs Thatcher was cute enough to see the need to cultivate the backbenchers who made up her lobby fodder and the knighthood became once again the reward for wrecked marriages and broken health caused by sitting up all night to vote as the whips instructed . |
| 21 | Most carers have attachment and affection to sustain them ; recognising that the deepest levels of such feelings are not enough to see the process through , involves some grief . |
| 22 | She 'd just got some leverage , loosened enough to see the front of a plywood box , when a soft footstep in the doorway made her leap , guiltily , to her feet . |
| 23 | Some people are lucky enough to see the condors within ten feet here ; to hear the wind riffling through their feathers . |
| 24 | We were far too good sailors to risk the wash of a dreadnought , but we steamed in near enough to see the sailors on the deck of one of the accompanying destroyers . |
| 25 | We crept close enough to see the features which set them apart from curlew : the smaller size , relatively shorter bill and pattern of light and dark head-stripes . |
| 26 | Aggressive French patrols had prevented Sharpe getting close to the road a second time , but he had ridden near enough to see the dust clouds drifting away from the boots , hooves and wheels of an army on the march . |
| 27 | The truth of the matter is that it 's difficult enough to see the difference between a 32k colour rendition of a picture and a 24 bit one ( 16 million colours ) , so it 's all but impossible to see any difference between a 32k and a 64k colour image . |
| 28 | ‘ It is across this sea and in summer on a good day it is easy enough to see the island where the sacred site is . |
| 29 | His smile might be a little self-conscious , but she was close enough to see the glint of real satisfaction in his pale blue eyes . |
| 30 | If you want to get in close enough to see the detail of his beautiful body markings , you wo n't be able to include much of his neck which will be mostly sticking out through the top of the frame . |