Example sentences of "[not/n't] see [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It is difficult not to see in that agreement what has come to be called the ‘ cascade ’ model of curriculum development : materials are prepared centrally and passed down the line for the classroom functionaries to implement .
2 It is difficult not to see in such debates a growing independence of science from biblical constraint .
3 Mr. Major said that the inflation figure was remarkable in a way not seen for many years .
4 In Tokyo , the Nikkei share index continued its nosedive into depths not seen for five years , despite government efforts to stimulate the slowing economy and the maudlin market .
5 He will , however , not make up his mind whether to fly out Sam Torrance 's father , who he has not seen for six months , until after today 's final round in New Orleans , where he is also the defending champion .
6 In this new atmosphere the legislature displayed a determination to defend itself against executive encroachment , not seen for some years .
7 At Warrington , a deaf man decided to pay a visit to a relative he had not seen for some time , and set off to cycle there .
8 D'Arcy recognised the faces of several ex-special forces personnel whom he had not seen for some time .
9 When the Secretary of State was enjoying himself for about 10 minutes claiming that a large number of us supported CND , he offered some rays of hope and sunshine that I had not seen for some months .
10 These authors found that whereas enhanced platelet function ( increased aggregation to ADP ) was detectable as early as three days following induction of diabetes , elevated levels of the Factor VIII components were not seen for 14–28 days .
11 GORDON Turner has launched a search for the pal he has not seen for forty years .
12 Some parts of the house he had not seen for twenty years .
13 Holden 's story contains no suspense , while Lucy 's grips the reader totally ; for example she ‘ forgets ’ to inform the reader for six chapters that ‘ Dr. John ’ is in fact her cousin whom she has not seen for ten years !
14 The expected improvement this month will have a limited effect on shop suppliers , however , as the unexpected March sales fall left stocks at levels not seen since last August .
15 Research in other countries , and to a limited degree in the USA , had suggested that foetal tissue transplants into humans suffering from conditions such as Parkinson 's disease offered significant hope for improvement not seen with other treatments .
16 Few results were expected ‘ from the bombing of these British spa and provincial towns ’ which were not seen as fitting retaliation for the destruction in Germany .
17 The joint DES/DHSS nature of the Circular , the necessary involvement of health and social services professionals in the multi-professional assessment , and their part in providing for those with special educational needs , were apparently not seen as sufficient reason for including them in discussions .
18 All agree that the building they share in Aldershot , an outdated 60s 12-storey tower block , needs major refurbishment — closing it and moving to the Royal Logistic Corps training centre 20 miles away or converting it to an office block and building a new , smaller Army catering school alongside , are not seen as attractive options .
19 It is curious that the House of Commons is not seen to better advantage during the passage of legislation on criminal justice .
20 In both chronic and alcoholic hepatitis there is not only a quantitative change in proliferating bile ductules , with both lewis antigens more strongly expressed , but also a qualitative change with expression of a sialylated form of the antigen that is not seen in normal ductules .
21 Immunohistochemical studies using monoclonal antibodies have added further information as there is a peculiar pattern of expression of surface antigenic determinants which is not seen in normal colon , infectious colitis , or graft- versus -host disease .
22 Such integration effects were also seen using the Short construct plus or minus the X and Y box , as the phenotype of interest ( thymic expression ) was not seen in all cases ( 46 ) .
23 When vision is directed to an object immediately in front of the eyes , objects in the peripheral ( outer ) areas of the field of vision are not seen in sharp focus , so it is necessary to turn the head and direct the gaze on to these objects in order to see them clearly .
24 Esther was no beauty , but she had a certain handsomeness about her , a particular wickedness he had not seen in other women .
25 It is possible that our finding of inappropriate staining with anti-B , and to a lesser extent anti-A , antibodies reflects non-specific binding of the antibodies to carbohydrate epitopes in biliary cells and hepatocytes , although this seems unlikely as it is not seen in other cells .
26 Such perivascular concentration of TNF α+; cells was not seen in ulcerative colitis or in Crohn 's lamina propria .
27 On the other hand , the etched surfaces of peels frequently reveal details not seen in thin sections .
28 Information not seen in aerial photographs of jungle fringes was fed back to Australia and enabled the United States and RAAF planes from the Northern Territory of Australia to bomb with a greater chance of finding targets .
29 In these studies , however , the rise in PYY concentrations was not detectable until the end of a one hour infusion of oleate in the colon , and the highest PYY concentrations were not seen until one hour after the infusion had finished .
30 Except unusually , receiving personal care from relatives is not seen by either party as an automatic right .
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