Example sentences of "can [adv] see [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do n't know how many solar systems there are in each galaxy because we can only see stars , not planets , but we earlier used an estimate that there may be 100 billion billion planets in the universe . |
| 2 | Like , how do you know what goes on , like with , dolphins , with whales , with all sorts of species of animals , like we do n't know , well we 're so dense we can only see things like this ! |
| 3 | ‘ I can only see things getting worse . |
| 4 | ‘ Nothing has changed since the revolution and I can only see things getting worse and worse . |
| 5 | This night prowler has a low density of cones in its retina and so can only see colour in objects which fill a large part of its field of view . |
| 6 | You can only see people 's eyes looking out of the eye-holes in the clothes . |
| 7 | One can thus see gains and losses in the two broad approaches to the study of literature described by Welch ( 1987 ) . |
| 8 | I can not see skateboarding being sports . |
| 9 | I can not see McCallen repeating his University Corner mistake , and he should be well in contention along with Newton , desperately anxious the Dunlops , Ian Lougher and Alan Patterson . |
| 10 | A lot of people I know have got satellite television but it is quite expensive and somehow , I can not see mum agreeing to it ! |
| 11 | I can not see Britain following the example of so many European countries , where multi-sports clubs are the norm . |
| 12 | For Israel 's way to be hidden Yahweh could mean that God can not see Israel 's way , or will not see Israel 's way , or has caused Israel not to be able to see its own way . |
| 13 | You can not see things so clearly . |
| 14 | I can not see women settling to trivial ways — women who have done worthwhile things . |
| 15 | ‘ Those are base matters , I can not see base matters . |
| 16 | Perhaps they can not see potential at a ground shorn of its wooden stands and surrounded by deprivation . |
| 17 | The horse stabled in a shed or barn can not see people , cars , and animals come and go ; or a cat or dog wandering by , birds flying , the wind in the grass and trees , and so on . |
| 18 | I 'm afraid Mr. Optimist here can not see Leeds winning , or keeping a clean sheet . |
| 19 | However , we can already see difficulties for any variation on this approach . |
| 20 | One can already see trends in this direction . |
| 21 | But David with with respect but David I can just see people 's eyes glazed over right now . |
| 22 | From my crevice between the two machines I can just see Pa 's face . |
| 23 | I can just see David doing it |
| 24 | We ca n't really complain of being immediately affected by all the building , and we can still see Oban Bay and the ferries coming and going ( at a distance , it 's true ) , but it 's a bit of a shock to find a major extension to Oban on our doorstep , more or less . |
| 25 | You can still see vestiges in the upper terraces of the early Baroque garden . |
| 26 | At any rate , his strange story , told thirty years later , forges another link in the chain of associations , so that Wordsworth , years afterwards , in the last stanza , can still see Matthew ‘ at that moment ’ of finishing his story , though he too , at the time of writing the poem , is also ‘ in his grave ’ . |
| 27 | Now one of the things that you tend to find is that if you were to ask about groups then people regurgitate all the stuff about groups but with most questions you can usually see links to other parts of the syllabus . |
| 28 | Viewers can also see Birds of a Feather , Last of the Summer Wine and Jasper Carrot . |
| 29 | To the right you can also see Winkle Island — an island in the middle of the road with a statue of a winkle . |
| 30 | The seminar will take place at the Science Museum , where you can also see Mike 's exhibition Running on Air — the Nike Exhibition of Sports Shoe Technology . |