Example sentences of "can [adv] see the [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next week we must have Brian or Gerry telling you why I 'm wrong and they 'd be as persuasive , or more persuasive than I 'm being , but I ca n't see the case for such a thing as a law of form . |
| 2 | Therapist : ‘ One of the main features of people under stress is that very often they ‘ ca n't see the wood for the trees ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ This government ca n't see the wood for the trees . |
| 4 | Either the A types are too busy doing other things , the wrong things , and they do n't rise to the top , you know , you ca n't see the wood for the trees . |
| 5 | He said : ‘ I ca n't see the justification for leaving a man with a little baby out in the street . ’ |
| 6 | You ca n't see the trees for the forest |
| 7 | ‘ You ca n't see the prick for the codpiece ’ . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | While the BBC told us it would be ‘ done ’ in the best possible taste , there will still be many viewers who found the scenes last night disturbing those who can not see the forest for the trees . |
| 11 | A little later , to the time of the ‘ Polygnotan ’ red-figure vases , belongs a very small piece , not a cup-interior but the slightly domed surface of a covered cup ( fig. 112 ; one can just see the orifice for drinking at the bottom ) . |