Example sentences of "not see the [noun sg] of [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They could not see the glow of triumph in his eyes .
2 He said : ‘ We might not see the day of liberation but it will come . ’
3 Unhappily , she averted her head so that he could not see the glimmer of tears that smarted behind her eyelids .
4 She could not see the state of Eleanor 's neck because Eleanor wore the collar of her crisp white blouse up .
5 The Computer Users Group should not see the collation of hardware requests from end users as their primary function .
6 Unless a man is born anew , he can not see the kingdom of God . "
7 He says this over and over again in verse three , unless one is born again he can not see the Kingdom of God .
8 The nationalists do not see the emergence of nationalism in this way .
9 He could see Prussian soldiers running away in the undergrowth and he felt the fierce exultation of a cavalryman given a helpless enemy to slaughter , but he did not see the batter of guns concealed in the deep shadows at the edge of the wood , nor the Prussian artillery officer who shouted , ‘ Fire ! ’
10 The Feminine Mystique , which dared to put the silent question , did not see the light of day until 1963 , when it sold three million copies , but it was already being written and its audience was waiting .
11 ‘ We all know about criminal cases and traffic offences , but there are many aspects of the work of the Magistrates Court which do not see the light of day as far as the general public are concerned , for example juvenile and matrimonial cases .
12 Not only do we have the situation in the UK where partial-hearing units ( PHUs — integrated settings ) are using Total Communication ( e.g. Hegarty , Pocklington and Lucas , 1982 ) , but young deaf people do not see the use of BSL as a function of their contact or lack of contact with hearing people .
13 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 .
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