Example sentences of "can [adv] see the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the creation of some , and the perpetuation of most , of these mevleviyets where the reason for raising the status of the kadilik is not immediately apparent one can perhaps see the operation of a factor which greatly influenced the elaboration of the learned hierarchy , namely the sheer numbers of those seeking posts . |
| 2 | Furthermore one can perhaps see the solution to which Tolkien , in his philological way , was drawn , namely to present the First Age as ‘ a complex of divergent texts interlinked by commentary ’ ( UT , p. 1 ) , the texts themselves being supposedly written by Men , of different periods , looking back across the ages to vast rumours of whose truth they knew only part . |
| 3 | It 's so cack When you 're doing the running , you 're running from behind , you can only see the behind of Taz you see the behind of Taz |
| 4 | You ca n't see the warmth that causes that to happen , you can only see the result of it . |
| 5 | In other words you ca n't see the power , you can only see the result of the power . |
| 6 | Moreover , few British schools at present include private study periods on the timetable , except for the sixth form , so the teacher knows that his students can only see the sequence in breaks and before and after school , unless he allows time in his own assigned periods with them . |
| 7 | Sliding doors are popular choice as they do not take up any space in the room , although , on the other hand , you can only see the contents of half the wardrobe at any one time . |
| 8 | You can easily see the effect by placing a telephone book under each of the rear legs of a ordinary kitchen chair . |
| 9 | Using a hand-lens , you can easily see the difference between the wild-type , with its black compound eyes , and the pearl eye beetles with their white eyes ringed with black . |
| 10 | Alice can already see the link between the internationalism of popular music and political concerns — Live Aid , Band Aid , the Nelson Mandela Concert — superseding that of earlier internationalism based on revolutionary social class or a proselytizing religion . |
| 11 | You can already see the backlash against all this ‘ right-onness ’ . ’ |
| 12 | The racecourse at the back , fencing , platform here , wooden structure here , buildings erm and er you can just see the edge of er another canopy similar to that er on this side . |
| 13 | Bird watchers would thoroughly enjoy the unvisited lake at Carambolim , from which you can just see the spires of old Goa . |
| 14 | ‘ You can just see the sea from the nursery , ’ explains Prue , ‘ and if you stand on the loo and look out of that little window you can see all those cloverleaf intersections you drove over on the way in . |
| 15 | It 's up the side of the platform — I can just see the light over the door from where I 'm standing . |
| 16 | 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 ) . |
| 17 | And you can just see some of the er you can just see the timberwork on the in the roofing . |
| 18 | You can just see the remains of the platform there . |
| 19 | You can still see the algae in the water , and I am still drinking bottled . |
| 20 | You can still see the holes on either side of the pulpit . |
| 21 | I can still see the looks of astonishment on his friends ’ faces when they saw me , a white man , drinking out of the same glass . ’ |
| 22 | She was an anchoress , one of the many recluses of the period who shut herself away from the world to pray in solitude : we can still see the foundations of her anchorage next to the church which is now called St Julian 's in Norwich . |
| 23 | Continue on to Noar Hill Hanger where you can still see the evidence of prehistoric field systems . |
| 24 | Two hundred years after the Declaration of the Rights of Man took place in France , 200 years after that historic announcement of tolerance and emancipation , we can still see the practice of the most odious and cruel despotism by a man who is the execration of humankind , who is directly and personally responsible for crimes against humanity , and crimes against justice . |
| 25 | Near Fairfield you can still see the innings of St Thomas . |
| 26 | Mind , I stayed at the house and did n't have to go to the graveside , but I can still see the procession of people . |
| 27 | Visitors to the sites of lake dwellings on Lake Ledro — to the west of the northern tip of Lake Garda — and Lake Varese can still see the remains of the wooden stake piles on which the lake villages were set . |
| 28 | The emperor Henry VII granted Steckborn its charter in 1313 , and you can still see the remains of the old town walls . |
| 29 | Can hardly see the sense of it ! |
| 30 | I can hardly see the things on the table in the corner . |