Example sentences of "[noun] see [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Firstly , and I return to this point which I have mentioned again and again in debates such as this and that 's the the question of the lack of there being a central agency er in existence to see to the enforcement of these matters . |
| 2 | Well if you need your teeth seeing to Kelly you 'll have to go . |
| 3 | Status would allow operators to see at a glance which items of safety-related equipment were in proper working order . |
| 4 | One fox was caught , too far away for the riders to see in a day of little incident . |
| 5 | The project aims to rectify this omission for England over the period 1650-1914 by the construction of national rent index , and then to investigate two further problems : a regional breakdown of the index to see of there was a space-related differentiated land market ; and secondly to focus attention on three periods of outstanding agricultural depression within the long run to see whether there was a time-related differentiation . |
| 6 | The long occupation of northern France by the Lancastrian kings could never have been carried out without the active participation of men , many of them not yet noble , performing the tasks of their captains who , as noblemen with lands in England , had to return every so often to their estates to see to their upkeep . |
| 7 | From there it is less than one Cessna hour to see from air the Bay of Islands , the Waitangi Treaty House ( where the historic treaty between Maori and British was signed ) , Cape Brett ( with its remarkable rocky island that has a hole in it you can sail ships right through ) , and thousands of acres of primeval forests of kauri trees . |
| 8 | amd next week we 'll be back on the football trail to see in the new season |
| 9 | Then the Shah persuaded the Carters to see in the New Year at the palace and the Queen sent the Crown Prince into the Library to organize a smaller party . |
| 10 | We can not do it for ourselves , it is gift and grace — God acting on and in us to create a new willingness to see with his eyes , think with his mind , adopt his values and attitudes ( 1 Cor. |
| 11 | Ammunition exploded , bullets began to fly , John Burn was incredibly lucky to escape serious injury , a mile and a half mile away in Crook an excited Lance Henderson was dashing to his bike to see for himself . |
| 12 | What is most alarming about this is not its inappropriate survivalist tone , the crudity with which racial identity is conceived nor even the sad inability to see beyond the conservation of racial identities to possibility of their transcendence . |
| 13 | The condition affects the peripheral area of the retina , including the rod cells which help vision in poor light , and can result in progressive ‘ tunnel vision ’ and ‘ night blindness ’ , the inability to see in the dark . |
| 14 | An executive might have a limited opportunity to see for himself/herself conditions in a foreign country . |
| 15 | Members of the public took the opportunity to see for themselves in a unique open day . |
| 16 | All day long she had wondered how he had managed to bamboozle his way into a consultancy , but first the calm , unflappable way he had dealt with Steve and now here , with the devastated relatives , Kathleen had an opportunity to see at first hand the qualities that set him apart as a consultant . |
| 17 | Now they 're putting the finishing touches to a new double album for release next March , which , if songs like ‘ Evil ’ and ‘ Mother ’ , showcased at their recent London gigs are anything to go by , promises to be an even more intoxicating opportunity to see inside Mark 's troubled , immensely talented psyche . |
| 18 | Perversely , in the way of Customs Officers , we insisted but gave him ten minutes to clear up , then climbed on board to see to the necessary documentation . |
| 19 | But lasting influence depended not only on some form of regular , close contact , but equally crucially on a sense of affinity , of common inheritance and character , which allowed a grandchild to see in a grandparent a model for his or her own development . |
| 20 | LENTA organised parties of business people and senior ILEA personnel to see for themselves the achievements of the Boston Compact . |
| 21 | He wanted to take me out in his boat to see to his lobster pots , only I was too scared of the sea . |
| 22 | Each aircraft will be acting as an extra set of eyes for the other in an attempt to see before being seen . |
| 23 | It is a bit like using spectacles to see with , and taking them off and looking at them . |
| 24 | Appealing for faith and confidence , the parable invites the hearer to see in Jesus ’ followers the seed of the vast communion of the saved … out of this unprepossessing band of disciples is destined to come the restored people , not only the lost sheep of Israel 's house , but the nations , as well , ( Meyer 1979:164 ) . |
| 25 | Mm , I think we need to call , we get , get a builder in because we need that , that roof seeing to at the back . |
| 26 | Back at her place she offered him a large whisky and then said that she just had to slip into the bedroom to see to a few things . |
| 27 | IF ONLY one side had a clear lead , what parties there would be : parties to welcome home John Major , parties to see off the blasted yoke of Tory rule , parties for the sake of parties . |
| 28 | ITN was given access to the camps seven days ago after the leader of the Bosnian Serbs , Radovan Karadjic , challenged journalists to see for themselves that prisoners were well treated . |
| 29 | After the interval the all-female Mix-ups team moved into top gear seeing off the challenges of Martin 's Babes and Coshquin Exiles . |
| 30 | Despite carding his worst round of the championship , a two over par 74 , he held his nerve to see off the challenge of defending champion Eamonn Darcy over the testing K Club course . |