Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | The development of gap junctions in the human gastric mucosa has been examined to see if there is any relation to gastric ulcer . |
| 2 | He writes : ‘ If we are pressed to see in the doctrine of the Trinity some clue to the sense that gender … must have something corresponding to it in the God-head , one would find in the unconditioned Unity of God something like the feminine in creation , while the differentiated Persons , on the other hand , have each a masculine denomination . ’ |
| 3 | However , if the above criticism of the partial equilibrium model is put to one side , the implication of Roll 's work is that the only valid test is one in which the various market indices , which are used as proxies for the market portfolio , are examined to see if they are mean variance efficient . |
| 4 | For any candidate for entry , all packages in the structure which contain the module are examined to see if an entry point exists ie. an active DC referencing the module . |
| 5 | Most of us have been taught to see the Davy lamp as a scientific advance in that it saved the lives of miners because it would burn without causing explosions in a methane-rich atmosphere . |
| 6 | Other terminal word branches off this node are checked to see if they have remaining MRPA symbols which have to be distinguished from the current input by creating new non-terminals . |
| 7 | A shareholders action committee has been formed to see if any value can be obtained . |
| 8 | A Committee had been formed to see NVQ 's through and a meeting had recently been held . |
| 9 | However , the terms implied by sections 12–15 are designed to see that the buyer receives certain basic benefits from the transaction . |
| 10 | He laughed mirthlessly , despairing of her understanding , ‘ You ca n't expect those who are evicted to see it like that . ’ |
| 11 | About two million visitors are expected to see the display on British scientific and technological breakthroughs , unravelling the mysteries of the Sun and monitoring the Earth 's health . |
| 12 | A staggering 17.9% of the total UK population of 7 to 10 year olds are expected to see it — and children are well known to have outstanding recall of cinema advertisements . |
| 13 | The Chinese State Circus is on its first National Tour … and around 18000 people are expected to see the show in Cheltenham over the next two weeks : |
| 14 | Half-yearly results which are due to be published next week are expected to see the yard return to profitability . |
| 15 | The win secured Portadown 's place in the next stage of the competition and they are expected to see off Ballymena on Saturday in their final section game . |
| 16 | He had been recommended to see Ken 's show , took a box for the evening and could n't stop laughing . |
| 17 | The planters might have been expected to see that slavery in the West Indies was wastefully debilitating , for the slaves died so fast that new ones had continuously to be brought in . |
| 18 | Neighbours , who reported the man as missing to the local council , say more should have been done to see if he was in need of help . |
| 19 | Lonrho 's ethics have been publicly queried in the past , so many in Whitehall are galled to see it cast on the side of the angels by its opposition to the Al Fayeds , after they had thwarted Lonrho 's own designs on Harrods . |
| 20 | No attempt has been made to see the needs of legally aided clients as different from those of fee-paying clients . |
| 21 | It is perhaps a shame to divert attention and energy away from the act of making and being , toward analysis of how your makings and be-ing ( what you make and who you are ) are received by those who are empowered to see them . |
| 22 | Animals , infants , and deviant adults are said to see , hear , smell and so on , in those special circumstances , where we feel impelled to mark the similarity of their behaviour to that of human beings situated likewise whilst allowing for the inability to describe what they perceive . |
| 23 | Similarly , checks are made to see you have enough in the current account to meet expenditure . |
| 24 | Instead of recognising a commercial exploitation , we 're invited to see male lust as the corrupting force . |
| 25 | In the cold light of day , you 're forced to see me as I am — the woman you believe stole your grandfather 's jade . |
| 26 | Although Anna 's family have welcomed the resignation , they 're determined to see a change in the bail laws . |
| 27 | Most of the properties of an organism that we are equipped to see with our naked eyes are so-called ‘ emergent properties ’ . |
| 28 | The Government 's examination advisers have already been told to see to it that marking is stricter next year . |
| 29 | The opening of Sonnet 148 again criticizes his own powers of sight and discrimination : It is not only a failure in perception : as we have seen in 152 , the eyes were merely agents or instruments of the will or judgement , from which self-deception flowed , forcing the organs of perception to see what they are told to see ( as in the political conformity enforced in George Orwell 's Nineteen Eighty-Four ) . |
| 30 | But this is no excuse to stuff yourself silly , as the researchers concluded that more studies are needed to see if a large weight gain during pregnancy is linked to complications in labour and delivery , or to long-term obesity . |