Example sentences of "[noun sg] see [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wording is very clear and in view of the dicta in the Vestey decision and the major shift in the approach to be adopted to that section — restricting the same to the settlor and his spouse and taking into account the provisions of TA 1988 , s740 — it is felt that the Revenue will have to concede this point unless they change the law ( in which case one would have to watch very carefully what was said in Parliament to see how the change is to have effect ! ) . |
| 2 | He 's having a look to see how much work he 's got in the office today and if he has n't got enough to worry about going to work tomorrow he 's just going to go fishing tomorrow . |
| 3 | Clifford was , in the imagery of the authors of The Unseen Universe , one of those on the voyage who remains in the engine-room seeing how it works , rather than going on deck to see where the ship is going . |
| 4 | The plan was to look back at intervals after leaving camp to see how long it took for various features of the Land Rover to disappear , so that I would know how much longer there was to walk when they reappeared in the evening . |
| 5 | The usual definition of ‘ chutzpah ’ is a small boy peeing through someone 's letter box , then ringing the doorbell to see how far it went . |
| 6 | He waved to her from the gate , where she stood like any housewife seeing off her man . |
| 7 | They follow a common scriptural tradition , Christians seeing what they call the Old Testament fulfilled in the New Testament , and Islam seeing both fulfilled in the Qur'an . |
| 8 | Once he looked at his watch to see how long it would be before he was relieved . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm going in to the kitchen to see how Mrs Porter 's getting on , ’ Belinda announced firmly , cutting off Tom 's words . |
| 10 | I do n't think the problem is limited to Tin Pan Alley by any means , but since I went there recently let's examine my experience to see where the answer is to be found . |
| 11 | What bothered Hazel , Dandelion and Hawkbit was the openness and strangeness of the down and their inability to see very far ahead . |
| 12 | He looked anything but gratified , and she could only marvel at Araminta 's inability to see how unwelcome was the good fortune that had come to him . |
| 13 | For senior posts it can be instructive to do the opposite to see how far the candidate can cope with the stress . |
| 14 | It has been a great privilege to see how God has been at work in their lives and to be part of His plan for these men . |
| 15 | Charles thoroughly enjoyed the experience and it was a rare opportunity to see how ordinary people lived . |
| 16 | Crossing a busy road is the biggest risk that most of us take in our daily lives , travel gives the opportunity to see how we cope with the unknown . |
| 17 | A readily visible chart gives children the opportunity to see how good they have been . |
| 18 | Amberyarn is a real working mill , you will have the opportunity to see how the yarn is produced in a demonstration of twisting , spinning and winding . |
| 19 | It would give me a chance to see your wrist plaster has dried correctly and give our students a rare opportunity to see how fit and active a lady of your age can be . ’ |
| 20 | It is useful for these trials to cover quite a wide range of classes to test the reaction of different groups of children and also to give the teacher and observers the opportunity to see how effective their use of the unit becomes with experience . |
| 21 | The audience was predominantly trade-orientated , but found the opportunity to see how the consumer side of credit operates . |
| 22 | Des said : ‘ This trip will give me the opportunity to see how the adopted project is doing and feed back some information to Edinburgh . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Its a tremendous opportunity to see how they approach treatment in the U.S. and we are very grateful to everyone who has helped us to get there . ’ |
| 24 | Once more , Huy had no opportunity to see out , but guessed from the number of twists and turns it made that they were taking a deliberately tortuous route . |
| 25 | Thousands of people flocked to the country 's newest prison over the weekend for a rare opportunity to see inside . |
| 26 | No not at all , er for the nerve gas tabun for example , if you had a litre of that , and you 've only got to look at erm a container of milk to see how little that is , er on a very busy day in London , that could possibly wipe out about a quarter of a million people . |
| 27 | He also agreed to go round to Maidstone 's apartment to see how he was . |
| 28 | He explained that Maidstone was ill and that it was essential to get inside the apartment to see how he was . |
| 29 | And it had on painted hose of black and white , so cunningly painted that no man who saw them would have thought but that they were grieves and cuishes , unless he had laid his hand upon them ; and they put on it a surcoat of green sendal , having his arms blazoned thereon , and a helmet of parchment , which was cunningly painted that every one might have believed it to be iron ; and his shield was hung round his neck , and they placed the sword Tizona in his hand , and they raised his arm , and fastened it up so subtilly that it was a marvel to see how upright he held the sword . |
| 30 | They may have anticipated to the extent that they dread doing certain activities like going shopping with the children but have not developed their thinking to see how to avoid the problems . |