Example sentences of "[coord] see to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , there is no room here to explore the comments further , to probe the reasoning behind them or to see to what extent they represent a wider consensus . |
| 2 | Environment is the soil and water that permits it to sprout and grow , or sees to it that it does n't . |
| 3 | A parent is legally bound to feed , clothe , house , not to mistreat , and to see to the education of his own children , but not those of his neighbour ; although those next door are legally protected against anyone 's abuse or assault . |
| 4 | The study seeks to identify the main constraining factors operating in each country , and to see to what extent these factors , and the ‘ mix ’ in which they seem to operate , vary from one country to another . |
| 5 | I appeal to the international community not to be flattered into believing that all these cosmetic changes are real changes , and to see to it that we , have a voice and a vote . |
| 6 | Bishop Edward Daly in Derry liberally interpreted the needs of his Roman catholic pupils from the mid-1970s , allowing greater freedom and seeing to it that some alternative religious education was provided . |
| 7 | This danger , and the maintenance task of overseeing organizational arrangements and seeing to them , are very real costs of a strong culture . |
| 8 | Except Ellwood was keeping an eye on everyone and seeing to it that East Germany got the news . |
| 9 | Therefore it was natural that the ploughing should be done in one extended visit to the field : it was convenient that this should fall in the forepart of the day while the afternoon was spent , by the oxen in resting , and by their driver and ploughman in feeding them and seeing to their wants . |
| 10 | He saw himself as a wise and benign deity , presiding over his kingdom and seeing to it that evil did not always prevail ; a hollow symbolism of course and anyway he rather liked hemp agrimony and ground ivy . |
| 11 | • Juggling the running of a house , keeping everyone well-fed and clothed , and seeing to the needs of a new baby make mothers excellent organisers . |
| 12 | She stayed in mostly looking after the house and cooking and seeing to his clothes . |
| 13 | We need a much larger and better resourced inspectorate to enforce it so it is fair and seen to be . ’ |
| 14 | For political reasons as much as for economic ones , the government needs to come up with a scheme that is simple ( so that its essence can be explained in one sentence ) and seen to be fair ( the duke pays more than the dustman ) . |
| 15 | If the Christian continuum provided hope for the regenerate individual , it offered a much less satisfying answer to the more general question that had perplexed Job and so many others : why was there so much evil in the world that the Lord had made and seen to be good ? |
| 16 | Ludens , tense , said , to provoke him , ‘ Ca n't these ways be reconciled and seen to be ultimately only one way ? ’ |
| 17 | This is noticeable when short term goals can be identified and seen to be worth reaching and may well account for the very impressive efforts by schools in agricultural , sports and music competitions . |
| 18 | Symbolic injustice The importance of the Rodney King case , says Alexander Cockburn , is that injustice was done , and seen to be done . |
| 19 | The format has to be reviewed in order to restore the balance between the desire to give the playing countries enough games in the early stage to sharpen them up for the knock-out competition , and the need for a structure that is both fair and seen to be fair . |
| 20 | The duty solicitor scheme was projected as a public service by the Law Society : ‘ The prime object of a duty solicitor scheme is to provide unrepresented defendants with any legal assistance they may require and , in the context of the adversary system , to help ensure that justice is done and seen to be done . ’ |
| 21 | No longer would their errors be held to ridicule in respect of run-outs , stumpings and certain other contentious issues ( but not lbws or bat-pad catches — though there could be a case for relieving the umpires of the task of no-balling ) ; nor could players justifiably feel disgruntled for the superior eye of the camera would be deciding their fates with pronounced accuracy , ensuring that justice was done and seen to be done . |
| 22 | Yet while nobody can possibly deny the growing , and sometimes dramatic , impact of nationalist , or ethnic , politics , there is one major respect in which the phenomenon today is functionally different from the ‘ nationalism ’ and the ‘ nations ’ which combined nation-state and national economy was plainly a central fact of historical transformation and seen to be such . |
| 23 | What is meant by saying that judges must be impartial and seen to be so ? |
| 24 | And what 's more , if she 'd been about in your time , instead of that man , nice little Neville Chamberlain , she 'd have given your old Hitler a few right-handers below the belt ; and seen to it that Britain was armed to the teeth , with an airforce twice the size of the Luftwaffe instead of a few old men with pitch forks and a handful of plucky chaps like yourself to keep the Nazis out . |
| 25 | Now , with this new drive of Thorfinn 's , when the adherence and co-operation of every man was important , it was a matter that must be resolved , and seen to be so . |
| 26 | He 'd just founded it , and seen to it that nomes lived comfortable and not very strenuous lives in it , and apart from putting the signs on the walls had n't really interfered very much . |
| 27 | Had she been less committed to parenting , perhaps because her children were older and seen to be less in need of her support , or had it been an event which threatened a role or idea to which she was less committed , perhaps losing a part-time job which she did not enjoy , the effect would be less threatening . |
| 28 | ( 2 ) If the transfer contains covenants to be observed by the buyer , he or she must execute the document in order to be bound , and seen to be bound , by its terms . |
| 29 | It should be recognised that it is in the interests of all firms involved in the provision of financial services that regulation is adequate and seen to be adequate by investors , or custom will be lost for all concerned . |
| 30 | It was , he said , his job to cook and see to his master 's clothes and open the door and go marketing , not to be a spy . |