Example sentences of "[vb base] see [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You tend to see individual intervention . |
| 2 | They were looking for the principles of organisation , how it is that we organise things like dots into a meaningful whole Why is it that we tend to see two lines crossing in the middle rather one two than two V's ? |
| 3 | The ‘ society-as-parent ’ protagonists , on the other hand , tend to see parental rights as a force still to be reckoned with in law , agency practice and social attitudes . |
| 4 | At present employers tend to see joint degrees as second class . |
| 5 | Thirdly , they tend to see human behaviour as shaped by the system . |
| 6 | Psychologists tend to focus on behaviour as the expression of certain psychological propensities while sociologists tend to see human behaviour as shaped in its course by the social context of human life . |
| 7 | However , conventionally , which is not to say correctly , modes of social scientific explanation tend to see these elements as analytically separate orders of phenomena and , accordingly , data . |
| 8 | Usually religious people tend to see these as different , Sri Ramana 's being an experience of enlightenment and awareness of the Oneness of being , whilst St Francis 's conveyed a sense of communion with God — a sense of a Presence revealing itself . |
| 9 | Incomers tend to see this in class terms as well — pilots are generally upper crust , while engineers are more down to earth ( socially as well as literally' ) Since many incomer workers are ex-military the distinction is often phrased in military terms : officers and ‘ other ranks ’ . |
| 10 | Naturally those anthropologists who grant culture such imperative force tend to see social relations as the product of cultural patterning and conditioning , and thus tend to concentrate on child-rearing practices , enculturation , and socialization . |
| 11 | I mean do , do people find , tend to see those as being a plus or not ? you know , |
| 12 | Get your friends round to see this one today . |
| 13 | They want to see financial pressure applied , to ensure South Africa can not roll over its debt or raise new capital . |
| 14 | We want to see such wastes dealt with to the highest possible standards in ways that are consistent with industrial economics . |
| 15 | They 're young , and they want to see new countries and new towns and new people . |
| 16 | erm , and er , sometimes even pleased to say well I 'll try to get you in purple , but er , nowadays erm , we , we do n't go in for that because there 's , there 's so many er shops now that selling lighting fittings erm and selling nothing else , there is n't one actually in Harlow , but there 's one in Epping and there 's one in Stortford , erm that er , it 's , it 's riding a new car people want to see er a good variety of them , have a look at a lot or a washing machine or anything like that , you want to see many before you buy one . |
| 17 | We all want to see better education and training for our people . |
| 18 | Those who work in Social Services want to see better facilities . |
| 19 | They 're happy to come to the rescue but most of all they want to see tighter rules regulating the ownership of such animals . |
| 20 | They both want to see narrow bends built into straight roads as a far more effective means of slowing traffic . |
| 21 | I want to see elderly people looked after well and if they can be looked after at home all well and good but of course they need the facilities . |
| 22 | ‘ They want to see economic development in the local area for them ’ . |
| 23 | I want to see genuine Morporkian life — the slave market , the Whore Pits , the Temple of Small Gods , the Beggars ’ Guild … and a genuine tavern brawl . ’ |
| 24 | I want to see Alive . |
| 25 | Right , Mr Peace , I want to see all the firm 's accounting records . ’ |
| 26 | I want to see all the exciting bits I missed . |
| 27 | This new date is selling fast , so if you want to see two fine comedians in one evening , snap up the chance as soon as you can . |
| 28 | A fast-growing proportion of young people go on to higher education ; and we want to see that proportion rise still further . |
| 29 | I ne'er want to see that again . ’ |
| 30 | However sometimes you can fall into the pitfall of doing things erm because you think that we want to see that . |