Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] see " in BNC.

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1 THE Llandudno flood victims will get a boost today when the Duke of Edinburgh flies in to see the disaster for himself .
2 Philosophy has effectively challenged what the theologian often persists in seeing as the ‘ proofs ’ of God 's existence which he or she must hang on to in order to have an absolutely secure and certain faith .
3 New York makes for a glaring contrast , its sky-scraping towers and constantly changing moods stamping this whirlpool of a metropolis with an excitement and energy the world has rarely seen ; Washington DC acts as a statement of political dominance , retaining a cool air of refined detachment in its stately buildings and gracious avenues .
4 Their need for live practice has since seen them support The Paris Angels and Northside , though they admit they 'd be better or suited to a dance crowd .
5 For example , consider a person who bought a house for £80,000 in 1988 , with a mortgage of £75,000 , who has since seen the price of that property fall to £65,000 .
6 She reversed in a reckless sweep , scraping the Range Rover with a hideous scream of metal , then tore off down the hairpin bends of the drive , blinking away tears furiously to see where she was going .
7 Tretyakov Director Yuriy Korolev confirmed the idea of construction with him , and now Yeltsin has effectively seen to it that the project is carried out .
8 Netwise is eager to bolster the Unix side of its business , but admits ‘ NobleNet has obviously seen the light with RPC technology that the rest of us did n't … they 're going to be tough to beat ’ .
9 The commercial company created by Lord Burghersh to run ‘ Sporting Glory ’ and rent the facility went bankrupt , owing money to printers , the V&A ( it has only seen part of its £100,000 rental fee ) and , of course , the backers .
10 He has only seen one defeat at the ground .
11 If anyone has not seen this before and would like a copy , please contact us .
12 ‘ France has not seen many large equity issues recently , ’ said Fred Bombrum , French equities analyst at stockbroker Hoare Govett .
13 This week has not seen the end of the row about Europe in the Conservative party , but merely a regrouping of forces for the battle still to come .
14 He has not seen his wife or their three children since July since he can not afford to travel home to Banchory , near Aberdeen .
15 But still the house of Eli has not seen the last of it .
16 And to lead the horse we need to go somewhere ; perhaps around the house , across the lawn , over the concrete path , under the clothesline with flapping socks , past the dogs , and in to an environment of strange things the horse has not seen before .
17 Anyone who has not seen Karajan 's Berliners in full cry — the CD videos will rectify this omission in the fullness of time — can at least catch something of the wonder of the spectacle in the piece Neville Cardus wrote about the first of the 1961 Beethoven concerts in London .
18 ‘ Isa has not seen me since the happy news and it is that which restores me to near my old self . ’
19 Then Mrs St Maugham asks a friend whom she has not seen for years to lunch .
20 He will , however , not make up his mind whether to fly out Sam Torrance 's father , who he has not seen for six months , until after today 's final round in New Orleans , where he is also the defending champion .
21 I can guarantee that Wolstenholme has not seen anything like it before .
22 With winger Don Williams recovered from injury , Havant have the all-round strength to perform with some distinction in an event which has not seen an English winner since Slough in 1980 .
23 She has not seen much of Montparnasse recently , she confesses to her readers , she has been staying indoors ‘ nursing a sick wasp and writing a comic romance .
24 For he can not love God , whom he has not seen , if he does not love his brother [ or teacher ] , whom he has seen .
25 For he can not love God , whom he has not seen , if he does not love ‘ Boggers ’ , whom he has seen .
26 There have been some new houses built in the last few years , but Ottringham is one of the few villages in Holderness which has not seen large housing developments taking place .
27 The world has not seen more than once or twice in all the course of history a literature which has exercised such prodigious influence over the minds of men , over every cast and shade of intellect , as that which emanated from Rousseau between 1749 and 1762 .
28 The touch judge is allowed to inform the referee of any act of foul play that the referee has or has not seen himself .
29 MANCHESTER CITY 'S explosive marksman David White has not seen the last of an England shirt .
30 She has not seen a single second of the Costa Del Sol soap since .
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