Example sentences of "[not/n't] see how " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 've lied to me ? ’ she enquired , not seeing how she could be offended when she , either outright or by implication , had told some whoppers . |
| 2 | They could not see how one so patently spiritual in his emphases , so biblical in his references ( to both ‘ Old ’ and ‘ New ’ Testaments ) , could be so frank about his appreciation of female beauty and his corporeal appetites . |
| 3 | I can not see how they could be established in British literary education , where there are no graduate schools as such , and the narrow , uphill tunnel of A-level work leads on to the rocky , cloudy uplands of the undergraduate degree , with its confused mixture of practical criticism and thematic study , analysis and literary history , coverage and special subjects . |
| 4 | I can not see how the canon of poetry could avoid being constructed along historical lines , though the problem and implications of canon-formation should be faced , as part of theoretical study . |
| 5 | ‘ I can not see how they are going to pay all of us from membership dues , ’ an embittered party bureaucrat said at headquarters , adding that most of them would have to be given six months ' notice . |
| 6 | ‘ I do not see how you can expand access by any means other than the Government paying . |
| 7 | I do not see how expansion could happen without a substantial increase in government funding . |
| 8 | I really can not see how high interest rates which penalise investment … help in the fight against inflation . ’ |
| 9 | He did not see how we could possibly do so under modern conditions . ' |
| 10 | She could not see how telling Cabochon would help . |
| 11 | He adored her for it and when Wilson chose to murmur against her interest , saying she could not see how it could be real , he was angry and said she was narrow and selfish , like most women . |
| 12 | I can not see how this war can affect my future . |
| 13 | Although be knew that this happens , he did not think it plausible that all differences between cells could be caused in this way , because he could not see how a sufficient number of specific external stimuli could be brought to bear during development . |
| 14 | Experts in commons legislation do not see how a future purchaser could exploit timber , withdraw public access or charge for access on Newtown Common . |
| 15 | Firstly , Baxter could not see how it was possible to avoid Antinomianism if it was accepted that Christ died for the actual sins of His people . |
| 16 | ‘ Perhaps it is , but I do not see how our digging into Liveseys ' trading accounts — however fascinating they may be — will help us to discover the identity of our murdered girl . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ It was on a bearing of 280 degrees and was already west of the Falklands , so I 'm sorry but I can not see how you can say it was not sailing away from the Falklands when it was sunk . ’ |
| 18 | Moreover they could not see how a bureau could be of use to them . |
| 19 | She was longing for a drink — some of her emergency ration of scotch — but she did not see how she could have one herself without also offering one to her visitor , something she had no intention of doing . |
| 20 | They want to feel that they are eating the kind of food which will add to the chances of their remaining in good health , but often they can not see how they can do so if their income has been drastically reduced . |
| 21 | Mr Mitterrand said : ‘ During one of our meals , Mr Major said if Denmark was again to reject the treaty then he could not see how Britain could go along with Maastricht . |
| 22 | Mr Onanuga , 31 , has told friends he naively went along with the story because Mr Newton believed it was good publicity for Thresher and his own branch , and he did not see how it could harm anyone . |
| 23 | Offers continued to roll in , some so tempting that I did not see how she could refuse them , but with four children now of whom none was over twelve , she was adamant that she wished to be with them , and this meant that we could move further afield . |
| 24 | This was the Luton Post Office murder , and although , in view of my long labours on the Meehan case , I had resolved not to take up any more cases , this was one that I did not see how I could refuse . |
| 25 | Without the resurrection they do not see how the death of Jesus achieves much at all . |
| 26 | He was backed by Walton colleague Daphne Hall , who said she could not see how anyone could fail to support it , and felt it was better to have the Naze under a management scheme . |
| 27 | ‘ I really can not see how you can repair them . |
| 28 | I did not see how he could keep it secret for much longer , but that was his business . |
| 29 | It was a very slight chance , a mere wisp of straw snatched against an overwhelming disaster , for Sharpe could not see how any general , let alone a pimpled prince , could reform the broken troops of the centre and stop the French from sweeping forward to take the crossroads . |
| 30 | Thus the dentist can not see how fast it is spreading , if at all . |