Example sentences of "[not/n't] often see " in BNC.
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| 1 | He showed some incredible coloured slides giving close-up detail of petal formation and patterns not often seen by the naked eye . |
| 2 | They are not often seen on the open sea except on passage . |
| 3 | Several themes recur throughout the book , grit and courage , an inexplicable sense of insecurity , a solemnity which Gooch has cultivated almost consciously as an image , and a love of playing for his county which the author suggests is not often seen elsewhere in county cricket ( although one or two from Yorkshire might disagree ) . |
| 4 | In spite of this fairly wide range of the Hawk Anthias is not often seen . |
| 5 | Above : The Silver Scat , Selenotoca multifasciata is not often seen in shops . |
| 6 | The newt , although fairly common in English ponds , is not often seen by ordinary people because it is a shy and murky creature . |
| 7 | Luckier fates awaited the Louis XIV Boulle marquetry console , sold to a telephone bidder under-estimate for $675,000 ( £375,000 ) ( est. $800–1.2 million ) , a small Louis XIV ormolu-mounted Boulle bureau plat around 1700–1710 , sold to Bernard Steinitz for $850,000 ( £472,200 ) ( est. $1–1.5 million ) , a simple Louis XV tulipwood marquetry table à écrire by Bernard van Risamburgh , sold to Partridge for $460,000 ( £255,500 ) ( est. $400–600,000 ) and the skeleton of a charming Louis XVI giltwood lit à la polonaise around 1780 ( est. $100–150,000 ) , a form not often seen at auction , which went to a phone bidder for $440,000 ( £244,400 ) . |
| 8 | The collection was formed by the late shopping-centre magnate Sir Harold ( later Lord ) Samuel who , on the advice of dealer Edward Speelman , amassed mainly small , highly finished cabinet pictures on copper or panel that were very much to the taste of eighteenth-century collectors but are not often seen in American collections : notably , five town-views by Jan van der Heyden ; a ‘ Winter Landscape with Skaters ’ by Adriaen van de Velde , and a seven-by-nine inch masterpiece by Jan Steen of a couple sleeping at a table beneath an arbour . |
| 9 | Secrecy can be damaging in that : ( a ) the sources of power and influence are obscured ; ( b ) public servants are not properly accountable ; ( c ) public participation is seriously hampered ; ( d ) justice is not often seen to be done ; ( e ) inefficiency and error are made more likely . |
| 10 | It is turned in this action towards the meagre amount of light , light which has a density and texture not often seen in real life , created by filling the air with smoke and piercing it with tungsten light . |
| 11 | Buoyant , tern-like flight not often seen on surface of water . |
| 12 | The Royal Bank 's own coat-of-arms , granted in 1960 , is not often seen in the Age of the Logo , but does appear on our banknotes and , more recently , made a welcome appearance on the Highline card . |
| 13 | A similar phenomenon has been observed in some patients with AIDS related sclerosing cholangitis , but a halting progression with worsening of the biliary disease is not often seen , and there are no reports of hepatic fibrosis deteriorating to cirrhosis and liver failure . |
| 14 | A final chance to pick up the kind of luxuries not often seen on sale nowadays . |
| 15 | The scaup in flight is almost identical but although scaups are common enough around the coast they are exclusively winter visitors and not often seen on inland waters . |
| 16 | Others do not often see this as a genuine option , however , so how may we present a more positive image ? |
| 17 | I was married by now , so I did not often see him . |
| 18 | But the best were his rose bushes , a type you do n't often see now . |
| 19 | And you do n't often see black or brown faces in Coronation Street . |
| 20 | The next customer was a middle-aged man who must have been a regular , for he began by saying , ‘ Do n't often see you on this side , miss . ’ |
| 21 | I think the introduction of this guitar is quite significant ; it 's fresh , different and just plain exciting , and those are three words you wo n't often see in the review of a new guitar . |
| 22 | I do n't often see her in outdoor clothes — she wore a dark coat and skirt , a shantung blouse and a black straw hat . |
| 23 | I 've met her twice on formal occasions , but I am at work all day , so I do n't often see my neighbours . |
| 24 | Get to the back of the drawers and cupboards — areas which do n't often see the light of day . |
| 25 | ‘ We do n't often see that colour here . |
| 26 | We could n't often see them from the main road which passed in front of the building because they were forbidden to look out of the windows . |
| 27 | ‘ I suppose so , ’ said Doctor Lanyon , ‘ but I do n't often see him now . ’ |
| 28 | She did n't often see him like that . |
| 29 | And you do n't often see the every picture he tells something , something nice about it . |
| 30 | You do n't often see photos of this I 've only ever found one , here 's one , or I did find one . |