Example sentences of "see [art] [noun] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Landowners do n't see the public as a problem .
2 I can see the lights from a couple of shops at the end of the driveway , but they ai n't open I think — they just got their lights on .
3 The moon was low upon our right , and in its light we could see the top of a hill .
4 Whilst I can readily see the subversion in a band like the Sex Pistols ( whom Ambrose signed to EMI Publishing ) , what about Sigue Sigue Sputnik ?
5 The noise became louder and he could just see the outline of a lorry .
6 I could see the flicker of a television set reflected in the glass , though .
7 MARY SPENCER — Mary = marry , so I would see the lady as a bride coming out of a well-known High Street shop which has somehow been cut cleanly in half .
8 Particularly in the USA , but also in the UK , we can see the signs of a movement developing around the belief in the value of critical thinking .
9 This year will see the construction of a £7 million aroma chemicals plant at Widnes on Merseyside for Bush , Boake Allen .
10 If shape-perception required the application of high-level concepts , it would be implausible to say , for example , that a kingfisher can see the shape of a stickleback ( which I described earlier as ‘ a sort of narrow pointed ellipse with sharp projections on its upper surface ’ , and which we could describe in many other ways ) .
11 In the darkness Gabriel could only see the shape of a woman sitting on a horse .
12 You 're the only one in the room and you can see the doctors through a glass .
13 In the creation of some , and the perpetuation of most , of these mevleviyets where the reason for raising the status of the kadilik is not immediately apparent one can perhaps see the operation of a factor which greatly influenced the elaboration of the learned hierarchy , namely the sheer numbers of those seeking posts .
14 Now when that settles down a little bit more , maybe in a year or two , we shall lime-wash the whole frame over so you wo n't see the timbers for a bit , and just lime-wash right over the whole timbers .
15 ‘ But I can not see the benefit of a league which makes the already rich richer and the other ones poorer . ’
16 President Lennart Johansson said last night they are prepared to discuss innovative plans from a group of Europe 's wealthiest clubs , but added : ‘ I can not see the benefit of a league which makes the already rich richer , and the other ones poorer . ’
17 Mosley further explained that 1994 would see the introduction of a ban on all the electronic technological devices which helped to sweep Nigel Mansell and the Canon Williams Renault team to the championship last year .
18 Before the family are contacted an appointment is arranged with the nominated paediatrician so that they can see the family within a day of their being approached by the primary health care team .
19 I must admit to preferring bitches myself , although I can see the appeal of a dog .
20 Through the window I could see the remains of a meal on a table set for two .
21 ‘ I do n't see the use of a lot of old papers , though .
22 The IFM looked at similar systems in Germany and Czechoslovakia before making the suggestions which would also see the launch of a mjor training scheme for new anglers .
23 This year will see the launch of a Workgroup Server , described by the company as a platform for distributed computing with ( in Amdahl 's terms ) mid-range performance .
24 ‘ Publishers should no longer see the sale as a way of trying to sell the unsaleable , ’ said BML .
25 I was born here , and if you ca n't see the magic of a sunrise without a pyramid on your head then I feel sorry for you . ’
26 Narrowing my eyes against the Atlantic glitter I could see the line of a path that climbed from the bay and on over the headland to the west .
27 Indeed , to suppose that any Carolingian ruler would readily see the clergy as a challenge , as Henry II of England could see Thomas Becket in the 1160s , would be radically to misconstrue his mentality .
28 Fifty yards along , she could see the entry to a yard , its gates closed .
29 BRITAIN 's retailers will see the start of a mini-boom next year , according to a new report unveiled yesterday .
30 If the millions of pounds raised annually in this country for these people via television , telethon , etc. are spent in such a manner , this would surely see the start of a reversal of the present path on the dead-end road we seem to be following .
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