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

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1 To call someone a nutter , however , is not to use what they would see as a term of abuse .
2 What do you see as the advantages of Reddin 's 3-D Theory over the Managerial Grid of Blake and Mouton ?
3 What do you see as the role of Government in promoting UK exports and how do you feel this compares with the support received by other European businesses ?
4 But Hitler made world Christianity something that for a moment even people in the pews could see as an expression of peace , and amity , and human rights , and the moral law in politics .
5 ‘ How odd that you did n't immediately see through a phony like Giles Denton , ’ he grated , totally ignoring her interruption , ‘ and after agreeing to take a cruise with a man you admit you hardly know , you end up in custody accused of drug-smuggling .
6 For a moment he could n't see through the train of bubbles left by the spear , which hit the fish dead centre and an inch behind the jaw hinge .
7 Pedro How would you like to not see for a couple of days ?
8 He could scarcely see for the blur of tears behind his spectacles , but he bent to investigate a glint of metal among the dust .
9 The jury will remain out for a year or two yet on whether the operating system can see off the threat from Microsoft Corp and its Windows NT , but Unix is definitely not winning big in the public relations stakes : the Wall Street Journal dismisses Unix as ‘ a catch-all term for many operating systems that share some features and a common parentage ’ .
10 The jury will remain out for a year or two yet on whether the operating system can see off the threat from Microsoft Corp and its Windows NT , but Unix is definitely not winning big in the public relations stakes : the Wall Street Journal dismisses Unix as ‘ a catch-all term for many operating systems that share some features and a common parentage ’ .
11 But what do tourists actually see during a visit to India ?
12 Follow it around a bit this side you will see like a loads of cars .
13 I can see behind the surface of matter .
14 This does n't allow fine-detail viewing — the viewer ca n't see into the windows of homes — but individual streets , river traffic , troop or merchant wagon movements and suchlike are readily seen .
15 ‘ You would see into the hearts of men , I should think , sir .
16 Scientists have been penetrating areas beyond human senses , and they have developed more and more devices to augment our senses in order that we may see into the heart of matter or reach the ends of the universe .
17 Er , you know , Jane Austen , and and Bronte , they wrote quite a lot about clothes which meant probably , but always , I felt the Trollope could see into the minds of women you know , and he was good .
18 You will see alongside the Obituaries to Orton Chirwa a small article about the massacre of 300 Sudanese in Juba .
19 Anybody with a tape measure could see in a matter of minutes that the figures on these marbles have nothing whatever in common with the Greeks of today who , short-legged and stocky with low-slung , hairy bottoms , blunt noses and crossed eyebrows , are plainly a race of Turkic origin .
20 Some philosophers of religion , particularly those in the Christian Thomist school ( the school that follows the thought of Thomas Aquinas ) , would see in the idea of existence a key to representing the omnipresence of a transcendent God .
21 In addition , Gian Giacomo inherited an accepted position in Milanese society , from his mother Rosa Trivulzio , a member of a family whose superb chapel you can see in the basilica of San Nazaro .
22 As we shall see in the discussion of evidence from Britain , opportunities for health , long life , security , educational success , fulfilment in work and political influence are all unequally distributed in systematic ways .
23 The importance of recognizing the ‘ total package ’ of a person 's abilities and development becomes obvious once again when one enters the world of employment , as we shall see in the discussion of graduate employment and the notion of ‘ education for capability ’ in Chapters 3 and 4 .
24 As we shall see in the chapter on sleep problems , sometimes the " insomniacs " complaining of never sleeping are in fact , by psychophysiological criteria , achieving normal amounts of sleep , but their experience is that of staying awake .
25 A sign told visiting gentlemen to remove their hats ; it was the kind of sign you 'd see in the Duomo in Florence ; in some parts of America , war still demands what passes for reverence .
26 The same was true even for Gen von Pannwitz and some of his senior German officers in the 15 SS Cossack Cavalry Corps who , as we can see from the diaries of Count Erwein-Carl zu Eltz [ See KP 62 ] , regarded their fate as inextricably bound up with that of their men , even though they might , like zu Eltz , have found the opportunity to escape .
27 And the Royal Welch did sing in the rehearsal , it was a record of course , and they sang of what you could see from the hills above Jerusalem , and it was in the minor key and sad as the devil or death , and the green light flickered , and Dylan , short , bandy , prime , obese , and famous among the bars , screamed as I have never heard , but sometimes imagined a scream , and we were all appalled , our pencils silent above the crossword puzzles , and invisible centuries-gone atavistic hair rose on our backs .
28 ‘ And what else do you see from the Ridgery besides unicorns ? ’ he asked .
29 But make m n no mistake , make no mistake , the situation is still difficult , because the Government imposes conditions and changes are all so often that the resolution of problems is difficult , as you will see from the Director of Education 's statement .
30 He could see from the number of bells beside each door that they 'd nearly all been turned into flats now , or dentists ' surgeries , and some were in urgent need of renovation , but they still retained some of their former grandeur , or was it pretension ?
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