Example sentences of "[adj] see [art] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lawyers acting for the 14 nuns are due to see a judge in chambers today to ask for a judicial review which would effectively prevent ministry officials carrying out the slaughter at Our Lady of the Passion Monastery near Daventry . |
| 2 | She was not sorry to see the back of Lazar Farm this time . |
| 3 | I am sorry to see the number of subscribers fall so vastly short of what appeared to the other volume . |
| 4 | The Zoo is unique amongst British zoos because of its hilltop setting , and is one of the most beautifully situated in the whole of Europe , where it is possible to see a variety of birds , animals and reptiles , in their natural settings . |
| 5 | And from its summit it is entirely possible to see a stretch of water which — whether to a sixteenth-century viewer innocent of the details of geography , or to a well-versed wanderer five centuries later — could only be an ocean . |
| 6 | The spacing of such steps on pointe is so minute and so fast that it is not possible to see the change of feet as one succeeds the other . |
| 7 | Improved microscopic methods and new synthetic staining materials from the German chemical industry made it possible to see the parasite in films of blood from malarial patients . |
| 8 | It is entertaining to see a group of loushe Parisian types forming a street band or filling in for cabaret . |
| 9 | It is much easier to see the connection between stress , anxiety and colic , if we remember that problems of the digestive tract caused by stress are also quite common in people . |
| 10 | They said it meant the latter ; they said they were ‘ prepared to see the ratio between profits and incomes preserved at a reasonable level by a tax which would become operative upon all industry when a certain figure was exceeded by profits as a whole ’ . |
| 11 | The West must , unfortunately , be prepared to see the carve-up of Bosnia and come to terms with a far smaller country . |
| 12 | The French felt that the existing structure of power was illegitimate , and a clear majority would have been prepared to see an extension of worker control over management 's powers of decision … |
| 13 | January 1993 sees the opening in Munich of the Sammlung Goetz , the first private museum of contemporary art in the city . |
| 14 | The 1890s saw the triumph of megalomania as size took over and passengers and tracks increased in number . |
| 15 | The English saw the coronation of Charles VII at Reims as a considerable threat to their authority . |
| 16 | 1985 saw the publication of Education for All , the 800-page Swann Report on the education of children from ethnic minority groups ( DES ) . |
| 17 | November 1985 saw the retirement of Mr. Joe Blackshaw , who had completed 20 years as Caretaker , having been the groundsman for the previous 20 . |
| 18 | The year 1808 saw a revival of religion in the area around Portadown and remarkable open-air meetings were held in Portadown itself , at Mahon , Scotch Street , Derryhale , Richhill and Dawson 's Grove . |
| 19 | Some saw the Revolution in providentialist terms . |
| 20 | The Middle Neolithic saw the introduction of axe and double-axe forms , but the battle-axe people themselves preferred perforated disc forms . |
| 21 | The 1970s and 80s saw the development of models which took up the thesis that the mass media were not passive or neutral channels but exerted active influence to the advantage of select social groups . |
| 22 | In particular — and on this see the work of Mary Douglas — when the body politic is threatened , it is common to see increased attention paid to the purity , integrity and unity of the physical body . |
| 23 | For more on this see the article by C W Curtis in [ 2 ] . |
| 24 | ( On this see the note by Linden in ( 1992 ) 21 ILJ 293 . ) |
| 25 | Some see the distinction in terms of a commission which is unlawful and an omission which may not be . |
| 26 | I was disgusted to see the picture on page one of The Scotsman today showing Bill Clifford , the manager of the weapons testing range at Dundrennan , Kirkcudbrightshire proudly holding the new electro-magnetic railgun . |
| 27 | She was relieved to see no sign of Pen , before whom she would not have wished to speak freely . |
| 28 | As he crossed the yard , he glanced round the skyline and was relieved to see no sign of cloud . |
| 29 | It 's amazing to see the coat as part of a complete look — with the hair and make-up complementing it . ’ |
| 30 | She and Sarah had been indignant and sad to see a picture of Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia on the Pathe News Gazette at the cinema after Mussolini had invaded his country . |