Example sentences of "[conj] see [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It prepared me better than anything I 'd read or seen for the crisp exterior and soft centre of the Big Apple . |
| 2 | The percentage propulsive rate ( 26.6% ) in the interposed colon is significantly lower than that seen in the normal oesophagus ( 80% ) , and more than double that seen in the left hemicolon in its normal location ( 10% ) . |
| 3 | He must have been about to take a shower , she realised , noticing a towel flung carelessly on to the bed , and seeing for the first time that his shirt was undone almost to the waist , revealing his broad , muscular chest with its lavish covering of silky golden hair . |
| 4 | Long I have lingered by the banks of the Ness , looking on the town clinging to and rising above its banks ; often have I gone to the castle hill to trace the windings of the stream , which was ever smiling back or reflecting the sadder tones of the sky , and to gaze on the distant land of mountain and plain ; and I have also spent many hours in rapt admiration of the sylvan pictures that render the walk through the islands on the Ness a walk of walks : it yielded a joy as deep as that I received from the walks on Goat Island , within hearing and seeing of the rapid-flowing waters of Niagara . |
| 5 | These latter creations will be recognisable to a London audience from ‘ Three Worlds ’ , the exhibition of Clemente 's works on paper which was organised by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and seen at the Royal Academy last summer . |
| 6 | It was imperative , in her view , that education meet the physical , intellectual , and moral needs of the child , that the child be respected and seen as the active agent in his own education . |
| 7 | The gem of the picture is Beinn Alligin directly opposite , and seen across the lovely environs of the loch : a perfect arrangement for the camera . |
| 8 | It never reaches the heights of drama , of aesthetic beauty , of religious experience that is felt and seen in the contemporary cathedrals and churches of France , Germany and England . |
| 9 | But they appeared to me as if seen through the wrong end of a telescope , muted and unreal . |
| 10 | Certain types of pulsating stars , known as Cepheids and R R Lyrae , have the same absolute brightness — which means they would be equally bright if seen from the same distance . |
| 11 | It was when I took my jacket off and stood before a mirror and saw for the first time that all I was was a pair of scarlet braces , that I realised that evangelism was n't enough . |
| 12 | I looked out and saw for the first time the main street of Koraloona 's largest town , Anani : a dusty white strip of road , a long row of assorted shops , a few cars . |
| 13 | And Nicholas looked , and saw for the last time the face of Katelina van Borselen , into which Abul Ismail read contentment . |
| 14 | The sun was high and bright as he dropped gently out of the hills towards the vale , faintly misted with vapour , and saw in the far distance before him the mole-hill of Ruthyn , hunched and veiled in the smoke of its house-fires , a delicate blue flower in the sparkling folded green , with the giant hogback of Moel Famau towering beyond . |
| 15 | She halted , hesitated , flicked a glance at him and saw from the surprised look on his face that he was putting his own interpretation on why she was scurrying to her room . |
| 16 | From Dr Jaffery 's rooftop you could look out , past the anonymous walls which face on to the Old Delhi lanes , and see into the shady courtyards and the gardens which form the real heart of the Old City . |
| 17 | He would come down for the weekend before and see to the final arrangements , of various things . |
| 18 | This measurement may , therefore , be of clinical value in the assessment of a patient with impaired renal function when seen for the first time . |
| 19 | The descent into Dentdale from Newby Head is even more stimulating than the outward journey , new aspects of the valley being revealed when seen in the reverse direction , with wider and more distant landscapes coming into view . |
| 20 | The scientist who proposes new interpretations or principles is rather like the fictional detective ( they may exist in reality too ) who is faced with the same evidence as the reader and the police , but sees that it forms a different pattern when seen from the right angle . |
| 21 | Atolls , coral reefs and palm fringed beaches have a beauty of their own when seen from the unaccustomed vantage point offered by flight ( figure XX ) . |
| 22 | The flowers can be semi-double , double and quartered , but have a limited colour range from the white of the base species through blush to pink — which is attractive when seen against the grey-green foliage . |
| 23 | Ozawa , 50 , who was widely seen as seen as the real leader of the new group , firmly committed himself to comprehensive political reform . |
| 24 | Though some of the exteriors for the film were shot on location in the real Bodega Bay , north of San Francisco , and neighbouring hamlets , the town as seen in the overhead shot does not actually exist . |
| 25 | Anterior expression becomes restricted to r4 and gradually regresses posteriorly along the spinal cord as seen in the lateral views at 8.5 d.p.c . |
| 26 | Immunohistological investigation shows the same changes in the gastrointestinal mucosa as seen in the salivary glands . |
| 27 | As seen in the preceding chapter , the struggle between Jew and Arab for Palestine became largely an inter-statal one from 1945 onwards . |
| 28 | Neural crest ( nc ) streams from the entire expanded region as seen in the dorsal view at 8.5 ( h' ) . |
| 29 | It could have been provided as an additional barrier to odour , but this could only have been achieved by the use of waxed paper — as seen in the Lethieullier vault at Little Ilford , Essex — between the top of the sides of the coffin and the lid . |
| 30 | Expenditure per head in R&D has a significant correlation with productivity , as seen in the next section . |