Example sentences of "[be] [adj] see [art] [noun sg] [prep] " 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 | I am sorry to see the number of subscribers fall so vastly short of what appeared to the other volume . |
| 3 | Reg Brealey said yesterday : ‘ I am sorry to see the club in this position . ’ |
| 4 | The Dutch might have been willing to see a world without territorial empire , if only it had been possible to keep up a trading system on that basis . |
| 5 | 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 … |
| 6 | They 're grateful to see a lot of the ‘ deadwood at the top ’ removed , ticking off long-time retainers like the number two guy Jack Smith , senior vice president of operations , once considered a possible Olsen successor , Jay Atlas , vice president for US channels and Don Zereski , once US area vice president . |
| 7 | There is a perception amongst informed people in the community that there may well be a shortage of long stay beds in Leicestershire and you do need to bear in mind that the National Health Service is increasingly going down the road of not keeping people in hospitals longer than they have to because hospitals are perceived as being very , a very expensive way of providing beds and you have to take that into account because that 's a fairly clear national policy and you are likely to see an acceleration in that process from what I read in the national press . |
| 8 | Roger said : ‘ Having heard so much about TNT while I was in Australia I am pleased to see it working so successfully and in particular I am glad to see a continuation of product supply into the sales organisation as a direct result of TNT principles . ’ |
| 9 | In the end the fourteen-stone collier had been glad to see the back of her . |
| 10 | He added : ‘ We are glad to see the back of him . ’ |
| 11 | The more people say such things to themselves the more these thoughts become automatic and fixed , and the less they are able to see a future for themselves . |
| 12 | This will be welcomed by all those who are concerned to see an improvement in Scotland 's infrastructure . |
| 13 | If I had been able to see a copy of the local Communist party paper , I would have learned that I — with many others — had been unmasked as a conspirator and an enemy of the state . |
| 14 | One example er , a couple of examples erm , we 've worked together with the unions in Moulinex in northern France who bought Swan Kettles er which is where the G M B is erm is highly organized and er in those er meetings between the unions in , in Moulinex and Swan we 've been able to see the disparity between the conditions and the wages and be able to speak about ways in which people can go back to their , to their er workplace and work on that with that knowledge . |
| 15 | In fact M42 is only the brightest part of a vast nebular cloud which covers most of Orion , but I have never been able to see the rest of it with binoculars . |
| 16 | It 's the first time in all my life I 've been able to see the back of my nails from the palms of my hands . ’ |
| 17 | It was the nature of dogs to eat cats and he had never been able to see the sense of trying to stop them . |
| 18 | The West must , unfortunately , be prepared to see the carve-up of Bosnia and come to terms with a far smaller country . |
| 19 | Otherwise , your hospital physiotherapist may be willing to see the specialist with you , for guidance which she can then put into practice herself . |
| 20 | It will be interesting to see the extent to which cloze remains a key concept in future readability studies . |
| 21 | Michael Chapman , executive producer of the ITV hit series , said : ‘ I 'm sad to see the departure of the character DS Roach . |
| 22 | IAN HUNTER will be glad to see the back of 1992 after his third fitness problem of the season has forced him to miss another showpiece match . |
| 23 | Doug Livermore , Tottenham 's team boss , was left moaning : ‘ We will be glad to see the back of Williams , that 's for sure . |
| 24 | Although he would be glad to see the back of the lot of them , it was n't yet time . |
| 25 | Another thing I 'll be glad to see the back of is the lobster-pot playpen . |
| 26 | ‘ You 'll be glad to see the back of me , Dr Vaughan . ’ |
| 27 | Alan Pond will be glad to see the back of 1992 . |
| 28 | Now one side who 'll be glad to see the back of ninety two are Gloucester … they start the New Year at Kingsholm on Saturday with Moseley coming to call |
| 29 | How many would be glad to see the back of mum and dad ? |
| 30 | The duty of the police when they arrest without warrant is , no doubt , to be quick to see the possibility of crime , but equally they ought to be anxious to avoid mistaking the innocent for the guilty … |