Example sentences of "[modal v] see [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Social workers responsible for eight-year-olds should see non-reading at this age as a danger sign and a precursor of learning and behaviour problems . |
| 2 | It demonstrates that there is a case for arguing that the child care system should no longer reinforce inequities but become a means of redressing them , and like improved health should see education as a proper means of laying foundations for the children 's futures . |
| 3 | The road was now backing west towards the sea , and towards the place where I fancied we might see evidence of major geophysics at work . |
| 4 | And we might see movement within the colour segments of a newspaper . |
| 5 | You 'll see evidence of Colwyn Bay 's Victorian ancestry in its distinctive architecture . |
| 6 | Erm you 'll see sir in my submissions that I 've proposed a rewording of criterion three so that the Greater York new settlement should be located as close to the outer boundary of the as of the York greenbelt as is consistent with greenbelt policy . |
| 7 | Throughout the magazine you 'll see news of the latest good buys from Sainsbury 's . |
| 8 | We may see rage in a bucking horse , acute anxiety in a solitary horse galloping up and down a fence , great fear in a horse that cowers and jams its tail down hard between its hind legs , or elation in a pony that has escaped from a yard and is prancing around the paddock in an exuberant high-stepping trot . |
| 9 | Looking backwards over the history of inquiry , from the security of our current views , we may see evidence of the cunning of reason bringing us gradually closer to the approximately true , but from that perspective we can offer descriptions and explanations of what was going on which show , for instance , that hypothesis selection was not ‘ blind ’ . |
| 10 | People who have extreme difficulty in making ends meet may see credit as their only way out . |
| 11 | The administration and the external political and administrative establishment may see participation as a political end in itself , as well as a means to building coalitions for the political good of their establishment . |
| 12 | Thus only a parent may see information on the record concerning the pupil 's racial group , language or religion , and only a parent may see a statement of special educational needs ( under the Education Act 1981 — see Chapter 4 ) or results of the pupil 's assessment . |
| 13 | Individuals may see alcohol as an acceptable way out of their problems . |
| 14 | ‘ You may see science as the great God we 've all got to worship , but if we do n't see it that way , and not many do , take it from me , you 'll have nothing to do your worshiping with . |
| 15 | If you look in your autoexec.bat or config.sys files you may see REM in front of a sentence or command line . |
| 16 | erm let's see fraction of that 's fraction of okay fraction of total and then here you can put circle . |
| 17 | Through the open doorway Culley could see activity near the pit , and shadows jostling on the walls . |
| 18 | He could see Donna on the other side of the barrier heading towards a dark-haired woman , whom she embraced . |
| 19 | At the end she could see part of the ward , a gleaming parquet floor and white-painted bedsteads . |
| 20 | He could see part of the canal , part of a garden , barges loaded with potatoes , a rear view of houses being pulled down by workmen , and in the distance rows of trees and street lamps , a complicated little almshouse with its gardens , and finally a grand expanse of roofs . |
| 21 | She could see part of Dewer Street through the half-open gate and it seemed to be deserted . |
| 22 | I could see mist over the forests below the mountains , and fog out over the North Sea . |
| 23 | He could see mischief in her eyes . |
| 24 | But , in spite of the stirring words , in spite of the cast 's cheers , Charles could see panic in Paul Lexington 's eyes . |
| 25 | We could see snow on the moors . |
| 26 | He could see sorrow in the dark eyes which glowed as if there were candles burning behind them . |
| 27 | She could see blood on Jack 's cheek and on his arm above the gloves . |
| 28 | She could see fly across his face a whole sequence of emotions and responses . |
| 29 | Still peering through the binoculars he could see movement on the other boat : two men looking ahead , one of them pointing towards The Abbott . |
| 30 | The door was ajar and Patrick could see movement inside the room . |