Example sentences of "[adj] to see [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be entertaining to see what the fellow would try to do next . |
| 2 | ‘ Roger looks as if he 's running well , so it will be interesting to see what the selectors will do . ’ |
| 3 | It 's heartening to see what a change a few weeks can bring . |
| 4 | HAVING TRAVELLED over 150 miles each way to see Nirvana at the London Astoria last Wednesday , I was interested to see what the event would be like regarding ‘ crusties ’ , T-shirt prices and security at the ‘ notorious ’ Astoria . |
| 5 | HAVING TRAVELLED over 150 miles each way to see Nirvana at the London Astoria last Wednesday , I was interested to see what the event would be like regarding ‘ crusties ’ , T-shirt prices and security at the ‘ notorious ’ Astoria . |
| 6 | It is instructive to see what the reviewer in The Planner thought of it |
| 7 | It was too dark to see what the thing was . |
| 8 | But it is easy to see what the sceptic will say at this point , quite apart from the implied oddity that there is a claim which I could not be justified in making but which another can be justified in making for me . |
| 9 | Some adjectives — notably superlatives , comparatives , and ordinals — appear to give a grammatically acceptable result when they occur in predicative position accompanied by an article : ( 16 ) Larry 's answer was the rudest Waddington Junior was a third [ e.g. boy caught cheating ] the rat was the other [ e.g. animal which solved the maze ] Analogous sentences with most adjectives would be quite ungrammatical , even though it would sometimes be easy to see what the sentence " ought " to mean , as in the first case of ( 17 ) for instance : ( 17 ) Larry 's answer was the rude [ e.g. out of those we received ] a red coathanger was the noticeable The reason for these facts is , ultimately , that the superlatives , comparatives and ordinals are unlike other adjectives in being inherently restrictive , and always presupposing what we may call an extraction set , within which the restriction is exercised . |
| 10 | Impossible to see who the passenger in the rear seat was . |
| 11 | We would then spend a few moments sharing any relevant and deep intuition that had come to any of us , and it was remarkable to see what a full and varied message the daily passage gave us . |
| 12 | It 's hard to see what the aim is . |
| 13 | Naturally , when the seedlings are planted out , you will be all agog to see what the blooms will be like . |
| 14 | The lights upstairs were still on ; if she could only get to a window she might be able to see what the men outside were doing . |
| 15 | Seeing that point of view does not mean agreeing with it or even empathising with it : it simply means being able to see what the view is — to look at things from that viewpoint . |
| 16 | Er the other thing to come to if you do n't want to spend fifty pounds although we 'll be very pleased to see you the banquet in the afternoon and there 's a lecture in the afternoon at two o'clock ? |
| 17 | This is not only because it has a weak case — as we show elsewhere ( this issue , p 76 ) , there are certainly some doubts about the validity of the CEGB 's claims that Sizewell B will reduce the cost of electricity in England and Wales by allowing the board to burn less coal — but also because it is difficult to see what the inspector can say about economics when he comes to writing his final report . |
| 18 | In the case of the elephant and rhino it is difficult to see what the Fund could have done , other than supply anti-poaching equipment and finance for wardens . |
| 19 | It may turn out that the differences are an artefact of the methods used in different laboratories , but it is difficult to see what the relevant differences may be . |
| 20 | It was increasingly difficult to see what the party line was : the Chief Whip , Lord Edmund Talbot , had summoned Robert Sanders back from war service and after his return in May 1917 he was pressed into the party 's service . |
| 21 | Indeed at times it has seemed difficult to see what the newcomers could do to alleviate the resentments they have occasionally caused . |
| 22 | Well you ca n't create stability , the Communist Party ca n't sort of I mean cos that 's what , sort of hindering long term investments and that how peasants do n't feel that how that things are secure , they and it 's difficult to see what the Communist Party could 've done |
| 23 | But I agree with Stuart , I think what we 've got be careful is that if we 're gon na introduce something , it is actually erm capable of being enforced and it 's very difficult to see us an enforcing agent . |
| 24 | She was anxious to see him the moment he arrived , and make sure he was all right after the trauma of the interview with the insurance investigator . |
| 25 | It was marvellous to see you the other day after so many years . |
| 26 | The Private Secretary — Michael Marsden , he remembered with an effort — signalled them from the door and McLeish moved forward , keen to see what the kingpin of this row of skittles looked like . |
| 27 | You should have seen her reaction when I mentioned that Delia Forbes might have been round to see her the day she was killed . ’ |
| 28 | The young lord was overjoyed to see what a beautiful wife his friends had found for him . |