Example sentences of "[vb pp] to see [conj] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | The distribution of records produced by a given algorithm should be checked to see that this will not occur . |
| 2 | When the plan is being constructed and teachers are deciding upon success criteria for plans they may put searching questions and suggest additional ways to ensure that objectives become reality : if a school aims ‘ involve all pupils ’ are checks being made to see whether this is occurring ? |
| 3 | Ann was helped to see that this problem originally resulted from displaced resentments about Charles 's infidelity . |
| 4 | Annoyed as we may be at having the cardinal terms left thus undefined ( for Pound proceeds no further towards defining them ) , we are compelled to see that this criticism is not of the chalk-or-cheese , sheep-and-goats variety ; the discrimination proposed is more subtle — between a quality in poetry that is ‘ nearly always ’ a virtue ( ’ I can think of no case where it is not' ) , and an opposite quality that is ‘ not always ’ a fault . |
| 5 | This will be investigated to see whether this is an optimism bias in which individuals perceive they are less vulnerable than other people to negative life events or whether this is an illusion of control bias which people overestimate their own abilities . |
| 6 | Great care was taken to see that this work was disseminated as widely as possible . |