Example sentences of "[vb base] to see the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Unbelievable ! ’ cried a media unused to hearing from singers who habitually hate to see the sun go down or sleep in hollow logs . |
| 2 | Functionalists tend to see the relationship between social groups in society as one of cooperation and interdependence . |
| 3 | Proponents of this view tend to see the idea of parental possession as one that is still protected and upheld by the law and by social agencies ; and they believe this state of affairs to be damaging to children , given that parents ' and children 's interests sometimes conflict . |
| 4 | Feminist psychologists tend to see the significance of gender differences much as conventional psychologists do . |
| 5 | Radical analysts of welfare development tend to see the imposition of mandatory retirement , encouraged or enforced by state pension schemes , as pan of the process whereby , in late industrial societies with highly specialized divisions of labour , elderly people are marginalized into a condition of ‘ structured dependence ’ . |
| 6 | We tend to see the history of art as an ordered succession of works appreciated for and judged by their conceptual content . |
| 7 | In fact , those who support the introduction of a Bill of Rights tend to see the state in essentially " negative " terms : it is regarded as the only real threat to individual freedom and liberty ( apart from that posed by the collective activity of trade unions ) because freedom itself is defined negatively as simply involving an absence of public and legal restraint on individual action . |
| 8 | Because Bem and other gender schema theorists assume that rationality and cognitive unity characterize psychological subjects , they tend to see the break-up of gender schemata as hindered by dominant social relations , but still as fairly straightforward in itself . |
| 9 | As a theory it is common enough : in the Italian Constitution the family is the only association among people which is designated ‘ natural ’ , and contemporary British conservatives tend to see the family as a possible counterweight to the power of the state . |
| 10 | Tax administrators often see tax theory as a luxury to be indulged in in any odd moment they might have to look up from their files , while tax theorists tend to see the administration and practical aspects of taxation as an easily coped with minor irritant , or deviation , from their ‘ grand design ’ . |
| 11 | Americans , with no colonial history in the Middle East , tend to see the war against Mr Hussein as a police action against an international thug . |
| 12 | Equally , we tend to see the learning of a foreign language as mastering a skill , thereby perhaps doing ourselves a disservice . |
| 13 | Moreover , male criminals tend to see the crimes they commit as too dangerous for women , or too difficult , or their masculine pride may not be willing to accept women as organisers of crime , as ‘ bosses ’ . |
| 14 | If we live on continents , we tend to see the world as land inconveniently dissected by expanses of water . |
| 15 | ‘ The public want to see the courts pass sentences that are just and to do this the courts must use the powers this Government has given them . |
| 16 | ee and you want to see the colour of it |
| 17 | ‘ I want to see the ambassador . ’ |
| 18 | Those who never want to see the DOS prompt again can opt to have the Shell loaded each time the computer is turned on . |
| 19 | It 's when they start getting round to looking at our facility agreements , start looking at how we 're organizing , the councillors , even if it 's the Labour Council as it is Manchester , will soon cotton on to the , in the , soon cotton to their , their , their potential power in terms of threatening our ability to organize and UNISON wo n't actually be that far behind persuading them to do , to do that because they want to see the G M B getting smashed in local authorities up and down the country which means as far as I can see , we need some resources coming in to assist in our branches with local authority membership pretty damn quick , because otherwise we , come July the first , we 're gon na find we 'll be up against it . |
| 20 | I want to see the receipt . |
| 21 | You want to see the birds . |
| 22 | You want to see the birds in the park . |
| 23 | A little more confidence and openness on both sides would inspire a little more confidence in those who want to see the differences met and resolved rather than quietly avoided . |
| 24 | Farr-Jones presses further into uncharted territory : ‘ I want to see the day when rugby union is run by a professional sporting and marketing body . |
| 25 | Let us say , though , that you simply want to see the work in print . |
| 26 | ‘ Interest is growing fast , not only from within the Yorkshire counties themselves but from people living in other parts of the country who want to see the Ridings return . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Interest is growing fast , not only from within the Yorkshire counties themselves but from people living in other parts of the country who want to see the Ridings return , ’ he said . |
| 28 | ‘ I want to see the Hopkins manuscripts . ’ |
| 29 | You want to see the agenda ? |
| 30 | Holding back he said , on impulse : ‘ Grandma , I just want to see the lake , before I go … |