Example sentences of "see [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Ayr , the second most marginal seat in the United Kingdom , Phil Gallie , the successor to George Younger , held on by 85 votes seeing off Labour who were thought certain to seize the seat . |
| 2 | Oh Barbara phoned to see about woodcraft , she said Steve had , or well either her or Steve 'd take them . |
| 3 | He was aware of how professional he must appear to her in his preparations for what she saw as killing and which he had been trained to see as protection of the innocent . |
| 4 | Yes , we 're going to see as part , as part of our time together , we 're going to see a couple of films and you 're going to enjoy those I 'm sure . |
| 5 | The regulations — intended to see off slum landlords — now insist on minimum standards for safety features such as fire escapes , firedoors and hygiene and toilet facilities in any rented property with more than five tenants . |
| 6 | ‘ So you are seeing through sun ’ , |
| 7 | The ability to see through pretence . |
| 8 | So accustomed to using Conrad 's eyes , Eliot is able to see through Twain 's the native emotion of his own nativity and childhood in the nursery bedroom , seeing that childhood in terms of a fundamental primitivism from which his religious consciousness has grown . |
| 9 | Whoever it is needs to be able to see through hype and bullshit . |
| 10 | He is proud that his ‘ spy ship ’ , Guzzini , shadows rival yachts to create full polar diagrams of their performance , and that his helicopter can take photographs of rival yachts , which are then computer-manipulated to see through water and permit their keels to be studied . |
| 11 | In years of glorious combat , Altrincham and Yeovil have seen off League opposition 15 times — and now they both have the chance to make it sweet 16 in this year 's second round . |
| 12 | A similar illness was seen during trench warfare in the American Civil War . |
| 13 | Spurting haemorrhage was seen during operation . |
| 14 | This behaviour seems at first sight to be the opposite of that seen during wound closure . |
| 15 | The prolonged duration of reflux seen during pH monitoring or after a meal in PSS could thus be related to defective clearance or to a greater quantity of reflux . |
| 16 | The results of his last two years ' work can be seen during Spring 1992 in two exhibitions : Gulf at the Imperial War Museum , and Not the Gulf at Waterman 's Arts Centre . |
| 17 | The results of his last two years ' work can be seen during Spring 1992 in two exhibitions : Gulf at the Imperial War Museum , and Not the Gulf at Waterman 's Arts Centre . |
| 18 | It was the first protest that the capital had seen about acid rain , an environmental issue which had stimulated political curiosity but very little action . |
| 19 | The capitulation of the General Council on the 12 May , and its decision to call off the strike without any guarantees that those involved would not be victimized , might also be seen as evidence of failure . |
| 20 | The extension of ‘ privatization ’ could be seen as evidence for structural change — a ‘ rolling back ’ of the state . |
| 21 | It has been suggested that learner errors can be seen as evidence of learner achievement . |
| 22 | When , a few weeks later , Labour overturned a large Tory majority in a by-election at East Fulham , this was widely seen as evidence of the popularity of pacifism — despite the fact that Labour 's candidate , John Wilmot , had been more concerned to appeal to Liberal supporters of the League than to whatever sentiment may have existed in Fulham in favour of war resistance . |
| 23 | From outside the Carter camp it could be seen as evidence that the twosome are having trouble finding new songs . |
| 24 | If they then still chose to seek engineering jobs , this could be seen as evidence of commitment . |
| 25 | In the early days of Minoan studies , this widespread network of trading links was seen as evidence of a powerful Minoan navy , a wholesale conquest by sea and political subjugation of the tributary lands . |
| 26 | As in qualitative sociology , dialogue is seen as evidence and , therefore , to be presented and digested on its own . |
| 27 | While the legislation is clearly to be seen as evidence of a government 's entitlement to legislate in connection with a national responsibility , it is also interpretable as evidence of the government 's impatience with local authorities . |
| 28 | Later on this might have led to complaints about the possibility of corruption ; at the time it was simply seen as evidence that politicians were committing themselves fully to their work . |
| 29 | They may be seen as evidence of the insidious creep of sport climbing ethics into the mountains , but used sparingly they eliminate an unwanted and unnecessary risk and cause less visual intrusion . |
| 30 | All this suggests that the institutions of more stable family patterns should not be seen as evidence of the success of an effort at ‘ social control ’ . |