Example sentences of "see [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It arranged with the manufacturers that he would be allowed to see technical data that had been carefully doctored to include major errors . |
| 2 | The Comintern worked predictably but with difficulty to establish control over the recalcitrant comrades in both factions but was faced with firm opposition from those who did not wish to see Korean communism become a minor branch of the world communist movement directed by Moscow . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , President Roh Tae Woo of South Korea welcomed the recent progress in relations between the two states , and on July 6 suggested that he expected to see Korean reunification achieved within five years . |
| 4 | Even is we use only the lowest numbers available , based on official statistics , we are still seeing acute poverty for 873,000 people . |
| 5 | More than one million fans are expected at box offices this weekend to see pint-sized superstar Macaulay Culkin 's new blockbuster . |
| 6 | All I was going to say was that clearly I agree with one thing , but one would assume that as the paper is a really a general outline that we would be seeing specific targets as the agenda 's worked through over the next two three years . |
| 7 | He wants to see agricultural societies developed throughout Burma , with something like the flower and vegetable shows in an English village . |
| 8 | The pupil with poor sight may not be able to see facial expression and body gesture clearly , and these forms of non-verbal communication reinforce meaning and intent . |
| 9 | I did n't look too closely at any of the bits and pieces lying around , squinting at them from the side of my eye , wanting and not wanting to see bloody meat or tattered clothing . |
| 10 | Mr Tate said although they felt quite safe on the eighth floor it was disconcerting to see armed security guards and smoke bellowing up through the skyscrapers . |
| 11 | My hon. Friend spoke earlier of his desire to see armed intervention in Yugoslavia on behalf of the Pope . |
| 12 | Young men in middle adolescence describe their friends to researchers in the YPLL team in terms similar to those used by pre-adolescent girls — failing to see emotional support , closeness or security as important qualities of a friendship . |
| 13 | I remember seeing that smile and hearing that impeccably cheerful voice . |
| 14 | It 's not that they 're in rehabilitation , it 's just like seeing that person is locked away in the prime of their lives revenge . |
| 15 | Do you think that there was a changeover from being practical , I mean can you remember seeing that transition from the very practical shade to the , to , to the light fitting becoming something decorative ? |
| 16 | you 're , you 're absolutely right , I 'm afraid in , in erm I , I , re remember seeing that discrepancy and I 'm not quite sure why it did n't get into my notes |
| 17 | I seem to remember seeing that years ago . |
| 18 | Just over 500 people will be able to see each performance — and Mr Rickman is expecting one very special guest . |
| 19 | She looked back over that stormy summer and was surprised to see each scene , even the ones that had seemed rather painful at the time , shining with an almost holy silver light . |
| 20 | As Stanyer ( 1976 , ch. 1 ) reminds us , it is important to see each locality as a miniature political and administrative system in its own right , a point reinforced by the Widdicombe Report ( 1986 , p. 22 ) when the committee emphasized that ‘ some of the commonly held assumptions about local government are valid only in a minority of authorities ’ . |
| 21 | And , and then er at that particular time you know and er then unemployment you , I you had to see each firm was issued with the and the firms had to agree that you had to sign a contract of employment so that er if you were leaving or he was paying you off , you had to be given two weeks ' notice either way before they pay you off . |
| 22 | They claim to see each other less than couples who go out to work , meeting for the occasional cup of coffee in the kitchen . |
| 23 | From 1943 till 1952 — the period when Pollock produced all his most surprising work — the two of them were , in part , painting for each other : to see each other 's surprise . |
| 24 | She had a lump in her throat and an enormous yearning to say something beautiful to her father , something that could not be expressed by words , and so without quite knowing how it happened she suddenly turned her head and with a smile tossed out her arm in the air , easily , flowing , as if to see each other many more times . |
| 25 | Watching him , they were unable to see each other so could only guess at what warned him . |
| 26 | We 'll never be able to see each other , if I 'm in Edinburgh ! |
| 27 | Willie and Zach managed to see each other every day as well as weekends and odd evenings and they , the twins and George would walk and play in the fields together . |
| 28 | By comparison with other videoconferencing systems ( which have been known to take over whole rooms ) the surprisingly compact desktop VC7000 looks basic , but allows small groups of people to see each other and show documents and objects regardless of their location . |
| 29 | They were friends and they expected never to see each other again . |
| 30 | ‘ Actually even if we had n't wanted to see each other again she would have got the flowers , ’ laughs Colin . |