Example sentences of "[not/n't] see the [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ People are just not seeing the value of breast milk , ’ says Alison Spiro , NCT milk-bank coordinator and Parents Family Health Adviser . |
| 2 | She would have had to be blind not to see the mixture of desire and destruction in the getsure . |
| 3 | She pretended not to see the look of dismay on Martin 's face and continued with her explanation . |
| 4 | It is difficult not to see the seeds of authoritarianism in this thinking : Rougemont says , ‘ C'est pour obéir que nous sommes libres ’ : it is in order to be able to obey that we are free . |
| 5 | ‘ I am convinced that if the people of Cheltenham had been blind and not seen the colour of John Taylor 's skin he would have been elected , ’ said Mr Nick Leach , secretary of a Cheltenham Tory ward . |
| 6 | Instead , we shall zoom in on the ‘ new boys ’ two of which are far from new and have not seen the light of day for many a long year . |
| 7 | They could not see the glow of triumph in his eyes . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ We might not see the day of liberation but it will come . ’ |
| 9 | Even for you the sun can cause premature ageing , although you might not see the damage until years later . |
| 10 | He does not see the likes of Morgan , Ginetta , TVR and Bristol as competitors . |
| 11 | Supporters of the acts did not see the principles of state hygiene as contradicting the moral emphases of the public health movement . |
| 12 | Cynics in Manchester claim that the last chief constable there had a direct link to God and , therefore , did not see the advantages of computers . |
| 13 | The Curator did not see the look in Mr Wolski 's eyes as he glanced back to the window and stared again at the wolves outside , who had turned to face the icy wind with narrowed yellow eyes . |
| 14 | Unhappily , she averted her head so that he could not see the glimmer of tears that smarted behind her eyelids . |
| 15 | Caroline Durkan , the GDA senior projects executive handling the scheme , said yesterday : ‘ It places us in an awkward position if we try to get cash from the public sector if the private sector do not see the benefits of Citywatch . ’ |
| 16 | He did not see the tons of scaffolding or concrete blocks , but instead manicured lawns interspersed with narrow paths winding through lush tropical planting . |
| 17 | She could not see the state of Eleanor 's neck because Eleanor wore the collar of her crisp white blouse up . |
| 18 | Always going on about the Fate of the Graduate Wife and how she 's fed up being a cabbage — well as far as I 'm concerned I can not see the call for langwidge . |
| 19 | The Computer Users Group should not see the collation of hardware requests from end users as their primary function . |
| 20 | Unless a man is born anew , he can not see the kingdom of God . " |
| 21 | He says this over and over again in verse three , unless one is born again he can not see the Kingdom of God . |
| 22 | Most naturalists of my age just enjoyed wildlife of every kind and did not see the need for conservation until after the war when modern methods of farming made enormous changes in the countryside . |
| 23 | The nationalists do not see the emergence of nationalism in this way . |
| 24 | He could see Prussian soldiers running away in the undergrowth and he felt the fierce exultation of a cavalryman given a helpless enemy to slaughter , but he did not see the batter of guns concealed in the deep shadows at the edge of the wood , nor the Prussian artillery officer who shouted , ‘ Fire ! ’ |
| 25 | The Feminine Mystique , which dared to put the silent question , did not see the light of day until 1963 , when it sold three million copies , but it was already being written and its audience was waiting . |
| 26 | ‘ We all know about criminal cases and traffic offences , but there are many aspects of the work of the Magistrates Court which do not see the light of day as far as the general public are concerned , for example juvenile and matrimonial cases . |
| 27 | Not only do we have the situation in the UK where partial-hearing units ( PHUs — integrated settings ) are using Total Communication ( e.g. Hegarty , Pocklington and Lucas , 1982 ) , but young deaf people do not see the use of BSL as a function of their contact or lack of contact with hearing people . |
| 28 | Weick ( 1985 ) says that , because people persist in simplifying the world , they do not see the differentiations between organizations and within organizations over time . |
| 29 | We have made a bid of nearly £700m for a company with a book value of £200m — we 've acknowledged there is some extra worth there , but I can not see the sort of value they are talking about in property . |
| 30 | We have done our best to protect her ; we ensured she would not see the baby at birth , removing him from the Maternity Unit as soon as he was delivered . |