Example sentences of "[adj] see the [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was not sorry to see the back of Lazar Farm this time . |
| 2 | I am sorry to see the number of subscribers fall so vastly short of what appeared to the other volume . |
| 3 | The spacing of such steps on pointe is so minute and so fast that it is not possible to see the change of feet as one succeeds the other . |
| 4 | Improved microscopic methods and new synthetic staining materials from the German chemical industry made it possible to see the parasite in films of blood from malarial patients . |
| 5 | They said it meant the latter ; they said they were ‘ prepared to see the ratio between profits and incomes preserved at a reasonable level by a tax which would become operative upon all industry when a certain figure was exceeded by profits as a whole ’ . |
| 6 | The West must , unfortunately , be prepared to see the carve-up of Bosnia and come to terms with a far smaller country . |
| 7 | The English saw the coronation of Charles VII at Reims as a considerable threat to their authority . |
| 8 | The Middle Neolithic saw the introduction of axe and double-axe forms , but the battle-axe people themselves preferred perforated disc forms . |
| 9 | I was disgusted to see the picture on page one of The Scotsman today showing Bill Clifford , the manager of the weapons testing range at Dundrennan , Kirkcudbrightshire proudly holding the new electro-magnetic railgun . |
| 10 | It 's amazing to see the coat as part of a complete look — with the hair and make-up complementing it . ’ |
| 11 | It is all too easy to see the development of France in terms of an inexorable and inevitable process of expansion from early beginnings in the Ile de France around Paris to the country we know today . |
| 12 | In the Lugbara case it is easy to see the hand of Durkheim . |
| 13 | When they were round the corner , it was impossible to see the heap of trees and rocks . |
| 14 | The duty of the police when they arrest without warrant is , no doubt , to be quick to see the possibility of crime , but equally they ought to be anxious to avoid mistaking the innocent for the guilty … |
| 15 | And supposed to see the superiority of socialism in this capitalist |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm glad to see the art of satire is n't dead , ’ commented Blanche . |
| 17 | How many would be glad to see the back of mum and dad ? |
| 18 | Doug Livermore , Tottenham 's team boss , was left moaning : ‘ We will be glad to see the back of Williams , that 's for sure . |
| 19 | Two of the leading members of the cast confirmed that — far from being glad to see the back of Kylie as some reports had suggested — there was sadness over her departure . |
| 20 | Mrs Robinson is scheduled to be in Britain from Wednesday to Friday , and is likely to see the Queen at Buckingham Palace on Thursday . |
| 21 | In the present climate it is hard to see the function of strikes except in public-sector monopolies . |
| 22 | It is normally placed at the point where sexual arousal is dependent on the element of pain ( inflicted or received ) , but it is not hard to see the variety of ways in which either sadistic or masochistic tendency of any marked degree can affect life-style and relationships even without its overt expression . |
| 23 | It is hard to see the difference between Lord Keith 's arguments and those of the ECJ in Dekker . |
| 24 | The point is that it is hard to see the subject-matter under attack as determinations which are so unreasonable that no reasonable authority could come to them , at least not when viewed as Lord Greene M.R. visualised the notion . |
| 25 | It 's great to see the faithfulness of God in their lives . |
| 26 | It might be comforting to see the balance of power in the hands of the defence rather than the offence — but there is no assurance it would stay there . |
| 27 | Numerous operations were performed , until , as Charlie says , ‘ I was eventually shipped back to the States on the Queen Mary and was so happy to see the Statue of Liberty again . |
| 28 | Visitors were able to see the versatility of design and product range by a display which portrayed the four themes of shipping , hotel and leisure , pubs and commercial interiors . |
| 29 | You will now be able to see the type of ceiling which is fitted below the joists — either plasterboard or lath-and-plaster . |
| 30 | Also for me , I was able to see the type of job I wanted to do . |