Example sentences of "[pers pn] can see [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I can see a slight likeness .
2 The entrance has been filled with stones , but I can see a sunken area inside making a small arena , in the centre of which there 's a red stone three feet high the shape of a cotton reel and , in a round black patch , evidence of a fire .
3 I mean I can see a typical lot of people at a time
4 Yet if the little Swede is patient , I can see a major part for him in George Graham 's scheme of things .
5 For example I can see a good case for a local headmaster being a member of the authority , representing educational concerns or for some representations say from significant ethnic groups within the area , but these can be identified and appointed by the authorities themselves , whose local knowledge will lead to far more accurate selection than Whitehall or Whitehall inspired sources .
6 I do n't know what to think parked cars the of a big if I can see a parked car there a long way in front of me I go I am park that car so it
7 I can see a dark figure , a barely visible silhouette against the backdrop of trees over on the grassy knoll beyond the car park .
8 Woodruffe said : ‘ I can see a little light .
9 It is Scottish Opera policy to present their operas in English , and while this can make lengthy recitatives comprehensible to those of us whose Italian is less than fluent , I can see no other advantage .
10 I apologize for using the semimetaphorical terms ‘ hard ’ and ‘ soft ’ in this essay , but after puzzling over the matter for some time I can see no other way of setting about it .
11 And I can see no other way of proceeding than that in which we proposed at the moment .
12 ‘ They might refuse our requests , then we 'd have to declare battle — I can see no other course . ’
13 Perhaps Brian has the apocryphal enormous trouser snake , and has it stuck firmly up Wilko 's arse on a regular basis : - ) ) ) ) I can see no other reason for the failure to drop him .
14 For myself , I can see no relevant distinction between a case where a statute has conferred such final and conclusive jurisdiction and the case where the common law has for 300 years recognised that the visitor 's decision on questions of fact and law are final and conclusive and are not to be reviewed by the courts .
15 I can see no logical distinction .
16 I welcome the Secretary of State 's intention to fill in the student gap , but I am bound to say that I can see no logical reason for attempting to collect the 20 per cent .
17 Now I can see no good reason for that being allowable , I 'm not quite sure how you stop it , but I think it it 's , it 's a basic problem with bulk transfer , the individuals do not have a say .
18 I can see no greater option to empower general practitioners than in practices themselves holding funds for purchasing responsibility for their practice population .
19 But all in all , I can see no genuine reason why I should not undertake this trip .
20 I can see no better way which to make the make the assessment .
21 If there is a real question of law , particularly if it involves matters analogous to or the same as issues of the general law , I can see no reasonable justification for refusing judicial review .
22 I can see no moral difference between seeking out mongol children in the womb to kill them and putting them into gas chambers after birth .
23 But no , ’ he said regretfully , ‘ I can see no direct comparison at the moment between the merlan and the death of Sir Thomas Throgmorton . ’
24 I can see no more reason to doubt but that these causes in a thousand generations would produce a marked effect , and adapt the form of the fox to catching hares instead of rabbits , than that greyhounds can be improved by selection and careful breeding .
25 I can see no constitutional impropriety in this .
26 If the language proves to be ambiguous I can see no sound reason not to consult Hansard to see if there is a clear statement of the meaning that the words were intended to carry .
27 Just find a value anywhere on that , I can see the general trends , what 's happening .
28 Yes , I can see the Vice Chancellor banging on the wall as I speak .
29 I can see the black-backed notebooks , stuffed down between the sacks like something lost in a hayloft .
30 I 've gone bankrupt once through it and I can see the same thing happening again … .
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