Example sentences of "not see a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The world sees a woman , in a way it does not see a man , as old or young , sexual or non-sexual , defining her frequently by nothing other than her biological role : mother , spouse , grandmother , widow . |
| 2 | Eliot did not doubt the resilience or resolve of the British people ; but he remarked to me that he could not see a man like Neville Chamberlain coping with a major conflict . |
| 3 | It was the Regent Street of Cairo ; except that in Regent Street you would not see a man walking by with a stuffed crocodile on his head or a pig being carried by in a cage . |
| 4 | But simply that I can not see a case |
| 5 | You will not see a goal of more classical quality and execution than this one . |
| 6 | ‘ It was a feeling of being suspended — it was not a negative feeling and not even a loss to be mourned , but I just could not see a way ahead . |
| 7 | You can not see a relationship . |
| 8 | ‘ And if you can not see a Merkut hand behind what has happened , so are you . ’ |
| 9 | You might look around and not see a tree with any foliage on it whatever ’ . |
| 10 | All I can say to the objectors in both categories is that those who do not see a problem do not have a problem , and they can happily ignore what I have written . |
| 11 | Lord Lane CJ stated : ( a ) If there was a conflict between Lawrence and Morris , the latter was to be preferred , but the Lords in Morris did not see a conflict . |
| 12 | ‘ But when they meet me , they may not see a kind creature who has helped them . |
| 13 | A garrulous Welshman who could not see a beach without running along it . |
| 14 | Yet I did not see a foul . |
| 15 | The implications of this would seem to be that 1975–85 did not see a process of structural change , but simply the latest in a series of chaotic attempts by central actors to use local government as a means of achieving their ends , without any appreciation of the range of different interests reflected in its various policy networks , and which are also linked by various routes to the still disaggregated parts of the centre . |
| 16 | ‘ But if my name has been so discredited , I do not see a remedy . ’ |
| 17 | Although a large ship of the line , she did not see a lot of action during her service . |
| 18 | ‘ My headache just grew and grew and suddenly the light faded and I could not see a thing . |
| 19 | BRITISH motorists must be grateful this festive time to three ladies who will not see a Christmas day lunch . |
| 20 | You can not see a mother relating to her child , only the behaviour by which you infer the state of that relationship . |
| 21 | She ran and ran but could not see a house anywhere , so she sat down under a flower to rest . |
| 22 | So Rediffusion engineers do not see a future for monomode fibre except for trunk lines . |
| 23 | When the Renault RSO1 1500 cc turbo-charged car failed on lap 17 of the 1977 British Grand Prix at Silverstone , there must have been many people who did not see a future for this power-booster , particularly as it was the turbo-charger that caused the car 's withdrawal from the race . |
| 24 | ‘ Unless it was for reasons other than cricket , one can not see an England team without his presence , ’ he said . |
| 25 | Undertakers rarely advertised , for theirs was — and remains — a trade where discretion took precedence over high-profile marketing and one would not see an undertaker publishing testimonials from satisfied customers . |
| 26 | Top riders Tony Rickardsson and Chris Louis are already feeling the effects of riding six or seven races every match — and Ipswich can not see an answer in sight . |
| 27 | The company said that it did not see an improvement for the second half . |
| 28 | She can not see an institution without hitting it with her handbag . |