Example sentences of "see much [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Although he was satisfied with his progress , he did not see much possibility for immediate promotion .
2 You wo n't see much change from a $50 bill or a hard-earned 25 but if you are remotely interested in the subject it 's an excellent investment .
3 It was well I did n't see much sense in that either but er I mean if they were eating on the j er eating on the job did n't give you a break at all .
4 ‘ I did n't see much evidence of it when you were dealing with me ! ’
5 I do n't see much evidence of an upturn yet but at least Courtaulds has had a break with the strengthening of the dollar .
6 I can never see much colour in it , though it looks slightly off-white .
7 After twenty-five years we can indeed see much response to Dei Verbum , but it is still limited .
8 No I ca n't see much sport in that .
9 Nor did he see much hope in the extension of parliamentary redress : ‘ any man who will look plain facts in the face will see in a moment that ministerial liability to the censure not in fact by Parliament , nor even by the House of Commons , but by the party majority who keep the Government in office , is a very feeble guarantee indeed against action which evades the authority of the law courts . ’
10 ‘ I must say , ’ said Miss Gilberd , ‘ that however much that precious trio over there may burble on , I do n't see much sign of Spring . ’
11 Looking back through the old progs I do n't see much sign of Forrester at all !
12 Everyone was in a hurry as they squeezed by ; no-one seemed to notice her , and she did n't see much chance of getting their attention right now .
13 As far as the rift with the Musicians Union is concerned if they are so shortsighted as to condemn and ban everything that has the tag ‘ South African ’ , without even trying to understand , I do n't see much point in having anything to do with them .
14 I do n't see much point in your going to Washington and entering a popularity stakes contest . ’
15 C. I do n't see much point in it .
16 I could n't see much point in viewing this perfectly healthy animal again but I promised to call .
17 ‘ I ca n't see much point in pretending . ’
18 ‘ I ca n't see much point in pretending , as I 've already said .
19 We ca n't see much point in avoiding emphysema at sixty-five
20 ‘ I do n't see much point in trying to alter such a bigoted outlook . ’
21 Figure 9 represents the way in which the lines of force are concentrated from the immediate vicinity and makes plausible the idea that an overwound coil would not see much difference in the flux changes it experiences from either system .
22 Having resigned the post of president and been created vice-chairman , Jack Kuehler does n't see much future at the company and is retiring effective August 31 : Kuehler joined IBM 35 years ago as an engineer in its San Francisco research laboratory and was president of its systems products division when it introduced the 4300 family in 1979 .
23 We really ca n't see much future for a gang of derelicts like this — ‘ rather a favourable specimen of what is best in our English culture ’ , one character blithely insists — and they do n't see any for themselves .
24 But certainly at the moment , erm and at least until presumably the next general election , erm nobody can see much light at the end of that tunnel .
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