Example sentences of "to see the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the early days I had been a bit disappointed that the NUJ had n't immediately leapt to John 's defence , but ever since I had first been to see the General Secretary , Harry Conroy , and his assistant , Tom Nash , the union had done what it could to respond to what was asked of them . |
| 2 | Failure to see the general principle that lies behind such simple , common-know edge , facts as these has often led anthropologists to write a great deal of nonsense . |
| 3 | After he 'd been offered the job Archie had been taken over the new building to see the general layout . |
| 4 | Since evidence suggests that humans also possess binocular cortical neurones and that their connections with the left and right eyes are susceptible to modification , as with the cat and monkey ( Aslin and Banks , 1978 ) , it is not difficult to see the possible extrapolation from the cellular to the hemispheric level ( see also Kinsbourne , 1975b ) . |
| 5 | Compare the problems in Glen Nevis where in summer traffic all but grinds to a halt , to see the possible outcome . |
| 6 | Every woman in the church was waiting to see the young man 's face , and he knew it . |
| 7 | But most of all eagles wanted to see the young take flight , and venture away from their parents and explore the world where they , like the adults , must learn to survive the winter . |
| 8 | At times of apparent stability , contentment , and political success , there has been a tendency to see the political culture in idealized terms , to hold it aloft and laud it as a culture to be admired and possibly even envied . |
| 9 | Letters have been flooding in from viewers desperate to see the Spanish soap from the axe in just a few weeks . |
| 10 | Worst for Mr Clinton , he might jilt California only to see the Supreme Court decide for state over federal rights , thus losing face for nothing . |
| 11 | After all our travels we were sorry to see the trusty GRiD go . |
| 12 | In the first , Private View , Ferdinand is invited to see the redecorated flat and newly acquired possessions of two old friends , Michael and Vera , played by Ian Richardson and Zena Walker . |
| 13 | It is good to see the increasing use of TOP techniques , such as brainstorming , in people 's day to day jobs , as well as on specific projects . |
| 14 | As a reviewer it 's nice to see the occasional idea being taken up . |
| 15 | Just before leaving , glance up to the left to see the glazed window through which Franz Kafka gazed upon Catholic services in church from his parents ' flat next door . |
| 16 | He went to the door , opened it and looked down the steps expecting to see the burly figure of the constable emerge and climb the steps to meet him , but to John 's surprise there was nobody at all . |
| 17 | For centuries the practice of philosophy has been overwhelmingly the prerogative of men but it is only recently that feminist analysis has made it possible to see the distorting effect of this historical fact . |
| 18 | The long corporate ownership by the abbey enables us to see the early arrangement ; the charter details survive and the ‘ focal place ’ of each period can be defined . |
| 19 | It is a little sad to see the innocent eagerness and enthusiasm from so many who have stars in their eyes and really believe they are quite good players . |
| 20 | Even so , with at least two American tournaments lacking name sponsors at the time of writing and the LTA 's anxious search for a company willing to take over the men 's autumn indoor event in Birmingham , are we , I wonder , starting to see the icy blow of reality infiltrating a sport which , for so long , has seemed immune from the impact of any recession ? |
| 21 | However , it was pleased to see the electoral annihilation of Terry Fields , former MP for Liverpool Broadgreen , who was expelled from the party over his Militant links . |
| 22 | But he said , politely and kindly , ‘ If you do n't care for books much , perhaps you 'd like to see the screaming skull . |
| 23 | It could therefore be argued that it was in the interests of the Soviet Union to see the Korean peninsula in the hands of a friendly regime and American-Japanese interests pushed out of the Asian continent . |
| 24 | Richards , who has just completed his first year as the Welsh Rugby Union development officer for Mid-Wales , wants to see the representative side going from strength to strength . |
| 25 | The Act does not override the common law rights decided in the Birmingham case , and under that decision a councillor could claim to see the individual file if he could show a need to know . |
| 26 | One , the organism-centred way , is to see the individual organism as the centre of interest , since it is individuals upon which selection acts : individuals survive and reproduce , or they die . |
| 27 | Leading the first contingent will be Japan and Norway , which want to see the current moratorium on commercial whaling lifted . |
| 28 | I would like to see the current midfield plus Rocky and hodge , and also like to see Strandli get a chance with Deane and wallace . |
| 29 | Hamilton had the brilliance to see the simple point that had not been elaborated before ; namely that overall fitness is the sum of fitness owing to selfish behaviour plus fitness owing to altruistic behaviour to relatives . |
| 30 | Ask to see the entire range of photograph albums together with any extras you may require such as pocket books and frames . |