Example sentences of "to see from [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charlie found that he could n't get himself to look at them , although he was still able to see from their reflection in the mirror behind the bar that they were deep in conversation . |
| 2 | It is nevertheless of interest to see from their reaction to the various issues raised in the questionnaire , just what it is about the scheme ( and about SSE generally ) , which they feel is threatening . |
| 3 | erm and as you 'll be able to see from my introduction make do and mend was n't something that suddenly happened in nineteen thirty nine there were sections of society in which make do and mend was a permanent and not not particularly erm welcome fact of life . |
| 4 | I wondered uneasily whether he would be able to see from my face that though it might be the truth , it was not the whole truth . |
| 5 | When the swing is from co-operation to conflict , the modification of one 's ends by reaction from another 's viewpoint will tend towards hate , revenge or cruelty rather than love , gratitude or pity ; by an effort to see from his viewpoint one can resist the tendency , but at the extreme point of escalation one 's ends narrow to the survival of self or kin , and the other and his destruction are reduced to means to it . |
| 6 | There was plenty to see from our vantage point . |
| 7 | I am glad to see from your report of the psychiatrist Professor Michael Rutter 's lecture at the Royal Institution that despite his former membership of the Lawther Working Party on lead pollution , Rutter now acknowledges that the hazard from lead in petrol is so serious as to require a total ban ( This Week , 3 March , p 567 ) . |