Example sentences of "we [vb base] [adv] see [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And we do n't see in principle any reason to divert from them . |
| 2 | The evening resumes in the bar have some merit in linking in the activities we do not see on film but had an embarrassing ‘ bar bore ’ quality . |
| 3 | As we have already seen in Chapter 1 , the proportion of the temporary labour force who consider themselves self-employed ( 15 per cent ) is rather higher than that of the workforce as a whole ( 11 per cent ) . |
| 4 | The fact that both these forms of aphasia are frequently observed suggests that there are separate systems for perceiving and producing speech ; and we have already seen in Chapter 6 that research on normal subjects suggests the same conclusion . |
| 5 | It leads to the Raman effect , which , as we have already seen in Chapter 5 , is many orders of magnitude less efficient than direct resonant absorption . |
| 6 | As we have already seen in chapter 1 for butane and polyethylene , steric repulsions impose restrictions to bond rotation . |
| 7 | The earlier return of growth in these regions in the 1980s signalled a resumption of the urban-rural shift which we have already seen in population trends ( Chapter 4 ) . |
| 8 | Nevertheless for an individual sector , as we have already seen in Section 1.3 , this need not be the case since income can exceed expenditure and vice versa . |
| 9 | We have already seen in section 5.3 that the employment situation of black people is not nearly as good as that of whites ; they are concentrated in declining and low-wage industries , work unsocial hours for low wages , have poor promotion prospects and are at greater risk of unemployment . |
| 10 | In Task 44 Extract 1 , for example , we might need to know the political opinions , or temperament , or personal involvement of the person for whom we are writing a report of the demonstration ; and in Extract 2 , a friend with whom we correspond might be nine or ninety , someone we saw last week , or someone we have not seen for decades . |
| 11 | Now was the main race , a true International with 17 nations on the start line , something we have not seen in Britain for some time despite the fact that the entry was limited because of the following week 's World Sprint Championships which caused some potential entrants to opt out . |
| 12 | This is Lawrence 's , er Lawrence seven overs , nought to thirty-four and we have n't seen from Lewis yet . |
| 13 | Eleanor , Aveling and Liebknecht wrote to another , We have never seen in Europe such wanton interference on the part of the police with the liberty of the subject as we saw today in a country proverbially known as ‘ the land of the free ’ . |