Example sentences of "see the [noun] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Motorists can expect to see the decoy on any motorway in the region as it is to be moved frequently . |
2 | Type A is the easiest to make and costs least , though it is harder to see the caterpillars in this kind of cage . |
3 | FACED with the task of selecting suitable books for physics students we were pleased to see the presence of several texts that enhance the physics literature at the undergraduate level . |
4 | If the Leader of the House had had the foresight in those early days to see the merit in that legislation , he would not have felt it necessary tonight to move a savage guillotine motion to curtail debate on the measure . |
5 | And I think this is a pretty critical problem , and of course it 's not only based on Sussex schools , but it 's based on a number of schools throughout the country which we 're studying to see the effects of this programme . |
6 | A record-breaking one million people will flock to see the film over this weekend alone . |
7 | French interests , on the other hand , were to see the break-up of that empire and King Philip Augustus , therefore , supported the Staufen cause and the candidature of Philip of Swabia . |
8 | Are we ever going to see the publication of this masterpiece ? |
9 | It is refreshing , therefore , to see the publication of this book , written nearly 40 years ago , in which an inventor of real achievement acknowledges ‘ an interplay of economic and social forces ’ and the importance of the ‘ social environment ’ , but also asserts and describes the role of individual insight . |
10 | I 'd like to see the back of that whipper-snapper , John Patten . |
11 | Even if you decide at the end of the day that you 're not bothered about the MIRAS tax relief , you want to see the back of this loan , keep your endowment running , because that 's where the real meat of the contract is . |
12 | Not many , Councillor , not many of us are gon na have the choice to see the minutes of those Trust bodies . |
13 | Individual psychological adjustment studies , then , fail to provide a useful analysis because they do not locate the disabled person in a society which contains a whole set of beliefs , practices , and so on , surrounding disability , and fail to see the consequences of these practices as expressed in the psychology of the individual disabled person . |
14 | ‘ I was driving back from a conference in Norwich , and I wanted to see the church in any case . |
15 | ‘ Some 20 million South Africans , black and white , ’ continued Dr Bacher , ‘ will be able to see the cricket on this tour live on TV , and will see how cricket has brought people together in the West Indies . |
16 | You may also be able to see the rabbit at this stage . |
17 | They are so keen to get on with it that they can be guaranteed to see the rabbit before any human and are fast off the mark . |
18 | It is ironic to see the terms of this division being renegotiated as newer technology , such as computer typesetting , makes the technical division unnecessary or redundant . |
19 | Using binoculars , it is possible to see the hues of many stars . |
20 | To see the dawn of another day , |
21 | It is understandable that a civil servant takes longer to negotiate or work out a solution over which he is unenthusiastic , the result being that by the time the work is complete , there is a new minister who is more ready to see the weaknesses of this line of action . |
22 | Let's be honest , I did n't wan na see good sections , I wan na see strong sections , I wan na see vibrant sections , but I also want to see the truth in those documents when it comes back afterwards , so I 'm disappointed on this issue and er I hope something in future will be done about to report the real things that we discussed at conference as well . |
23 | You ca n't love someone without imaginative sympathy , without beginning to see the world from another point of view . |
24 | Or are you a shrewd business man , a man quick to see the profits of this world ? |
25 | Are you a shrewd businessman , quick to see the profits of this world ? |
26 | For example , all the competitors had to blow into what resembled a gas meter and the capacity of the lung was recorded , I failed to see the point of this exercise , and that , with other medical experiements , only fired my resolve to upset the doctors ' wager , which I believe was for a box of cigars . |
27 | I realized he could not catch them , because they had nearly got to the ship , but I did not wait to see the end of that adventure . |
28 | Although it is good to see the number of such facilities increasing in Scotland , it is sad to see some of these falling far short of the standards required . |
29 | I sometimes think that some of my hon. Friends who would like to see the tax in some way equalised between one place and another are hankering after a tax which this tax is not . |
30 | Unfortunately the authors and contemporary readers of this review are unlikely to see the results of this experiment . |