Example sentences of "could be see [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only Janice , eternally hopeful , kept her eye upon the possibilities ; she perched herself , kneeling , upon a chair , so that at least her head could be seen above the crowd . |
| 2 | Before the last war the Royal Engineer Drag Hounds could be seen following the scent along the Pilgrims Road , but this is a sight no longer with us . |
| 3 | ‘ If this does n't let up we 'll need something dry to change into , ’ he said , squinting up at what could be seen of a lowering sky . |
| 4 | Three screens showed views of the slim man 's shelter of rocks , but all that could be seen of the target were the streams of laser fire that issued from his blaster . |
| 5 | Dark clouds now covered the sky and what could be seen of the harbour was a study in greys , slate blues and silver . |
| 6 | Marx blinked at what could be seen of the office ceiling through the hanging cloud of his cigar smoke . |
| 7 | The smoke from the merry burning rose miles high , in a wind-sculpted black column that could be seen across the whole of the discworld . |
| 8 | Mountains could be seen across the bay . |
| 9 | At last a rider could be seen across the fields . |
| 10 | There is not a public pathway along the river to the south , but if there was , the bridges built for the barge houses could be seen over the drainage dykes . |
| 11 | A cream blouse and skirt could be seen through the window . |
| 12 | The success of this liaison could be seen through the arranging of seventeen day schools and six residential WETUC weekend schools . |
| 13 | But women always seemed to be in the majority and the proprietor and his wife , both of whom spoke excellent English and German , could be seen at every hour of the day advising parties of determined-looking women in sensible shoes how to get to St Peter 's or the Piazza Venezia or the English church , or which were the best shops to buy presents and souvenirs to take home . |
| 14 | Products were shown individually and in room settings with the complete new collection showcased on the right-hand pages so that all the designs and colours could be seen at a glance . |
| 15 | Heavy freight 2-8-0- No. 2857 , on loan from the Severn Valley Railway , hauled hourly services between Toddington and Gretton starting at 11am while 50 year old Bagnall 0–6–0 No. 2566 ‘ Byfield No. 2 ’ could be seen at the head of a goods train shunting from the yard to the bay siding at Toddington . |
| 16 | A budget of £7.17.10 in 1910 meant that only twenty-five babies per week could be seen at the clinic ; but the work continued , and expanded . |
| 17 | Today she happened to be wearing the dress of violet-coloured wool which was the last thing Miss Statham had made for her — drifts of its full skirt could be seen at the front of her grey squirrel coat . |
| 18 | The wall was built by the water authorities to secure the catchment area of the splendid Silent Valley and Ben Crom reservoirs , and for many years marked the route of the annual Mourne Wall Walk , which followed the wall for much of its 22 mile circuit and was the only occasion when walkers could be seen on the hills en masse . |
| 19 | Similar patterns of dispersal could be seen on the terraces themselves , with S3 always standing further back than the rest . |
| 20 | Access to the centre of the ‘ bowl ’ is conveniently on the south coast where a track could be seen on the map heading for but stopping short of Ipsarion . |
| 21 | When the time came for the statement , Dr Clark could be seen on the Opposition front bench , clutching a sheaf of notes . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , in one significant respect an important modification to the common law rule could be seen with the proposal for a new s15A of SGA 1979 . |
| 23 | Two men in army clothes — possibly my two — could be seen about the camp from time to time , and Balfour thought that there might also be a third . |
| 24 | This could be seen as a sign of healthy growth and change ; yet the new fittings and equipment installed are usually totally insensitive to the design quality of the original . |
| 25 | The lack of liquid refreshment during a two hour meeting could be seen as a lack of courtesy and , if this occurs again , it is suggested that a tactful reference to the need for a drink be made during the meeting — the result may be only a glass of water , but that is better than nothing ! |
| 26 | In so far as the ‘ southern enlargement ’ extended the European ideal , created a larger market for goods , and protected democracy it could be seen as a success . |
| 27 | This study could be seen as a pilot study that gives an intimation that if one has the right methodology the data which is yielded can be richer than that created from other methods . |
| 28 | He portrays Madeline and Mrs. Proudie as not very ‘ nice ’ — one too fond of using her femininity and the other hardly seeming to recognise it — which could be seen as a criticism of any woman who dared to question her accepted niche in society . |
| 29 | Not only had Rahner been attacked by Ottaviani a little while before , but he had long suffered at the hands of the Holy Office and his public rehabilitation could be seen as a snub for Ottaviani . |
| 30 | Observers noted that Kravchuk 's offer , and specifically the offer to settle the ethnic Germans [ for whose status see below ] , could be seen as a snub to the Russian Republic , whose hesitancy in creating a Volga republic for the deported German population had been a topic of discussion in the Russian Foreign Minister 's recent visit to Bonn [ see also p. 38730 ] . |