Example sentences of "[coord] to see " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I understood from the hospital where Mrs Ross has been a patient that before she was admitted enquiries were made and you wrote back — supposedly in your wife 's absence — saying you had no idea where your wife was and you did not want to hear about her mother or to see her . ’ |
| 2 | After a while , Marcus , as if impatient , or to see if he had had any effect , stopped the breathing exercise and , half sitting up , began to pull the limp body about , almost roughly , almost angrily , as if he would scarcely believe that he was not succeeding . |
| 3 | The doctor will often feel it necessary to examine the pelvic organs manually to assess whether there is evidence of pelvic inflammatory disease , fibroids in the uterus , or to see whether the uterus is enlarged when pregnancy is suspected . |
| 4 | They regard it as an ideal way to familiarise themselves with the latest legislative and other changes and are sometimes reluctant to delegate the task or to see it rendered unnecessary , as is the case with the microfilm system described below . |
| 5 | Prospective applicants who wish to visit the University to talk with members of academic staff or other officers , or to see the facilities , will be very welcome . |
| 6 | But once they had left the house , and were at last too far away to hear her aunt 's and uncle 's farewells , or to see them as they stood outside in the yard , silhouetted against the lighted kitchen , excitement began to creep into Ruth and her spirits began to lift . |
| 7 | As the majority of the latter are either Moslem , Sikh or Hindu , it is understandable that the Church has encountered severe problems in trying to communicate her message , either with a view to attracting them into her fellowship or to see the significance of the gospel of Jesus Christ within their own cultural context . |
| 8 | It is difficult to disagree , or to see how she can overcome the problem . |
| 9 | He once remarked that good prose is like a window-pane , meaning that you ought to be able to see through it without seeing it ; and anyone who has ever tried to write prose like that , or to see human creatures in life or fiction like Waugh 's early fictional characters , will know how much clutter of mind and words needs first to be cleared away . |
| 10 | I am luckily to be hear to write after the bombing of our works I have not had a chance to explain or to see the person who is in charge of this case … |
| 11 | The client had wanted either custody or to see his child every day . |
| 12 | Russia can not afford to be flanked by newly nuclear states on its southern borders ; or to allow the ethnic strife in and between ex-Soviet republics to turn nuclear ; or to see extremists among its own fissiparous peoples demand independence on pain of nuclear terrorism . |
| 13 | The purpose for living could have been revenge , to build a new homeland , or to see their family . |
| 14 | To listen to her music , or to see Sharon Shannon live is to have the absolute truth of this assertion borne out . |
| 15 | The Western powers and Japan , who had long been attempting to secure rights and interests in China , were now faced with a series of regimes too weak to resist some of their demands , or to see that any concessions were adhered to . |
| 16 | If you watch carefully you may also be lucky enough to see the male and female adults mating or to see the females laying their eggs . |
| 17 | The leaders would now have to resign , to change their policy , or to see their policy rejected by Lancashire Unionists early in the new year . |
| 18 | Moreover , there is no room here to explore the comments further , to probe the reasoning behind them or to see to what extent they represent a wider consensus . |
| 19 | Or to see out ? |
| 20 | Julia seemed to take on a new lease of life and now that the weather was improving she often walked to Carrie 's house or to see Bridie and her family . |
| 21 | Although many politicians have not been prepared to accept the thorough-going case for pricing advanced above , many have , under the practical pressure of public spending constraints , been prepared to accept charging as a supplementary way of raising revenue , or to see charges increased as the only way of preserving a service . |
| 22 | I imagined a morning 's stroll through quiet streets , gazing at patisseries , and then being able to nip up to Paris to visit the Musée d'Orsay or to see a major exhibition . |
| 23 | Her father was always very elegant , never without his hat , a Borsalino , and often smoking a thin cigar : He always spoke in the Parma dialect and was hardly ever at home except for meals or to see the farmers . |
| 24 | And I was fortunate : no one ever stopped me either to ask me for my identity card or to see what I had in my bag . |
| 25 | The greater the effort needed to resolve a puzzle or to see a thing ‘ whole ’ , the greater is the experience of tension or pressure . |
| 26 | They did not want me to stop work to write or to see them . |
| 27 | Kingdon 's ideas may seem like a recipe for environmental determinism , but the link drawn between a recent origin for humans and the fundamentally local nature of adaptation means that his book is also a powerful indictment of any attempt to rank human populations in terms of progress or to see the evolution of human races as anything other than short-term responses to particular problems . |
| 28 | I shifted my weight on to my other foot , looked around the landing and up the stairs , half-expecting to see my father leaning over the banister rail , or to see his shadow on the wall of the landing above , where he thought he could hide and listen to my phone calls without me knowing . |
| 29 | The Attorney-General has no statutory right to preview programmes or to see transcripts or articles in draft , and if the rule against prior restraint were honoured in breach of confidence cases he would have to await publication before deciding whether the public interest required action . |
| 30 | ‘ Of course , ’ she replied smilingly , and did n't need him to wait with her by the lift or to see her safely inside . |