Example sentences of "[noun] [be] see [noun] " in BNC.

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1 CLUBS are seeing red over a shortage of referees in the KY Youth League .
2 Increasingly , experts are seeing computer crime as a people rather than a technical problem .
3 Because I mean little kids are seeing father christmas and decorations
4 In India too people are convinced that the Western nations are seeing test-tube fusion and are keeping it a secret because they have realised that not only does test-tube fusion have great commercial potential , but could revolutionise military strategy .
5 The Swedish diplomat 's wife had to visit American tourist places instead of English ones so I had her saying : ‘ We are going to ze Rockingfellow Centre and ve are seeing Saks on 5th Avenue . ’
6 Dr Rafaelo is seeing mothers and babies every week , you know . ’
7 Gover and Fender are seen bowling , Jardine and Sandham batting .
8 My own plan was to see Coober Pedy , the opal-mining town roughly 500 kilometres north-west , and return in time to rejoin the Indian-Pacific 48 hours later .
9 The other pleasure of the first half was seeing Beeny perform competently in goal , and the defence doing likewise .
10 In the poems are seen Herbert 's struggle with ambition on the one hand and with dejection of spirit on the other .
11 There were over 5,000 in the Volunteers when they were at their greatest strength and although future years were to see Glasgow regiments of men who fought and died in many lands , the old Volunteers who fought a dog and lost , were soldiers too .
12 As a result , Forrest says the Scottish software community is seeing revenues grow at about 16% per annum , in contrast to the European average of about 7% .
13 At 0° the circle is seen edge on , as a straight line ; at 90° it registers as a circle .
14 Among the items planned are articles on ethical issues related to doing research ; a report on the recent CARN conference ( for what CARN is see page 5 ) ; more about recommended books , more about research and local authorities , and more about research methods .
15 Against that there 'll be seventeen percent of this population was seeing home-helps , five percent was seeing social workers .
16 One of the exciting occurrences in higher education is seeing students becoming ‘ hooked ’ ( in Marjorie Reeves ' evocative terminology ) on something of lasting value .
17 Lee 's seeing ghosts ?
18 But with tax payments to the Government last year of £755m eating into slim profits , Mr Horton is to see Mr Lamont shortly to try to produce a change of mind .
19 ‘ Face-on ’ display is the method or arranging books so that the dust jacket is seen face-on as it would in bookshop display .
20 ‘ Yes , the other is to see Riddle 's solicitor — Mr Penver , of Cox , Penver and Green .
21 The Metropolitan , of course , complained — that was what Garvin was seeing Owen about .
22 This event was to see Erdodi/Baranyai way out ahead on their own .
23 Tipperary were to see controversies eventually over the waste disposal habits of the mining companies , but these controversies arose after the mining was over and the companies had packed their bags and gone .
24 Cooke said : ‘ My motivation for wanting to stay on as manager is to see England as the top team in the world .
25 Buzz decided that her first priority was to see Elinor again .
26 However , a more realistic approach is to see trips as forming a chain , linking activities through the day .
27 I suggest that the mirror has severe distortions , and perhaps Harley is seeing things grossly out of proportion .
28 One Tory , Paul Marland was seeing John Major today , before finally deciding .
29 Most recent excursions to the West End were to see Les Miserables and Miss Saigon , both of which Jeff and Alison have seen twice .
30 The Grail and Excalibur were seen centuries after Arthur 's death and the monks who reinterred his body here would scarcely bury such sacred relics . ’
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