Example sentences of "[noun] not [adv] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | He showed some incredible coloured slides giving close-up detail of petal formation and patterns not often seen by the naked eye . |
| 2 | The graphics are well drawn , and all the major pieces of Allied and German hardware are represented , with many of the pieces not normally seen in computer wargames like the British Sexton Self propelled gun , and the massive JagdTiger Tank destroyer . |
| 3 | The narrating self not only sees , but wants to be seen to be seeing : the registration of detail , also praised by Calvino , and the reproduction of objects , gestures and expressions are conscripted into a form of obsessive and narcissistic display on the part of the observer . |
| 4 | The need for a student-centred approach , perhaps not always present in some sectors of FE , is likely to become increasingly vital to tailoring programmes to meet the individual needs of those learners not traditionally seen as ‘ student material ’ . |
| 5 | A final chance to pick up the kind of luxuries not often seen on sale nowadays . |
| 6 | There is an intensity and brilliance not usually seen in pastel ranges and the emphasis is on a clear cut , ordered and resonant scale of colours , rather than a clutter of derivative shades and tints . |
| 7 | This was a chance not only to see some sport , but to make some extra money , and many a good profit made on a good deal on the Friday was lost on a poor horse on the Saturday . |
| 8 | These include the requirement to provide health checks for all new patients , three yearly checks for patients not otherwise seen , and annual checks for patients over 75 . |
| 9 | Buoyant , tern-like flight not often seen on surface of water . |
| 10 | Luckier fates awaited the Louis XIV Boulle marquetry console , sold to a telephone bidder under-estimate for $675,000 ( £375,000 ) ( est. $800–1.2 million ) , a small Louis XIV ormolu-mounted Boulle bureau plat around 1700–1710 , sold to Bernard Steinitz for $850,000 ( £472,200 ) ( est. $1–1.5 million ) , a simple Louis XV tulipwood marquetry table à écrire by Bernard van Risamburgh , sold to Partridge for $460,000 ( £255,500 ) ( est. $400–600,000 ) and the skeleton of a charming Louis XVI giltwood lit à la polonaise around 1780 ( est. $100–150,000 ) , a form not often seen at auction , which went to a phone bidder for $440,000 ( £244,400 ) . |
| 11 | Chief among them , and born of the group 's increasing feeling that they stood far something , embattled against a hostile world , was their tendency not only to see merit where none existed ( in the poetry of Fox , for example ) , but actually to think that belonging to the group — which began at around this period to be known as the Inklings — was in itself a sort of merit . |
| 12 | Three male kudus are thought to have caught BSE through some form of transmission between animals , a phenomenon not yet seen in cattle . |
| 13 | The sale attracted a large proportion of new faces not normally seen at Old Master sales , attracted by the Spanish subject matter and willing to purchase works which were by no means new to the market in a number of cases . |
| 14 | Certainly , the multi-studio techniques used for the famous 1959 Decca Aida were meat and drink to Karajan ; and although he sometimes thought he knew more than he did , occasionally putting paid to expensive equipment , his mastery was of an order not previously seen in a working musician . |
| 15 | It is turned in this action towards the meagre amount of light , light which has a density and texture not often seen in real life , created by filling the air with smoke and piercing it with tungsten light . |
| 16 | Surrealists not only saw art as being composed of signifying elements drawn from the real , but also understood reality to be composed of signifying elements . |
| 17 | The event will feature beers from many small East Anglian breweries plus rare beers not normally seen in the area , real ciders , hot and cold food , souvenir glass plus entertainment most evenings . |