Example sentences of "[verb] see [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I still think I 'd prefer to see justice in the hands of what the Americans call the law enforcement agencies . |
| 2 | I still think I 'd prefer to see justice in the hands of what the Americans call the law enforcement agencies . |
| 3 | So if you want to see Lundy in its relatively unspoilt present state , go soon . |
| 4 | Erm want to see expansion in half a million there . |
| 5 | This causes problems er , if I may say so , er but erm , it , the paragraph does n't make any reference to the date , it 's paragraph five point three , now I want to see debate in the point in erm , implementing it before the first of April . |
| 6 | We all felt happy about this and began to walk towards a distant wood , but as we approached it we saw two figures emerging : the priest we had come to see arm in arm with an attractive girl . |
| 7 | ( If anyone wants to see prescience in its purest form , they might read quotations from Woodcock 's writing in my obituary article about him in the Dictionary of National Biography . ) |
| 8 | She also wants to see investment in building schools and hospitals , to create jobs , and a rise in taxes . |
| 9 | In order to bypass this traditional way of seeing society , Marx turned away from administrative and political organization and tried to see society in different , more fundamental terms . |
| 10 | The year has seen success in the development and commercialisation of a new series of fast fire glazes for the previously unavailable from less sophisticated systems . |
| 11 | Would it not be a good thing if the Government explained to the people of Wolverhampton , perhaps even by taking an advertisement in the Express and Star , that the gross overspending has continued year after year because Wolverhampton council has seen education in terms of employing people in schools , not in terms of providing good education ? |
| 12 | 1992–93 has seen progress in a number of areas and I would like to highlight these first ; |
| 13 | 1992–93 has seen progress in a number of areas and I would like to highlight these first ; |
| 14 | The voice startled her out of her reverie and she turned to see Candy in the doorway , her pert features anxious . |
| 15 | ‘ I do not like to see fear in a woman 's eyes , especially a woman who places so much value in equality . |
| 16 | We found the construction very sound and she was comfortable to live aboard , but we would like to see improvement in attention to some interior details . |
| 17 | She could n't cope with that , could n't face seeing derision in those dark midnight eyes . |
| 18 | ‘ Our reservoirs are all topped up but we 're only beginning to see recovery in water tables , ’ says John West of Anglian Water . |
| 19 | As the 50th anniversary of the ending of World War II approaches , an increasing percentage of pensioners will have seen service in the Forces , or are the widows of ex-servicemen . |
| 20 | He could have seen money in this right off and been leading Dr. Favor on , seeing to make about a month 's wages in three days if he kept all the fares ; and why would n't he ? |
| 21 | In Moscow he became a convert to Marxism , having seen Capitalism in action in Europe . |
| 22 | Professionals do tend to see normalisation in terms of practices designed to change the individual . |
| 23 | We went to see Antigone in Greek but although we were well primed beforehand you ca n't follow it without a crib . |
| 24 | She could n't bear that , could n't stand to see pity in those dark compelling eyes . |
| 25 | Dorcas liked to see eagerness in a young nome , but Nisodemus vibrated with a peculiarly hungry kind of eagerness that was unpleasant to see . |
| 26 | Where employers did see value in work experience schemes , it had to do with information about career choices . |
| 27 | I did see gordon in town a few weeks ago though if that counts for anything … |
| 28 | While I do see value in each of them , from the point of view of the politics of variation I also see certain problems in both . |
| 29 | Basically you do see enhancement in these cases . |
| 30 | We have to keep a proper balance or we will continue to see destruction in the countryside that we have seen in some areas where there is too much access and where what used to be a path has become as wide as the M1 . |