Example sentences of "[adj] see [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having examined the marble buildings of Rome and Athens , it was refreshing to see white marble outdoors still bearing some resemblance to its original seventeenth-century appearance . |
| 2 | I am a great fan of Ginny 's but I must admit I was upset to see this picture as Murphy must obviously be in pain . |
| 3 | Five thousand people paid a shilling each to see this show . |
| 4 | Are you going to be sorry to see that boat go ? |
| 5 | Is it possible to see private affluence co-existing with corporate poverty ? |
| 6 | In the nineteenth century , it was possible to see female castration as a cure , just as it happens these days that women request cosmetic surgery to make their genitalia look ‘ more tidy ’ . |
| 7 | It is possible to see each monastery and castle , then , as the centre of operations within its area . |
| 8 | Armed with your knowledge of how to relate the parts and the whole , it is possible to see implied assessment . |
| 9 | It is thus possible to see local politics in these years as having , in some degree , a life of its own ’ ( 1985a , pp. 82–3 ) . |
| 10 | Also worthy of closer inspection is the church at Stanley , its twin towers ornately fashioned in stone although it is not possible to see any detail from the canal . |
| 11 | It is often possible to see three month interbank outside the ¼ per cent band with regard to base rate . |
| 12 | It would have to be much stronger than that to see light curve . |
| 13 | It would be wrong to see this development as involving the replacement of the working class by the new urban left . |
| 14 | Er , thank you , Mr Chairman , to me erm , this went on from the first paper that chose the effects of the food and management of the er , the fire local services , whereas carried through and it will be interesting to see next year er what the situation is , in order to the position of the as it were , this year , benefit of everything that has previous administration . |
| 15 | Technically , it is always interesting to see these museum exhibits as natural gold varies slightly in shape and colour from location to location . |
| 16 | It will be equally interesting to see more work done extending his methods to the texts used in schools . |
| 17 | It was awful interesting to see bonny horse . |
| 18 | After that , it was easier to see that Strabo himself largely depended on posidonius and that Caesar , too , must have used Posidoriius in the ethnographic excursuses of the Bellurn Gallicurn . |
| 19 | UGMs , in particular , must be willing to see real devolution of power to the directorates . |
| 20 | The new King brought a Scottish peer , Lord Bute , into the cabinet ; he had a high opinion of Bute as a political thinker , and was willing to see Scottish opinion conciliated . |
| 21 | I was not prepared to see that record put in jeopardy . |
| 22 | ‘ Yes , nothing is being left to chance , ’ says McGilligan , ‘ It 's very heartening to see this approach . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Was Ruthven seen this morning ? ’ |
| 24 | The fact that just on half saw increased income to their business as a benefit from training was one of the best advertisements for the courses . |
| 25 | In responses to a recent questionnaire from members of Age Concern England 's governing body , it was notable that few saw concessionary entitlement to services as discriminatory and patronising , only necessary in a society which implicitly recognises that older people are not treated fairly . |
| 26 | This created an entirely new situation in which few saw any purpose in pursuing the attempt to build the structures envisaged at Leeds . |
| 27 | Some see such intervention as heralding the end of elected local government but , as Goldsmith ( 1986 , p. xiv ) observes : ‘ Britain has not become a totally centralized state , nor is central government 's control over local authorities ’ activities yet total … |
| 28 | As discussed in Chapter 2 , many people today are acutely conscious of the dark side of religion , and some see this failure as so colossal that they wish to have nothing more to do with it . |
| 29 | Dear me , she 'd have been sad to see this day . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ It would be extremely sad to see this railway go to the wall , after so many volunteers have put in so much time and money to keep steam travel alive in Hampshire . ’ |