Example sentences of "[adj] see any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | This created an entirely new situation in which few saw any purpose in pursuing the attempt to build the structures envisaged at Leeds . |
| 3 | ‘ People who have skills in one authority are likely to be accepted in another unless they have higher standards of training and qualifications , but it is too early to see any pattern , ’ he says . |
| 4 | Well , unfortunately erm we were trying to erm get down to see them , but of course erm with the weather , how it 's been , it 's erm been virtually impossible to see any games , let alone erm go and see them . |
| 5 | Even if the site had planning permission however , it is still impossible to see any sense in Telecom 's purchase . |
| 6 | The reversal of the conventional speech/writing hierarchy which is implied in the term archi-écriture makes it impossible to see any use of language , written or spoken , as being determined by presence , intention or representation . |
| 7 | The truth of the matter is that it 's difficult enough to see the difference between a 32k colour rendition of a picture and a 24 bit one ( 16 million colours ) , so it 's all but impossible to see any difference between a 32k and a 64k colour image . |
| 8 | In existing housing areas it is hard to see any changes at all , despite the fact that so many of these are extremely unsafe by comparison with newer areas . |
| 9 | As for desidero , it is hard to see any difficulty , for it means quite simply ‘ I desire ’ , and is in exactly the same mould as traditional expressions such as volo , ‘ I wish ’ . |
| 10 | But by including inventory in ‘ financial resources ’ it is hard to see any rationale for the definition : in what sense is inventory different from equipment , as a ‘ financial resource ’ ? |
| 11 | As Duncan rather carpingly points out , age is a ratio scale but it is hard to see any analysis of age as a variable which exploits this fact . |
| 12 | Some authorities specify three sinks for dishwashing and allied work but it is hard to see any justification for them . |
| 13 | At first I was too busy to see any change in myself , but one morning after a few weeks our flight was coming to the end of a five-mile run . |
| 14 | Whereas for the other his faulty picture may go back to badly tangled family relationships which have left him unable to see any authority as good or loving . |
| 15 | ‘ Is that smoke ? ’ she asked him , pausing on a bridge to gaze some more , though unable to see any source of a fire . |
| 16 | Anyone in the building can breathe and move but is unable to see any thing , so the theory is that he wanders clueless in a cloud until the security-squad charges in with a chemical that breaks the foam up . |
| 17 | Of the other stars in Pisces , Theta and Omicron ( each 4.3 ) have K-type spectra ; I can see that Omicron is slightly off-white , but I have never been able to see any colour at all in Theta . |
| 18 | OSF , which admits to ‘ close contacts ’ with USL , said it would be pleased to see any organisation take an interest in the project . |
| 19 | It was , incidentally , a journey of about 20 miles , and it is an interesting reflection on the times that no one saw any danger in an 11-year-old embarking on such a trip alone . |
| 20 | It was difficult to see any change in her , muffled as she was in coat and scarves , but one change he did recognize . |
| 21 | They 'd been re-used many times , titles and references and hasty notes making it difficult to see any sign of what the current contents might be . |
| 22 | With the possible exception of grant-maintained status , for which I personally find it very difficult to see any merit or justification , the other provisions with potential threat for children with special needs ( open enrolment and local financial management ) are for me rather like the curate 's egg . |
| 23 | Where verbs of perception and know , as we saw above , evoke a characteristic expressive effect in this context , it is more difficult to see any nuance characterizing make here , other than perhaps a suggestion of result . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's difficult to see any light at the end of the tunnel , ’ says Crossman . |
| 25 | Longer exposure will produce both this effect and the associative version , making it much more difficult to see any decline in latent inhibition at the longer intervals . |
| 26 | It is difficult to see any reason why in civil proceedings the privilege against self-incrimination should be exercisable so as to enable a litigant to refuse relevant and even vital documents which are in his possession or power and which speak for themselves . |
| 27 | We may have had gangrene , amputations , even paralysis but , too young to see any futility , we were only too glad to be alive . |