Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] see [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every thirteen years the eye needs double the amount of light to see so good lighting is very important in making the most of sight . |
| 2 | The JDA annual report of 1989 saw little change in the Soviet military posture in the Far East and its potential threat to Japan , despite President Gorbachev 's announcement earlier in the year that its forces stationed in the Far East would be cut by 120,000 [ see p. 36642 ] . |
| 3 | The press had advance copies of the speech in which he was to defend Marshall , so that his climb-down was plain for all to see when he failed to deliver it . |
| 4 | The ITT job of 1959 was also the first instance in which headhunting was shown for all to see as directly proving its value . |
| 5 | Several of the Company cars survived as snow ploughs , including 128 seen here in Blundell Street Depot in 1950 . |
| 6 | Into twelfths in this case you change them into twelfths to see how many twelfths it would be . |
| 7 | The Upland Landscapes Study compared aerial survey data for 10 LFA parishes in the UK taken in 1945–1962 ( median , 1949 ) with field mapping carried out in 1978–79 to see how field boundaries had changed . |
| 8 | When Stop Hinkley Expansion members had conducted a test run in 1957 to see just how quickly every house within the Hinkley Point evacuation zone could be visited ( as part of a campaign for sirens to be installed ) it had taken over two hours . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , Edward exercised his regalian rights in vacant sees even more forcefully than his father had done . |
| 10 | They are very similar to those seen when emboli are introduced into experimental models , although they are of lower intensity ( mean 5.61 dB , maximum 7.16 dB ) , suggesting a size much smaller than the 400 m or larger experimental emboli studied . |
| 11 | Histological examination showed typical inflammatory fibroid polyps , identical to those seen previously in cases 1 , 2 , and 3 . |
| 12 | This is achieved by assigning a higher weight to the actual terms in the search than to any see also terms , regardless of the direction of the relation . |
| 13 | Okay but you can learn quite a bit you could check any of the food or the drinks that you 've got in the house you could at those to see how you spell them ca n't you . |
| 14 | This last may be a source of considerable disquiet and one might not at first see how such obviously ‘ immoral ’ content could be defended as part of a system of morality . |