Example sentences of "[adv] see [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No — she was presumably seeing to the food and Rupert did n't look the kind of man who would be good at arranging flowers . |
| 2 | I had a very good man in to see to the heating and lighting , and the whole conversion was done professionally . |
| 3 | Some protistans are just large enough to see with the naked eye . |
| 4 | A drag coefficient of just 0.30 helps the Safrane to a achieve a top speed of 129mph , which is good enough to see off the Granada ( 123mph ) , but this looks distinctly average when every other car on our rivals page can top 130mph . |
| 5 | Once more it was impossible to get high enough to see over the neighbouring branches but he called down that he was reasonably sure that they were now at the southernmost end of the depression which contained the Swamp and that if after another mile or so they turned westward they could do so on dry land . |
| 6 | Once more it was impossible to get high enough to see over the neighbouring branches but he called down that he was reasonably sure that they were now at the southernmost end of the depression which contained the Swamp and that if after another mile or so they turned westward they could do so on dry land . |
| 7 | Home video shows him enjoying a family Christmas but detectives believe he did n't live long enough to see in the New Year . |
| 8 | Did he ever come not merely to see as a possibility but actually to possess a conviction of what can be called the benign indifference of the universe ? |
| 9 | While fitting the rear offside wheel back on to Miss Clinton 's car , Jenny 's daddy had been called away suddenly to see to a tractor that had broken down on Farmer Pullen 's farm . |
| 10 | He is probably also right when he says that he is only seen as a Spanish artist because his interest lies in Spanish art , instead of in French art ‘ like everyone else' : in other words , within the accepted categories there is no room for a Mexican who is interested in Spanish art . ' |
| 11 | Thus , the MSc in Education is not only seen as a regular part of the national system of educational in-service education in Scotland , but it has a strong international appeal . |
| 12 | Cerecloth , a waxed unbleached linen — nowadays only seen as the protective sheet between the top of an altar and the fair linen — was rarely used for shrouds and is more associated with the wrapping of embalmed corpses , having been used as an adjunct to such hygienic treatment . |
| 13 | The man was in the act of turning a page , and , in so doing , he momentarily exposed its front cover , which Harry had , till now , only seen at a distance . |
| 14 | It is only on these rare occasions that I see zander fighting deep down in the water for most are only seen at the netting stage due to the colour of the water that they are generally caught in . |
| 15 | In some cases gastric metaplasia was only seen at the tips of ( stunted ) villi ( Fig 1 ) . |
| 16 | Unlike the trams , they are only seen during the summer season . |
| 17 | The genes producing these peptides are quite distinct but it is not clear whether both peptides are produced in all L cells , as dual localisation is only seen in a proportion of them . |
| 18 | Brittle bone disease , or osteoporosis , which is usually only seen in the elderly , is now appearing in these young women , of whom there are several thousand in Scotland . |
| 19 | A young girl who haunts the Feathers Hotel , a one time serving wench , and only seen by a very few . |
| 20 | And surely Isaiah Berlin was better seen as a liberal of the old school , a classic Millian , while Karl Popper arguably opened the way , via Lakatos , to Thomas Kuhn ? |
| 21 | While the above advantages are undeniable , and would all have a positive bearing on the regulation of insider dealing , self-regulation is better seen as a complement to , rather than as a replacement of , formal regulatory measures . |
| 22 | It can be better seen as a necessary precondition for the continuing existence , not of an individual , as is the case with hunger , but of the species . |
| 23 | Indeed , Darwin 's proposal is much better seen as a theory about the origin of adaptations than as a theory about the origin of species . |
| 24 | Statutory inquiries may be better seen as a form of mediation or consultation . |
| 25 | For these reasons , Coffin is perhaps better seen as a case in which the Divisional Court , contrary to the evidence , concluded that the situation was such that a breach of the peace was likely , and that the officers were seeking to prevent that at the time when the assault took place . |
| 26 | The Review always stood outside that lay literary world , or at least emphasized its academic distinction from it , and is in fact better seen as an enterprise typical of a new phase of academic English described by Gross in the following extract : |
| 27 | In later days it became fashionable to see Chaplin as a political rebel against Hollywood 's factory methods but he is better seen as the last of the old-style showmen offering a highly polished product to the masses that he felt he knew so intimately . |
| 28 | As a translator he was modest , exhorting and beseeching those of his readers ‘ who are better seen in the Scriptures than I , and have higher gifts of grace to interpret the Scripture ’ to correct his work . |
| 29 | Jorge Risquet Valdés-Saldaña , a seasoned diplomat hitherto seen as a rising star in the party , was removed from the seven-strong PCC secretariat as part of the changes but retained his seat on the politburo which advised the secretariat . |
| 30 | Edward Bwanali , a veteran Minister hitherto seen as a possible successor to Banda , was dismissed from the Cabinet in the April reshuffle [ see p. 37558 ] , and in May was dismissed as MCP chairman for the populous southern region . |