Example sentences of "[be] see for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Intermediate values are seen for tawny owls and great grey owls ( 50–60 per cent ) , and high values for the owls that also showed greatest damage to the maxilla , the short-eared owl , spotted eagle owl and European eagle owl ( 80–90 per cent ) . |
| 2 | Back came all the romance of train travel that had not been seen for fifty years . |
| 3 | The 70-year-old has not been seen for four weeks since leaving the Robert Huggins home for the elderly in Acklam . |
| 4 | Its presence has been seen for 2,000 years throughout the acrimonious purgings of innocent human life in the witchcraft genocides ; through the long systematic persecution then culmination in horrific holocausting of Jesus 's own people — the tribe of Judah . |
| 5 | And he had not been seen for some days . |
| 6 | Although it has not been seen for some time , the manuscript may contain a specimen of Mary Leapor 's handwriting . |
| 7 | After a while the station returned to normal , Charlotte had n't been seen for some time , and Albert had been killed in World War I so all three participants in the awful tragedy had gone for ever , or had they ? |
| 8 | The play 's pleasures are largely connoisseurial ( it has n't been seen for 20 years ) , though one suspects its absence from the stage is a case of understandable neglect . |
| 9 | The wide-field/planetary camera has produced its share of dramatic pictures , including detailed ones of a storm on Saturn the like of which has not been seen for 60 years . |
| 10 | Barbara Allsopp and her husband Alan have n't been seen for three days . |
| 11 | Gateways were opening up here in Salt Lake , and things would be coming through the like of which had not been seen for thousands of years . |
| 12 | Sergeant Raymond Mitchell , of Cape Town police , told TODAY : ‘ Sharon had not been seen for 24 hours , and in the current climate in the country , we were anxious for her welfare . |
| 13 | Sergeant Raymond Mitchell , of Cape Town police , told TODAY : ‘ Sharon had not been seen for 24 hours , and in the current climate in the country , we were anxious for her welfare . |
| 14 | Commenting on more ghastly figures ( see opposite ) Philips Electronics NV chairman Jan Timmer said the Dutch multinational 's performance in 1992 's fourth quarter , which is normally the strongest of the year as people buy electronic toys for Christmas , was very disappointing , and that no let-up in price erosion had so far been seen for 1993 . |
| 15 | The effect of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act and the Economic Recovery Tax Act was to move the United States in new directions in economic policy ; fundamental change of a sort that had not been seen for half a century . |
| 16 | The mill buildings themselves tower over Tewkesbury and can be seen for many miles around . |
| 17 | An almost universal feature of determination is that it involves subtle chemical changes , almost certainly turning on or off genes , and the overt result may not be seen for many hours . |
| 18 | Similar effects can be seen for other heavy atoms , such as Se , Hg and Xe , though usually only in linear molecules . |
| 19 | As can be seen for wild-type Eco K approximately 50% of the DNA is cleaved after 30 min and no further reaction appears to take place after this time . |
| 20 | Above them , on a grassy hill , loomed the Monument — an imitation ruined temple that could be seen for several kilometres around . |
| 21 | In some cases you will need to be seen for further investigation and/or treatment . |
| 22 | They are powerful enough to burn for 2 hours and can be seen for 20 miles . |
| 23 | They were seen for one further session during which it was possible to help them reach a suitable compromise . |
| 24 | These ‘ cairns ’ , as they are called , can reach enormous proportions , those on the tops of hills being capable in some instances of being seen for many miles . |
| 25 | Apart from random fluctuations , the deleterious effect of too short and too long spacing is seen for each order birth . |
| 26 | The highest risk of becoming a longterm user was seen for those aged 50–69 years in 1977–81 . |