Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [verb] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the stage , The Wedding Present are beginning to see the light . ’ |
| 2 | er , er , alright mummy 's going to see if your porridge is , cooled down a bit , oh you just do it , put you out to grass I think |
| 3 | A national study is needed to see whether these trends are representative but little information about night visits is collected centrally . |
| 4 | The industry is waiting to see if the facelift will have any effect , although critics say the changes are largely cosmetic and do n't go far enough . |
| 5 | Villages now a mere half-hour apart by car could then be prohibitively far away : the daughter of an Essex farm horseman was taken to see his parents across the county boundary in Suffolk for the first time only at the age of 14 . |
| 6 | How far Anselm had travelled along this road , and how much further he would still travel , are questions to which an answer must be sought in the reign of Henry I. But it is clear that Anselm in exile was beginning to see events , if not through Hildebrandine eyes , at least with shades of Hildebrandine colour . |
| 7 | Emphasis was given by the Home Office and Cabinet to the desirability of laws which banned the use of political uniforms and the establishment of paramilitary organizations , and research was concluded to see how other nations dealt with the problem . |
| 8 | John Major and the Chancellor are determined to see interest rate cuts passed on as quickly as possible to stimulate economic recovery . |
| 9 | Believed to be the GHOSTS of drowned men and women , the females frequently cause shipwrecks for love of a human sailor ; a person soon to die by drowning is said to see a mermaid cutting a caper upon the water 's surface , in anticipation of fresh company . |
| 10 | But now with a fifty billion pound deficit to contend with the Chancellor is expected to see VAT on books and newspapers as a useful source of income . |
| 11 | The question is designed to see how well you understand the significance of that part in relation to the whole topic ( explaining the decline of the Liberal party 1906–24 ) . |
| 12 | ( Press reports of Sept. 27 cited PLO officials as apparently confirming that on the previous day Ashrawi and Husseini had addressed the PNC , while Le Monde reported the " audition " of Ashrawi and Husseini by the PNC , " although nobody outside the members of the congress ' political committee was allowed to see them and therefore provide tangible proof of their presence " . |
| 13 | The entire package is assessed to see if all the modules it contains constitute the appropriate baseline . |
| 14 | Grandma 's coming to see me . |
| 15 | Grandma 's coming to see you , that 's right and who else ? |
| 16 | The registration is checked to see if it has been correctly completed . |
| 17 | Question 5 is to ensure that whenever the answer to Question 3 is ‘ No ’ the process is examined to see whether it is still a sound investment . |
| 18 | Question 5 is to ensure that whenever the answer to Question 3 is ‘ No ’ the process is examined to see whether it is still a sound investment . |
| 19 | A longitudinal health study of this population is required to see if the incidence of other childhood cancers is increased . |
| 20 | So far no action has been taken against travellers refusing requests to stub-out their cigarettes , and the campaign group is waiting to see what the next move will be . |
| 21 | Cassie was forced to see the logic of this and some of her fear subsided . |
| 22 | Verderers and agisters were on occasion , however , appointed directly by the king or by the Justice of the Forest ; at other times the warden of the forest was ordered to see that vacancies were filled . |
| 23 | For any candidate for entry , all packages in the structure which contain the module are examined to see if an entry point exists ie. an active DC referencing the module . |
| 24 | The next day be went to see my mother . |
| 25 | This year , with the Democrats poised to win the state , the national leadership is looking to see whether the same tactics can be used to turn back the tide on the Republicans nationwide . |
| 26 | Xishe 's wife is allowed to see him for 45 minutes twice a year . |
| 27 | Earlier generations had already noticed the odd consequences which followed from Aristotle 's having seen the human condition as unquestionably that of an Athenian gentleman , and Kant 's having seen it as that of a Prussian bourgeois . |
| 28 | Half-yearly results which are due to be published next week are expected to see the yard return to profitability . |
| 29 | One policy is to try to see more than one review of any exhibition . |
| 30 | The island is beginning to see an increase in foreign visitors , but as yet very little development has taken place . |