Example sentences of "[adj] see [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's odd to see how much smaller the trees clinging to the cliff face which are exposed to the salty winds off the sea are compared to those growing in the more sheltered woodland later in the walk . |
| 2 | It is also very useful to make up a full-scale plan of the seat of the chair , to mark in the positions of the mortises and tenons , especially as , the original being glued up , it is not possible to see exactly how the original joints went together . |
| 3 | Interesting to see exactly where the prices settle down . |
| 4 | Novels have been a rich source of material for the film industry since the talkies were introduced , and it 's very interesting to see how both classic and contemporary novels require skilled adaptation of the dialogue to make sufficient dramatic impact in a film . |
| 5 | The public has become more aware of the importance of groundwater ( it is interesting to see how widely the term aquifer is used in newspapers now compared with during the drought of 1975–76 ) , and public use of the Hydrogeology Group 's enquiry service has increased . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's been interesting to see how much a woman 's sense of herself comes from how she looks . |
| 7 | It is interesting to see how close to the wind they sailed ; the results have lessons for collectors today . |
| 8 | We were therefore interested to see just how well this American-made tool would perform . |
| 9 | National characteristics come to the fore continuously , and I am always interested to see how widely differing they are . |
| 10 | Rescrawling Tommy Titmouse on her list I was interested to see how long it had grown , and I noticed that even Mercer had n't been let in without signing . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's amazing to see how differently the grandchildren in the various families are brought up . |
| 12 | Confronted with this sort of attitude it is easy to see why even such a reformer as Butler , who was usually extremely sensitive to the issue of the personal rights of individuals , responded with outrage to attempts to block age-of-consent legislation . |
| 13 | It is easy to see why so many people , from Hobbes onwards , have regarded the possession of de facto power , of actual effective power over the behaviour of people , as crucial to the possession of legitimate authority . |
| 14 | Add to this the copyright problems — there will be no retrospective recognition of copyright for foreign books and so back-lists will remain unprotected — and it is easy to see why so many publishers simply sigh and pass on . |
| 15 | It 's easy to see how often , of late , our Rainbow has covered the ground between her flat and Stamford Hill . |
| 16 | It is unfortunate that our summer season is so short , and although the tourist boards must be congratulated on their efforts , it is easy to see how much better would be the results if the season lasted twice as long . |
| 17 | From the wheelhouse the high-railed bow made it impossible to see immediately ahead . |
| 18 | Even drivers of average height will need the seat so far back as to make it impossible to see directly behind . |
| 19 | All in all , it was a great night — good fun and a chance to meet others in the department that you 'll be lucky to see even once a year ! |
| 20 | Since the first printers often did not use a front title-page , or did not include on it all the important information we are accustomed to see there today , they employed instead the device known as the colophon ( from a Greek word variously translated as ‘ summit ’ , ‘ top ’ and ‘ finishing stroke ’ ) right at the end of the main text and , normally , before the index . |
| 21 | It 's not hard to see why even when clean , Kamrok 's verses are very funny . |
| 22 | Furthermore , if authenticity is to be defined as natural language behaviour ( and it is hard to see how else it might be defined ) there is also the difficulty that learners will naturally incline to draw on their own language in any situation that calls for uncontrived linguistic communication . |
| 23 | It 's very hard to see how far I have come . |
| 24 | Or someone curious to see just how far his retarded egghead act will allow him to go ? |
| 25 | On the subject of sponsorship it 's good to see not only more sponsored teams but also more sponsored matches . |
| 26 | Yet before we do so , it would be as well to see just how far formal , purely linguistic rules can go in accounting for the way one sentence succeeds another . |
| 27 | She had never expected to be beautiful , and she was startled to see how nearly she approached a kind of beauty . |
| 28 | In 1987 I spent the summer at the college on the Intermediate Command Course and found it depressing to see just how little research was being sponsored or carried out there . |
| 29 | To put the case simply , such a pupil may not be able to undertake a task such as cutting out a paper figure , not because of not understanding how to do so , but because of being unable to see properly how it is done . |
| 30 | Feeling unable to see just then how Cara , even with her journalistic experience , would have fared better with a man who , somehow without you noticing , turned every question or countered it with one of his own , Fabia resolved , as Lubor Ondrus turned into a driveway and steered the Skoda uphill , to do better . |