Example sentences of "[adv] see [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was odd enough to see that rather feminine room crammed full with so many stern , dark-jacketed gentlemen , sometimes sitting three or four abreast upon a sofa ; but such was the determination on the part of some persons to maintain the appearance that this was nothing more than a social event that they had actually gone to the lengths of having journals and newspapers open on their knees . |
| 2 | And you 've all seen and probably participated in the scene where a sequence of such meeting is brought to its climax by one partner coming right out with the movie cliché ‘ We ca n't go on meeting like this ’ or less effectively ‘ Long time no see ! ’ |
| 3 | Those two are n't high enough see that really need to be up there does n't it . |
| 4 | It was acknowledged that some of the party 's previous policies had been potentially divisive , and the review was widely seen as both an attempt to attract new voters and as a means of attracting potential coalition partners from among the opposition parties . |
| 5 | Environmentalists point out , however , that the fall in emissions was largely due to the economic recession ; if the UK economy revives , consumption and emissions will increase as a result and further measures will have to be taken to meet the target , which is in any case widely seen as very modest . |
| 6 | The FDA 's audacious new tactics gained massive media coverage and are widely seen as only the beginning of a serious assault on products whose labelling is thought to violate federal law . |
| 7 | It 's just to see because then the |
| 8 | Voluntary work was no longer seen as either a stepping stone to bigger and better things or as a part of a women ‘ s mission , but rather as the exclusive province of married women . |
| 9 | More and more parents every year are opting for independent schooling for their children : it is no longer seen as exclusively the preserve of a privileged class . |
| 10 | Theologically separated Christians are no longer seen as simply ‘ outside ’ the Church , ( except by some internal desire on their part ) but , on the contrary , recognized as being united visibly with the Church even if in a state of ‘ imperfect ’ communion . |
| 11 | On the immediate constitutional front , corruption was attacked ; virtual representation was no longer seen as enough ; and whilst some attacked the rights of landed property in politics urging the principle that every man of means should be directly represented , some went further to attack the political privilege of all property arguing for the " rights of man " , complete equality , and a democratic republic based on the true sovereignty of all the people . |
| 12 | The less the prospect — and most cases which reach this point will be hopeless — the less the obligation to continue treatment , including the use of the ventilator , which is thus seen as only one factor of many which have to be considered . |
| 13 | We 've already seen that just as we have different tastes , so we all have different sensitivities . |
| 14 | We have already seen that even within age cohorts women are more likely to experience poverty and low incomes . |
| 15 | We have already seen that indirectly the question in utterance ( i ) must be understood as a request . |
| 16 | The British interpretation of Nato 's " trip-wire " strategy was already seen as disturbingly simplistic . |
| 17 | I 'd sooner see that kinda thing , than er , sponsoring a whole , sort of , like a hall , or something like that . |
| 18 | She had stolen many a glance at him since yesterday to see if perhaps there was anything that might show , but it was difficult , she did not want him to feel he was under examination , and anyway today the tired look was gone . |
| 19 | Co-ordination was still seen as predominantly a ‘ top-down ’ process by planners and did not at this time focus upon activities at the client level . |
| 20 | By the time that Captain Cook was engaged in his voyages of exploration in the Pacific in the late-eighteenth century it was taken for granted that the inhabitants of the newly discovered islands would be men and not monsters , but cannibalism was still seen as somehow sub-human . |
| 21 | The emphasis of the legislation , as of philanthropic effort , was upon the removal of the child from a corrupting environment , rather than upon improvement within that environment which was still seen as too intractable a task . |
| 22 | Once seen and forever forgotten , she thought wryly . |
| 23 | He is probably the most complete player I have ever seen and certainly the best front-row forward in the world . |
| 24 | His voice was scathing , the twist of his mouth as derisive as she had ever seen and then suddenly , puzzlingly , he smiled . |
| 25 | All this activity and talk of new Rainbow Alliances chimed perfectly with Lowe 's newspaper plan , which he had always seen as partly being based on , and partly bringing about , greater co-operation on the far left . |
| 26 | As for the moral angle , I can hardly see that even muscular Christianity can underwrite such a sport . |
| 27 | Although we have offered a fairly simplistic version of these theories we can still see that even a simplified version is very complex . |
| 28 | Did you ever see that actually talking concentrating at what you 're saying |
| 29 | And then the child , whom he always saw as very peaked and pale , with staring rays of pale gold hair , a spiky , sly little girl , required sympathy in her way , having smashed a chair , dirtied spoons , unmade beds . |
| 30 | As yet she was an unknown quantity , a mysterious figure who kept her distance from subordinate staff and was infrequently seen and then either alone or with one or several of the Senior Management team . |