Example sentences of "[vb infin] see [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several prime ministers made it clear that they would want to see a radical extension of the Community powers and resources to help poorer regions and social groups as they moved to monetary union . |
| 2 | People do not want to see a black face under a bearskin . |
| 3 | In fact , his comments seemingly invite the charge , for he describes the lack of black guardsmen in terms of feelings rather than in terms of the discourse of external factuality : ‘ People do not want to see a black face under a bearskin . ’ |
| 4 | It should be noted that he remarks that ‘ people ’ do not want to see a black face , not that he personally objects to such a sight . |
| 5 | Society chairman Malcolm Smith said his members would now want to see a written reply from the Department of Health confirming the proposed arrangements would not be introduced . |
| 6 | We do not want to see a massive amount of custodial sentencing , although we are glad that provision is made for it ; what we do want is a reduction in the number of people who participate in such a horrendous cult and in the equally horrendous statistics relating to youngsters who take cars , go to court and then take more cars . |
| 7 | Do n't you want to see the new designs ? ’ |
| 8 | He said his was perhaps an ‘ old-fashioned ’ view — that he did not want to see the entire world addicted to drugs , like the synthetic existence described in Brave New World — but it was an enormous leap , he thought , from ‘ smoking a little grass to that grim picture ’ . |
| 9 | WBC holder Hodkinson wants a £250,000 purse but Warren , who is McMillan 's promoter , said : ‘ I do n't want to see the big contests slip away because the fighters are too greedy . |
| 10 | ‘ Do you want to see the main bedroom again ? ’ |
| 11 | Naturally even he will want to see the maximum level of coverage achieved , but the method is not mass mailings but the sort of activity outlined in Chapter 10 . |
| 12 | Anyway , the point is this that I am going to say as far as I 'm concerned I 'm gon na put all my maximum ability in making sure that this government stands by its obligation which it gave me when I wrote to the Prime Minister because I was very very concerned that I did not want to see the old people and pensioners who was having difficulty in making ends meet , suffer further and therefore I am with you when it comes to concerning yourself in relation to the O A P's or the pensioners or any one who is suffering because of the s seventeen and o half percent , the maximum is put on . |
| 13 | I would prefer to see a straight Rocky-Strachan swap ( as I expected last year ) but I guess the wee man is still playing to well for this . |
| 14 | In a Commons statement , Mr Clarke said : ‘ We would very much prefer to see a full accident and emergency service provided by trained ambulancemen , but that is impossible while the unions continue to insist on the 14 conditions which they have imposed . |
| 15 | ‘ I would prefer to see the medical charities emphasizing the large amount of research they sponsor into alternatives to the use of animals , rather than making a big fuss out of this ’ , says Michael Balls , chairman of the trustees of the Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments , and until recently professor of medical cell biology at the University of Nottingham . |
| 16 | I would prefer to see an inter-club with Skelm and an inter-club with Hulton I think they get too big , two clubs is too difficult to organize when there 's three cos you , you 're getting it 's not , it 's the |
| 17 | Then you 'll enjoy seeing a little bit more of it . ’ |
| 18 | Tomorrow , if electronic books are to evolve , we will need to see a mature market emerging providing stable , ongoing demand for new products at prices that make sense for everyone involved in the new industry . |
| 19 | Before making more of this , however , one would need to see the original page to ascertain exactly what Molla Yegan says in his note . |
| 20 | with one exception , all [ scholars ] contacted have expressed strongly that the service did not appear to see the practical relevance of university training , did not know how to exploit the benefits gained by the individual and in many cases showed noticeable coolness to those who were part of it . |
| 21 | erm we do n't expect to see a great change in that . |
| 22 | You can expect to see a visible improvement within a few months of regular practice . |
| 23 | It anticipated that business failures of established companies will continue to rise into the first quarter of 192 and did not expect to see a significant fall in the level of failures for up to 18 months . |
| 24 | She certainly did not expect to see the beautiful cake especially made by Tina Denny , iced in Medau Blue , with our logo girl in one corner , or the surprise presentation of a charming Royal Doulton figurine , accompanied by much love and good wishes . |
| 25 | I would n't mind seeing a familiar face or two . |
| 26 | In the exercise you are now about to attempt you will begin to see a familiar place through unfamiliar eyes . |
| 27 | From now , on the front of some foods you 'll begin to see a blue triangle containing a statement such as ‘ high fibre ’ or ‘ reduced calorie ’ or ‘ reduced fat ’ . |
| 28 | By the same token , we can at last begin to see an effective mechanism for identifying special learning needs , at either end of the educational spectrum . |
| 29 | We can also begin to see the broad outlines of a much longer connected history of respectable fears surrounding the demoralising influences of popular amusements . |
| 30 | Not until the application of water-power to machinery , and a consequent great increase in the size of machines , do we begin to see the large factory as an element in the landscape . |