Example sentences of "seeing only " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Seeing only the whirlpools and counter-currents but not the progress of the long river of history only reveals the observer 's political short-sightedness . ’ |
| 2 | He stared wordlessly at her , seeing only that pale , withdrawn face . |
| 3 | Traditionally , he has been rather a mysterious figure with most of the audience seeing only his back . |
| 4 | People are often process ‘ blind ’ , seeing only tasks and underestimating the importance of process aspects . |
| 5 | She stood frozen , still clutching the black dress against herself , looking at her husband and seeing only her world crumbling around her . |
| 6 | Thus began the pattern of alternating concession and repression which marked the Indian path to independence , the British constantly frustrated by their inability to rise permanently above the use of force , the nationalists , with the notable exception of Gandhi , seeing only the adroit employment of the carrot and the stick . |
| 7 | Do not be limited by seeing only what is said . |
| 8 | It should be evident to arty thinking individual that the problems facing our Planet at this point in time are the results of a commitment to a science and a philosophy based on erroneous assumptions about the true nature of reality , and that these assumptions are the products of a mentality conditioned to seeing only the separation , the apara , between all things , rather than the unity . |
| 9 | Few people were about , owing to the lateness of the hour , and the guards around the entrance of each tower she passed , glanced briefly at her and turned away , seeing only a woman of indeterminate age , muffled in a hooded cloak such as was worn by serving-women everywhere . |
| 10 | It was still empty and she wandered at will around the main hall , seeing only those involved in administration moving about . |
| 11 | The latter seeing only that a nation has been destroyed , regards the agreement as a peculiarly evil development of Imperialism … . |
| 12 | Indeed , even by February 1989 when the first meetings with Jones took place , where Jones was claiming to see neutrons — a sure sign of fusion — Fleischmann and Pons were seeing only heat . |
| 13 | Here , truly , is a place to sense freedom , to be away from the crowds and the pressures of the world , to wander for miles seeing only a handful of people enjoying the same leisurely activity , or maybe no-one at all . |
| 14 | Similarly some DCSLs had lost contact with the school 's senior management team once funding was complete , reverting again to seeing only the teacher-librarian . |
| 15 | However , the inspectors ignored and even scorned the self-evaluation , seeing only their inspection as important . |
| 16 | But Kraal only shook his head and stared mournfully out on to the lovely morning , seeing only a memory of an old eagle he had argued with but always loved and who would never come back . |
| 17 | Seeing only the spray of Petion 's blood , Ace fired again and again , the shots punching continually into Richmann 's body and causing him to jerk like a marionette before toppling backwards into the steel door . |
| 18 | There was a sharp , hard impatience about him , and Cassie , wanting only what he wanted , seeing only the fulfilment of her hopes , and forgetting her earlier feelings of unease , was full of dreamy desire . |
| 19 | They also have not yet learned to use their eyes together ( called binocular vision ) , so they may be seeing double or seeing only through one eye . |
| 20 | ‘ Obediently she did as he bade her , her gaze travelling round the empty room , seeing only the elegant lines of fitted furniture , the newly made bed , the bedside table with one large volume hanging open — and another fallen untidily on the floor beside it . |
| 21 | Away from her mother and father and sister and grandmother was bad enough , but the worst thing for Belle was opening her eyes and seeing only the walls around her . |
| 22 | With December seeing only 2 full weeks activity and with Scotland enjoying its holiday over the New Year I trust Scottish colleagues enter 1991 appropriately refreshed and renewed . |
| 23 | They noted too that Scotland contributed fully to the costs of all network programmes while seeing only 94 per cent of them , and paid a full share for network radio despite patchy reception in some areas . |
| 24 | Out of it came an imperative on women , as well as men , not to be swayed by traditional culture and educational choice into seeing only obstacles to advancement . |