Example sentences of "[noun] to see [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | amd next week we 'll be back on the football trail to see in the new season |
| 2 | Then the Shah persuaded the Carters to see in the New Year at the palace and the Queen sent the Crown Prince into the Library to organize a smaller party . |
| 3 | Perversely , in the way of Customs Officers , we insisted but gave him ten minutes to clear up , then climbed on board to see to the necessary documentation . |
| 4 | IF ONLY one side had a clear lead , what parties there would be : parties to welcome home John Major , parties to see off the blasted yoke of Tory rule , parties for the sake of parties . |
| 5 | Perspex screens will allow visitors to see into the worst-hit rooms . |
| 6 | They 'd planned to go with Sinatra to his home in the desert to see in the New Year . |
| 7 | MONICA SELES was forced into a dramatic change of tactic to see off the stubborn challenge of Jana Novotna and reach the semi-finals of the Virginia Slims Championship in New York . |
| 8 | ARBROATH struck four times at Bayview last night to see off the Scottish Cup challenge of East Fife and advance to a home quarter-final tie with Rangers . |
| 9 | It is clear that their devotion to The Wedding Present was too strong , and they did not have the resources to see through the whole project . |
| 10 | Not every hospital has the resources or the skilled nursing staff to see to the special needs of many of these patients . |
| 11 | A person , perhaps a porter , said there was not a lot to see at the Marischal College . |
| 12 | Microscopy has come a long way since the 1670s when Antonie van Leewenhoek used his relatively crude instruments to see for the first time the bacteria that inhabit worlds normally hidden from the naked eye . |
| 13 | Though the Swan was more sophisticated than the Queen 's Head , it was only a matter of minutes before servants , ostlers and maids were scampering all over the large and comfortable hotel to see to the minutest needs of the ‘ Honourable Member of Parliament ’ , ‘ brother to an Earl ’ , who had landed on them at an unexpectedly late hour and naturally — ‘ a Colonel as well ’ — demanded the best of everything both for himself and for his ( temporary — ‘ from Keswick ’ ) servant and his ( ‘ pale-looking ’ ) daughter . |
| 14 | This ability to see beyond the short-term impact to the bigger picture and where the real risks are is vital not only in evaluating the cost of possible outcomes but in then categorising the risks . |
| 15 | There are nine actresses to see in the first run . |
| 16 | John Martyn 's 1732 translation of Tournefort 's Histoire des Plants qui naissent aux Environs de Paris ( 1698 , 1725 ) was dedicated to Lord Petre and Martyn remarked on his surprise to see in the noble stoves |