Example sentences of "[adj] to see [art] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is somewhat refreshing to see a North-East industrialist make a success of his business in relative anonymity . |
| 2 | Yet at one time it used to look quite strange to see a girl teacher but |
| 3 | It seems strange to see a vacuum cleaner so near the beach . |
| 4 | It is sometimes very strange to see an AIB Engineering Inspector and an RAF doctor with their heads down inside the wreckage of a crashed aircraft in the AIB hangar at Farnborough , arguing , discussing or merely agreeing that this or that component is not strong enough to sustain survivable crash forces on a row of seats or that a part of the galley constitutes a lethal hazard against which passengers could suffer injury in a crash . |
| 5 | She said , ‘ Do you find it strange to see the Sun Chamber so empty , Captain ? ’ and Fergus thought : oho ! she is calling me Captain . |
| 6 | He would be sorry to see the service close . |
| 7 | Nor , however , did you see the river , and Willis would have to find something else to fill the great gap which would be left in his life when it was no longer possible to see the river traffic , passing and repassing . |
| 8 | It will then be possible to see the loco disposal taking place at the shed . |
| 9 | But it would be wrong to see The Waste Land as ‘ controlling … ordering … giving a shape and a significance to the immense panorama of futility and anarchy which is contemporary history ’ in the way that Eliot believed Ulysses did . |
| 10 | Itd be interesting to see the corner count for this game . |
| 11 | I think by the demonstration this morning that people are not prepared to see the building fall down and I think that , erm if necessary , people will do everything within their power to prevent the erm the contractors moving in . |
| 12 | John Keegan of the IDA Automotive and Engineering Department said the lesson of the Raybestos Manhattan affair was that , while the people of Ireland supported the IDA , the same people ‘ were not prepared to see an industry right on their doorstep ’ . |
| 13 | In Bermuda I took a room at the Belmont Manor Hotel in Warwick county and was interested to see the notice informing guests that gentlemen were not permitted in the dining-room for dinner without a jacket and tie . |
| 14 | I had been told Chinchero was a traditional Andean market and I was interested to see the campesino culture at its most effective . |
| 15 | Several misgivings later , I was relieved to see a car stop , and so made the acquaintance of Peter Mulhooley . |
| 16 | The home fans were relieved to see the rebound strike defender Kay and cannon over the crossbar . |
| 17 | Lucille felt friendless in an enemy country , but then was relieved to see the Dowager Countess of Mauberges who , like so many other Belgian aristocracy , thought of herself as French and wanted the world to know it . |
| 18 | Local traders would be sad to see the rally leave Wroughton — the event already brings in an estimated one million pounds each year . |
| 19 | When he arrived at Florey 's laboratory , Chain was delighted to see a Sohxlet apparatus in a cupboard , but caused consternation by saying ‘ I shall want six of those ’ . |
| 20 | A few weeks ago I picked up a tray of plants from the greenhouse border and was delighted to see a baby toad sitting in a hallow in the soil . |
| 21 | The mountain shook for several long seconds , after which time they were delighted to see the Doctor hurtle out of the cave mouth and hurl himself down towards them . |
| 22 | IT is easy to see the word fan as a simple shortening of fanatic , but the origin actually lies in the old name for the followers of any sport . |
| 23 | In the case of depression , it is easy to see the body shape which accompanies such a condition . |
| 24 | On 1 March 1989 , a group of British skiers were horrified to see a man set fire to himself on the ski-slopes outside Braşov . |
| 25 | On one Ultimate Challenge crossing of Scotland two girls ( new to the hills ) who were partnering me were horrified to see the spring casualty rate among deer . |
| 26 | It is not unusual to see a karate expert execute a roundhouse kick to his opponent 's head . |
| 27 | If Mr Lawson was , he might be happy to see the pound fall to ease the burden on companies . |
| 28 | Although CPRW has not been prominent among the various warring groups who have fought to protect their interests over recent years , I assume we are concerned to see the river environment and its considerable amenity value protected . |
| 29 | It is more difficult to know whether an animal goes through the experience of at one moment not being able to see a food item , but then being able to see it at the next . |
| 30 | The Ridgery was still in view but they were now much further from it and Ridgery Butts was well behind them almost out of sight ; Allen had just been able to see the church tower . |