Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] [adv] see the " in BNC.

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1 He 's also figuring DEC has an unannounced ‘ modular computing ’ initiative that will ultimately see the Laser top out at 12 CPUs or more .
2 The dialogue has just begun , but the process is irreversible — a process that will inevitably see the collapse of the last remnants of apartheid , and the emergence of a radically different society .
3 Dragons can lie for dark centuries brooding over their treasures , bedding down on frozen flames that will never see the light of day .
4 The party 's problem was that it was a Catholic organisation and could not see the class basis of the problems .
5 She leaned on a staff as tall as herself , and could not see the visitors to her fur-lined chamber , but her nearsense informed her .
6 He was uncertain , and could not see the point of hazarding a guess before the forensic labs had reported on the pair of scissors .
7 We could hardly get inside for rubbish and could n't see the floor , it was all dirt , and there used to be two or three benches on which we had to sit down ; then old Morgan would read the Bible to us and pray , we had to kneel down — oh what a dry lesson .
8 This is because quite a lot of them are English and ca n't see the difference between Knoydart and Chipping Sudbury .
9 This provision will be implemented by law , not standing orders , and will effectively see the end of one-party committees in the vast majority of local authorities .
10 It is a sad comment on our society that the Government can not see what they have done to young people and can not see the relationship between what they have done and the crime rate .
11 Another rebel said : ‘ He has tunnel vision and can only see the Maastricht Treaty .
12 He desperately needed to talk to me , to have me as a confessor if not to obtain my active help , but could not see the way to come to terms with me ; his need to accept was in conflict with his wish to reject .
13 A SHORT-SIGHTED burglar tried to break into an optician 's but could n't see the right way in .
14 She closed her eyes , but could still see the building .
15 Unsurprisingly , viewers in the Serb-held cities in Bosnia are no longer able to receive Sarajevo TV , but can only see the Belgrade version of reality .
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