Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] see that [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In this modern world we must both see that people obey the law and also be compassionate .
2 ( " people must also see that justice is being done " )
3 He could not see that Tess was in character as pure as the pure wife in the Bible .
4 The gulls can see the help and benefit they receive from Iago 's service , but can not see , or conceive , that Iago could be benefiting himself at the same time ; and no one could possibly see that Iago is in fact benefiting himself by destroying them .
5 She could also see that Pete McCarthy and his waitress had just arrived .
6 I could also see that Mala was near to exploding , which might have been disastrous .
7 I could n't see that Gillian was going to turn into Mme Wyatt .
8 We shall shortly see that pragmatism is less radical than this description makes it seem , for it recognizes reasons of strategy why statutes should generally be enforced in accordance with their plain and intended meaning and why past judicial decisions should normally be respected in present cases .
9 I ca n't see that Cowdrey knew what was going on among the fielders while Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram bowled .
10 Mary , you must try and transfer it , do n't you , because you ca n't see that Jo 's handset 's off the hook , we 'll assume that we know that , okay , we 'll cheat , we 'll try and call park it .
11 ‘ Oh , no — I ca n't see that payment will be necessary .
12 No matter he might stop being a soldier if something changes in that family to bring him back ( though I ca n't see that happening , the Talvi are the kind who never have a change of heart ) .
13 I ca n't see that children 's perception of women is going to change until there are as many dads as mums waiting in the rain and , frankly , I think hell is likely to freeze over first .
14 Still , she would never see that pair again ; her dealings would be with the Bobbie Wilmores , either young , middle-aged , or old , and their wives or their mothers .
15 For example , in the case of Rome in the third century BC , we can calculate that the total amount of silver coinage produced was small in comparison with Rome 's ‘ income ’ at the time , as defined by plunder , tribute and indemnities , and we can thereby see that silver coinage played only a minor role in the economy .
16 We can not see that power is a means of dealing with fear , of acting and doing in order to gain control over it ; when we are powerless our fears overwhelm us .
17 We can not see that power can be held in different ways , and that personal and professional relationships that work effectively are often a delicate balance see-sawing on power shifts .
18 In fact , I can not see that sound symbolism can be discussed in any safe and effective manner without a basic knowledge of the articulatory or acoustic features of sounds .
19 In the cotton towns , you can already see that power-looms are creating a new category of human being , the town labourer .
20 ‘ I can just see that Kim Bassinger falling for you , ’ I told him .
21 You can also see that zinc white has been applied to establish a large area of light
22 We can also see that Socrates himself can not be regarded merely as an agent of destruction , despite the immediate responsibility of the Socratic impulse for the dissolution of tragedy .
23 As it was it was finished , as you can see on your map , after the war , erm but perhaps you can also see that Tom Tower is not yet built on yours .
24 Also , we can often see that children can use concepts that they can not yet express in English .
25 We can now see that Oulton 's art has followed a wilfully individual path , avoiding too close an association with any fashionable cause , and managing to remain relevant in a trecherous time .
26 Armed with the suggestions of Harré , Veblen and others we can now see that postmodernism is not simply a product of capital movements or recent developments in the industrial economy such as consumer-led , ‘ flexible ’ , forms of production .
27 Yet we can now see that Castells 's all-embracing theory could never have been straightforwardly extended to the particular kinds of class and social relations constituting particular societies and localities .
28 And I can almost see that aquiline nose in the air as the words were uttered — or hissed — or whatever . ’
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