Example sentences of "[adv] see [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 THOSE keen environmentalists , Richard Branson and Sir James Goldsmith , are no longer seeing eye to eye .
2 He did not see size of firm as a particularly important factor in his choice .
3 He said he could not serve on that sub-committeee ( consisting of Brian Close , Bob Appleyard , Phil Sharpe , Bryan Stott , Tony Woodhouse ) ‘ when I do not see eye to eye with them on any subject ’ .
4 Occasionally it can be achieved by two very different people who may not see eye to eye on a lot of things , but who are determined to try to respect and understand each other for the sake of the man they both love .
5 America , Britain and France do not see eye to eye .
6 And if an objective moral standard is thrown over , what is to stop the majority in society — or even a minority in power — from putting away in a mental institution those who do not see eye to eye with them until they are " cured " ?
7 Bishops were again brought in to arbitrate ; but they did not see eye to eye .
8 The portly Breton was standing in the town in yesterday 's parliamentary elections but it would appear that he does not see eye to eye with local activists .
9 ‘ This one wanted to do my work , but when he started telling me that personally he was against all pet shops and would like to see them closed we did n't exactly see eye to eye .
10 Now that he was getting on in years he wanted to take things just that little bit easy , not see patient after patient , cramming in as many as possible , but space them out — eight , ten a day was enough — for with his practice so long established and his clientele so solid he could n't imagine any reason to fear blanks in his appointments book .
11 In other words not see science in isolation from economics , anthropology , politics — all these disciplines should be working together . ’
12 We may not have always seen eye to eye in the past but I have great respect for him nevertheless . ’
13 Like other frontier peoples , the French Basques have not always seen eye to eye with Paris .
14 ‘ Angela , ’ he said , ‘ you and me , we 've not always seen eye to eye recently , but we are friends .
15 ‘ The golden rule of conduct , therefore , is mutual toleration seeing that we will never all think alike and that we shall always see Truth in fragment ( sic ) and from different angles of vision ’ .
16 ‘ We do n't always see eye to eye , ’ Marler reflected , blowing smoke circles , ‘ Newman and I. But he 's had a tough time , I 'll give him that . ’
17 " I do n't always see eye to eye with my father for instance about the way things are done here . "
18 Fernand was employed by the previous owner and does not always see eye to eye with Alain on the way the estate should be managed , but no … ’
19 They do n't always see eye to eye but they respect one another .
20 ‘ Added to which the Reichsführer and Admiral Canaris do not always see eye to eye .
21 ‘ Well , we do n't always see eye to eye about things .
22 And if he did n't do that she could n't possibly see how they would ever see eye to eye .
23 ‘ It was an extremely popular programme and we always saw eye to eye about it .
24 This period also saw expansion of motor-car ownership which led to both the provision of more and better roads and other traffic-related expenditure .
25 Weber also saw ownership of wealth as an important criterion for distinguishing classes .
26 In small group discussions , happily married men with children clearly saw fidelity as part of their lives ; although not immune to other women 's charms , they were not prepared to jeopardize what they had for the sake of a night of passion .
27 Many of the senior men in the ministry now see management as part of their office .
28 ‘ We 'ave n't seen thoo since t'funeral . ’
29 Somewhere along the line , Cat and Prince 's Paisley Park organisation could n't see eye to eye .
30 The trouble is , we do n't see eye to eye , or , more correctly , our minds move in different channels .
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