Example sentences of "[adv] see [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No — she was presumably seeing to the food and Rupert did n't look the kind of man who would be good at arranging flowers . |
| 2 | I had a very good man in to see to the heating and lighting , and the whole conversion was done professionally . |
| 3 | Did he ever come not merely to see as a possibility but actually to possess a conviction of what can be called the benign indifference of the universe ? |
| 4 | While fitting the rear offside wheel back on to Miss Clinton 's car , Jenny 's daddy had been called away suddenly to see to a tractor that had broken down on Farmer Pullen 's farm . |
| 5 | The man was in the act of turning a page , and , in so doing , he momentarily exposed its front cover , which Harry had , till now , only seen at a distance . |
| 6 | It is only on these rare occasions that I see zander fighting deep down in the water for most are only seen at the netting stage due to the colour of the water that they are generally caught in . |
| 7 | Unlike the trams , they are only seen during the summer season . |
| 8 | The genes producing these peptides are quite distinct but it is not clear whether both peptides are produced in all L cells , as dual localisation is only seen in a proportion of them . |
| 9 | And surely Isaiah Berlin was better seen as a liberal of the old school , a classic Millian , while Karl Popper arguably opened the way , via Lakatos , to Thomas Kuhn ? |
| 10 | For these reasons , Coffin is perhaps better seen as a case in which the Divisional Court , contrary to the evidence , concluded that the situation was such that a breach of the peace was likely , and that the officers were seeking to prevent that at the time when the assault took place . |
| 11 | While the above advantages are undeniable , and would all have a positive bearing on the regulation of insider dealing , self-regulation is better seen as a complement to , rather than as a replacement of , formal regulatory measures . |
| 12 | Indeed , Darwin 's proposal is much better seen as a theory about the origin of adaptations than as a theory about the origin of species . |
| 13 | Statutory inquiries may be better seen as a form of mediation or consultation . |
| 14 | The Review always stood outside that lay literary world , or at least emphasized its academic distinction from it , and is in fact better seen as an enterprise typical of a new phase of academic English described by Gross in the following extract : |
| 15 | As of mid-January , there was 50 per cent more over the northern hemisphere than Antarctica — hitherto seen as the focus of ozone depletion . |
| 16 | The position is naturally seen as a step towards full equity sharing partnership . |
| 17 | This is clearly enough seen in the case of differing individuals , and also in that of differing cultures . |
| 18 | They can obviously see in the future |
| 19 | Mrs Nicholas Beaumont , whose husband is Clerk of the Course , and whom I only saw in the distance ; Mr and Mrs Oliver Sherwood , Major and Mrs Peter Wiggin , Mr and Mrs Tim Dawson , Mr Harry Middleton , Mrs Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie , Colonel and Mrs Tommy Wallis , and their daughter Mrs Charles Baker ; Mr and Mrs John Guest , Mrs Tom Scott , Mr Peter Dimmock , and Mrs George Beeby . |
| 20 | When painting Cornish scenes Minton had been aware of the precedent set by Christopher Wood and The Times rightly saw in The Harbour an attempt to translate a Christopher Wood theme ‘ into the tragic idiom of modern painters ’ . |
| 21 | On December 18th Hoare resigned , to be replaced by Anthony Eden , widely seen as a champion of the League . |
| 22 | The vote was widely seen as a referendum on the LDP 's controversial UN Peace Co-operation Bill , which was withdrawn three days later . |
| 23 | This took place amid rumours of a split within the NEC over support for a common age of consent , and was widely seen as a response to tabloid hysteria on such matters . |
| 24 | On Jan. 9 , however , only days after it had begun , the Brazilian Justice Minister , Gen. Saulo Ramos , announced that the operation had ended , a decision widely seen as a concession to mining interests . |
| 25 | However , the move was widely seen as a concession to the President , Gen. Gnassingbe Eyadema . |
| 26 | Although the PNP campaigned on local issues , the elections were widely seen as a test of the party 's popularity following the devaluation and austerity measures introduced in February [ see below ] . |
| 27 | The vote was widely seen as a test of voters ' attitude to greater integration into western Europe . |
| 28 | Yesterday 's ballot was widely seen as a test of strength for Mr Meciar , whose hand-picked candidate last month outpolled his opposition rival but failed to garner the required three fifths majority in the 150-seat house in two rounds of voting last month . |
| 29 | The reforms were widely seen as a reaction to public controversy over insider trading practices sparked by the emergence in January 1989 of the Pechiney affair [ see pp. 36403 ; 36706 ] . |
| 30 | The memorandum was widely seen as a victory for the Chinese side in the negotiations , with the UK effectively agreeing to Chinese demands that it should be able to set its own terms for the size and financing of the project . |