Example sentences of "[verb] see [art] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I want to see an end to those days ’ , Farr-Jones adds . |
| 2 | They want to see an end to the image of trade unions as Labour 's paymaster and , by implication , policy-maker . |
| 3 | Some concessions have been made to conservationists who want to see an end to all military use of national park land . |
| 4 | New regional chairman Neil McCrae , of Design Publications in Banbury , said : ‘ We want to see an end to the beer-and-skittles approach and arrange a series of events that will be relevant and attractive to professional communicators . |
| 5 | ‘ You want to see the tickets to India ? ’ |
| 6 | He should repeat his assurance that , while Labour is opposed to the privatisation of water and electricity and wants to see a return to public control , it is not the party 's intention to clobber those who buy shares . |
| 7 | In my experience , young people in a family have been directed to go and conceive a child as quickly as possible because a dying person wants to see a grandchild to ‘ know that his name will live on before he dies , . |
| 8 | This century has seen the rise to prominence on the world-stage of the ecumenical movement , which grew out of the need felt by Christians engaged in foreign mission to overcome the divisions between churches and denominations which made less and less sense in the missionary context . |
| 9 | It was against this background that he fell seriously ill in 1881 during the writing of A Laodicean , and after ten years of moving between London and small Dorset towns such as Swanage and Sturminster Newton came to see the solution to all his problems in a final return to Dorchester . |
| 10 | The idea has proved popular among villagers , many of whom would like to see a return to the days when they could safely leave their doors unlocked . |
| 11 | Richard MacCormac , the recently installed president of the RIBA , would like to see an end to the British passion for period houses . |
| 12 | and we would like to see an end to all experiments on animals , for cosmetics , toiletry , household product purposes . |
| 13 | I began to see a pattern to these puzzling events , a distinct and disturbing trend . |
| 14 | I began to see the key to this as being the fullness of the Holy Spirit . |
| 15 | It seems unlikely that Minkowski would have come across Smith 's earlier work directly , but he may have seen the reference to them in a paper of Ferdinand Frobenius , which appeared in the main German mathematical journal shortly before the competition was announced . |
| 16 | Foster did well as nightwatchman but otherwise only Gooch , in one of his slowest innings , stood firm ; he batted over seven hours with the ball moving around awkwardly and had 84 to his name when he was last out , having seen the total to 202 . |
| 17 | After King went , Richards reached his century and was on 138 not out at the close , having seen the total to 286 . |
| 18 | Having to hold the button down all the time made it a bit awkward for looking out of the side window , but by craning her neck she could just manage to see the hole to the rear of the craft . |
| 19 | ‘ We , that is our most worshipful Mayor and his associates , are determined to see an end to this plague of smuggling . |
| 20 | Despite his fears , Mr Major is determined to see an end to the unspeakable atrocities in Bosnia . |
| 21 | Would you care to see the items to be put on display ? ’ |
| 22 | Australia had been a whaling country until 1978 when an official enquiry , which was supported by all political parties , concluded that the public wished to see an end to whaling . |
| 23 | I 've seen Labour inspired Trade Union control of hospitals , I 've seen the patient to be the last in Labour 's priorities |
| 24 | And we 've seen , we 've seen the commitment to Local Government , have n't we , on the planning application on the , where two local Councillors , two Labour Councillors , sitting there , listened so much to their electorate that they abstain when it comes up to the vote ? |
| 25 | Edward IV 's last years ( unlike those of Edward III ) had seen a return to political stability . |
| 26 | Edward IV 's last years ( unlike those of Edward III ) had seen a return to political stability . |
| 27 | I had noticed the name on the map ; it seemed very remote but I had seen a reference to an inn there . |
| 28 | Of course there were friends whom I could have asked , but I had seen an opportunity to be stubborn and had dismissed each of her suggested candidates with tiresome and irrelevant objections — too fat , too blonde , too tall , too many teeth . |
| 29 | They need to see a purpose to the activities . |
| 30 | Having inspected menageries in circuses for the tes for the pa past ten years , I have seen no cruelty to any circus animal in that time , and that speaks for itself . |