Example sentences of "[adj] see [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it right to see in the big reduction in disconnections signs of a different attitude on the part of the electricity companies to their customers and signs of better management since the companies were privatised , and is there scope for further improvement in this respect ? |
| 2 | It is possible to see in the parallel gulf between detailed legal control over lending to the needy , and very little control over other credit , the survival of the very long-standing and deep-rooted mistrust of usury ( alongside social concern about the way that high rates of interest could turn poverty into destitution ) . |
| 3 | The sun was fully eclipsed by Arcadia now , and although the main source of illumination was now only the light refracted through the halo of the planet 's atmosphere , it was easier to see in the dim but diffuse light than in the glare and dark shadows that had been made by the unshielded sun . |
| 4 | Should you say , ‘ Unless you stop quarrelling with your sister I wo n't be able to finish my work and there wo n't be time for a story ’ , you must be prepared to see through the planned , but logical , consequences . |
| 5 | Where some saw in the Hermetic texts an anticipation of Christianity , Bruno saw an alternative . |
| 6 | The percentage propulsive rate ( 26.6% ) in the interposed colon is significantly lower than that seen in the normal oesophagus ( 80% ) , and more than double that seen in the left hemicolon in its normal location ( 10% ) . |
| 7 | Damage to the cervical spine from rheumatoid arthritis has been noted in 30% to 46% of necropsy studies and is second in frequency only to that seen in the metatarsophalangeal joints . |
| 8 | After correcting for this imbalance by the direct standardisation method , the recurrence rate in the ursodeoxycholic acid treated patients ( 15% ) was only half that seen in the other two groups ( 30% ) although this difference still failed to reach statistical significance . |
| 9 | A laparoscopic biopsy specimen of this mass ( Fig 4 ) showed diffuse infiltration of hilar connective tissue by inflammatory cells and fibroblasts producing a picture similar to that seen in the original thyroid biopsy specimen . |
| 10 | There 's so much to see in the Black Forest and a fly-drive holiday is by far the best way to visit . |
| 11 | Unfortunately it is a very barren group , and when I first went to the southern hemisphere I had difficulty in identifying the pole star , Sigma Octantis , which is only of magnitude 5.5 , and is none too easy to see with the naked eye unless the sky is really dark and clear . |
| 12 | Thus , it is all too easy to see in the Liberal social reforms before 1914 , the beginning of the Welfare State . |
| 13 | It was impossible to see in the dark whether the habitual spark of irony accompanied this remark . |
| 14 | Golden orioles in their nesting sites are elusive , impossible to see in the shimmering canopy of green-gold sunlit leaves . |
| 15 | This behaviour is almost too quick to see with the naked eye . |
| 16 | Such passages to us seem prophetic of industry tactics we are likely to see in the 1990s . |
| 17 | Now commuting is a consequence of human nature to a large extent , people choose to live away from their place of work and if they do choose to live away from their place of work then we 'll need a much more authoritarian government than we are likely to see in the next ten or twenty years to stop people from living away from their place of work . |
| 18 | Very well , that is carried certainly , nem con , quite possibly unanimous although it 's rather hard to see into the far corners . |
| 19 | their heads ( it 's hard to see from the swift windows |
| 20 | It lists the revenues due to the apostolic see from the patrimonial estates and the tributes and payments from various European secular rulers and religious houses . |
| 21 | He revels in the physical quality of the paint and that sheer primaeval force and energy is there for all to see in the late works . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've denounced facts which are there for all to see in the RAI accounts , and the public prosecutors are looking into some of them . |
| 23 | At Stirling , he created the so-called palace block , with exteriors modelled on French palace architecture like those of Falkland and adorned with statues ranging from dignified sculpture to the grotesque — the latter seen in the splendid representation of the king himself . |
| 24 | As company rescues go , it has to be one of the most inspired seen in the past 14 years . |
| 25 | The Guinness takeover of Distillers is studied , not just as an example of a keenly contested takeover , but also as it demonstrated what many saw as the unacceptable sides of takeover activity and the City of London . |
| 26 | Unable to see beyond the short-term gain he went from whim to whim , reacting without thought to whatever gossip he happened to have heard last . |
| 27 | As you may be able to see from the above , there are many factors that play a part in the condition called thrush . |
| 28 | They have features , particularly chaotic polymorphisms , similar to those seen for the spatial Prisoners ' Dilemma . |
| 29 | It will be interesting to see whether the growth of high-interest bank deposits in the last two years and the recent increased volatility of stock and foreign exchange markets leads to a reversion of liquidity levels to those seen in the late 1970s . |
| 30 | The pancreatic duct was markedly dilated in three patients and in four individuals the duct exhibited minor changes similar to those seen in the elderly unaffected by HIV . |