Example sentences of "[subord] see [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But seeing off Michael Meacher proved substantially easier than seeing off the Chancellor of the Exchequer . |
| 2 | Levels of breakage of rodent incisors are generally low in the predator assemblages , but the incidence of digestion is higher than seen for the molars . |
| 3 | Output : The decline in output was greater than seen in the July survey and worse than had been anticipated , with a balance of 20pc of firms reporting a fall . |
| 4 | These latter included screens behind which they could be hidden ; heavy socks and mocassins to prevent feet from being recognised if seen below the screen ; and a ‘ Donald Duck squawk box ’ instrument which distorted an individual 's voice so that it could not be recognised . |
| 5 | Disney 's contribution to the built environment has superimposed North American regional vernacular architecture of the 19th and early 20th century on the Ile de France : a Pacific North West national park lodge , a South West pueblo , a Far West cowboy town , an East Coast seaside club , a South East Victorian resort , and a piece of 1930s Manhattan — albeit somewhat distorted , as if seen through the lens of a Hollywood movie camera . |
| 6 | Landscapes are treated unusually , in frescoes and also in sealstones , as if seen from the air or through a fish-eye lens . |
| 7 | Wall lighting may result in a face being in unhelpful shadow because seen against the background of a lighted wall . |
| 8 | Miss Whiplash was in fact dressed up in thigh boots and a tightly-laced bodysuit while seeing to the likes of you in her torture chamber . |
| 9 | When seen at the age of six , he had poor muscle control and could not fasten up his buttons or tie his shoe-laces . |
| 10 | And no doubt , when seen through the eyes of the CEO , it accurately portrays how that individual experienced the company 's success . |
| 11 | When seen over the head of a Naga they designate his rank or position within the Naga hierarchy depending upon his degree of spiritual attainment . |
| 12 | That so many museum curators have been deceived by these fakes is less surprising when seen in the context of both the style itself and the history of archaeology in Oaxaca . |
| 13 | One deduction we might draw from this is that the examples of Anderson 's modesty noted above , when seen in the context of his more pompous utterances and these attempts to preserve his academic credibility , are more likely to be viewed simply as superficial politeness strategies than as being genuinely meant . |
| 14 | Pay scales seem to be much higher for computer staff , particularly when seen in the light of the length of time that computer staff have worked with the firm . |
| 15 | In Figure 6.10 the new entrance ramp can be seen , together with a clearly distinguished cycle crossing , the gain in green space and the unambiguous signal — even when seen from the air — of the need for changed driver behaviour . |
| 16 | The shape when seen from the air is like a bit stuck on a bigger bit . |
| 17 | In its place is a junction which forces traffic to slow to walking pace to cross the ramp ( Figure 6.13 ) and which , when seen from the perspective of the crossing traffic ( Figure 6.14 ) seems more like a continuation of the pedestrian route . |
| 18 | The bland slopes bordering and beyond the river , innocuous when seen from the train , abound in hidden secrets that yield to discovery only after a search for them . |
| 19 | The adult male peregrine is a very distinctive bluey black in colour when seen from the rear . |
| 20 | The messages that DNA molecules contain are all but eternal when seen against the time scale of individual lifetimes . |
| 21 | The parable , however , only makes sense when seen against the method of farming followed in Palestine at that time . |
| 22 | This interaction shows the effect of increase in levels of processing on increase in reaction time as seen on the graph in Figure 1 . |
| 23 | Lee also pioneered ground hook flying , as seen at the Wildwood New Jersey Championships in 1987 . |
| 24 | But in terms of his public image as seen at the time , he had been careful to distance himself from the unpopular anti Jewish terror of the Nazi mobs and had placed himself on the side of legality . |
| 25 | Thus , there was still widespread damage in the superficial mucosa as seen at the light ( Fig 4C ) and scanning electron ( Fig 5E and F ) microscopic level . |
| 26 | As seen through the dialogue questions , action emerges as the goal of critical thinking . |
| 27 | When eventually the artwork has been drafted , you will finish up with a ‘ see-through ’ view of the copper track pattern , as seen through the board from the component side . |
| 28 | Locke 's contemporaries marvelled at this human creation just as they marvelled at nature as seen through the microscope . |
| 29 | We report on fathers and fetuses ; music ; the universe as seen through the Hubble space telescope ; and the resurrection of the dead , as seen by an imaginative cosmologist |
| 30 | This you will describe , of course , as seen through the murderer 's eyes . |