Example sentences of "to see just [Wh adv] " in BNC.
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1 | Indeed , in retrospect , it is difficult to see just why the young Morrissey was drawn towards the New York Dolls school of hammy glitter at all . |
2 | In 1987 I spent the summer at the college on the Intermediate Command Course and found it depressing to see just how little research was being sponsored or carried out there . |
3 | This was developed further during a deployment in the field to practise battle procedures and enable the battalion to see just how mobile Warrior is . |
4 | Or someone curious to see just how far his retarded egghead act will allow him to go ? |
5 | If anybody wishes to see just how pernicious that influence can be , they can look at the Likud government in Israel , which has had to impose repressive legislation at the behest of religious extremists who hold the balance of power . |
6 | Hal 's development makes one eager to see just how he will change in Part 2 . |
7 | I never thought I was soon to see just how miserable the peoples of the earth can make life for themselves . |
8 | To begin with , it is not simple in practice — unless you are an experienced naturalist — to see just how varied the trees are . |
9 | I want to check downstairs to see just how far the water has now risen , ’ Maggie said . |
10 | When Stop Hinkley Expansion members had conducted a test run in 1957 to see just how quickly every house within the Hinkley Point evacuation zone could be visited ( as part of a campaign for sirens to be installed ) it had taken over two hours . |
11 | I thought it worth checking to see just how far this had gone . |
12 | To see just how important this is we 'll follow the course of one eruption from start to finish . |
13 | Read it silently at your normal speed , timing yourself to see just how long you take . |
14 | To watch such animals biting their own bodies as a way of providing novel stimulation is to see just how inadequate even the most modern zoos are for this type of species . |
15 | We were therefore interested to see just how well this American-made tool would perform . |
16 | But at least everyone will be able to see just how much water they are using , even to the extent of checking the meter just before turning on the sprinkler , and then switching off when the dial shows enough water has been sprayed to cover the lawn or vegetable patch . |
17 | It was disturbing to see just how personal Baker was with her attacks on Linda et al . |
18 | Children do this frequently to see just how far they can go . |
19 | IT FRIGHTENED me to see just how addicted our youngsters have become to computer games after reading of the 15,000-strong crowd at the Future Entertainment Show at Earls Court . |
20 | The idea was to see just how far £250 would go … |
21 | It is often surprising to see just how close the water conditions in your aquaria or ponds have come to problems . |
22 | ‘ How would you like it ’ , Miss Honey said , ‘ if we made some very cautious experiments to see just how much you can move and push ? ’ |
23 | LEG 'S TALK ABOUT THIS : Fergie tries the inch-pinch by grabbing a handful of flesh on her leg to see just how wobbly it is — and pulls a face as she discovers the weighty truth |
24 | I knew that the Falkland Islands were similar to Shetland in that both were a group of treeless islands in the middle of an ocean , and I wanted to see just how wild creatures — and birds in particular — had adapted as different species in what I imagined was a similar environment . |
25 | So we must examine the provisions of the Sexual Offences Act 1967 to see just how far it altered the law . |
26 | And a fat greasy lady fell to a dead position out of a flat storey while attempting to see just how one of the TV newsreaders did his hair at the back . |
27 | There 's some that are going up at the moment to this pond , they develop them for the next three years to spend their life in the fresh water feeding , and what we 're trying to do here is to see just how many there are in , in the river er as a total . |
28 | Yet before we do so , it would be as well to see just how far formal , purely linguistic rules can go in accounting for the way one sentence succeeds another . |
29 | These are very popular on the continent and a number of players take advantage of the opportunity to match themselves against the professional to see just how good their game is over 72 holes of stroke play . |
30 | " Go take a flying Jesus , " I said , " I 'm beginning to see just how sick you really are . " |