Example sentences of "not see [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The modern veterinary surgeon does not see nearly as many cases of distemper as we used to , simply because most people immunize their puppies at the earliest possible moment . |
| 2 | Natural selection is the blind watchmaker , blind because it does not see ahead , does not plan consequences , has no purpose in view . |
| 3 | The suave star of films including Ryan 's Daughter , The Colditz Story and Ice Cold in Alex said : ‘ I can not see straight ahead . |
| 4 | Do you think he would not see right done to you ? ’ |
| 5 | Somehow , I can not see either Monte Carlo or Hamburg allowing their status to be lowered without a fight . |
| 6 | It was very full although I could not see properly what was in it because he kept the opening away from me . |
| 7 | The wind was behind her now , blowing her hair forward , so that she could not see properly unless she pushed it to one side . |
| 8 | I do not see how I can answer the question as I could not see properly the document that the hon. Member was waving . |
| 9 | Joan Cooper can still not see properly . |
| 10 | We can not see just what we like . |
| 11 | Erm for those who we shall not see tomorrow , may I thank you for your presence , your contributions , that 's Mr Cunnane , Mr Laycock and Mr Girt . |
| 12 | We did , of course , over the years of working closely together come to have some very frank exchanges , but the afternoon I am recalling was still early in our relationship and I can not see even Miss Kenton having been so forward . |
| 13 | Often , I would n't bother to try things on — I 'd look at the price tag and think ‘ I 've got to have this , ’ especially if I thought it was a ‘ bargain ’ I might not see again . |
| 14 | We do not see here the great wealth and immense development of twelfth- or thirteenth-century Italy — we are , after all , still in the tenth and eleventh centuries ; and English towns never achieved the wealth or sophistication of the Italian . |
| 15 | I saw it , ’ and Chapman backed his players ' view : ‘ I could not see clearly from my position , but Arsenal , almost to a man , stopped playing and I do not think they would have done that unless they had been satisfied that the ball had been out of play , ’ he told the Sunday Express . |
| 16 | We want big changes and we want them quickly , but we can not see clearly enough how to set to work . |
| 17 | In a class buzzing with activity a child with severely defective vision can get left behind or left out because he can not see clearly how to perform the tasks involved . |
| 18 | But in a stressed state , and especially if one is playing helpless , one can not see clearly what the opportunities and risks actually are , and one therefore can not act with discernment and intelligence . |
| 19 | That we do not see clearly the value system which gives meaning to our orthodox construction of the subject is in part because of the method of this orthodoxy . |
| 20 | For a moment he could not see clearly … and then he did ! |
| 21 | On the verandah of the plantation house Auguste Lepine heard the commotion in the compound but in the half-light could not see clearly enough to identify its cause . |
| 22 | Tallis could not see clearly but he seemed to be pushing something on to the staff , working it round until , with a crack , it slid into position . |
| 23 | He excuses Boece 's historical inventions — on account of which his Latin History of Scotland and others have been long dismissed , and now have only curiosity value — by saying that Boece wrote in an age when all men , owing to lack of true knowledge , were credulous , and , dazzled with the light of discovery after such long dark ages , could not see distinctly . |
| 24 | Sam could not see exactly what they were , but he knew that they would be lions with their heads between their paws . |
| 25 | I could not see exactly what was in them but it was more than curiosity . |
| 26 | Things became so bad for the Charles Bal later on in the evening that she had to spend the entire night tacking back and forth south east of Krakatoa , probably remaining within twenty kilometres of it — the ash-fall from the eruption was so thick that Captain Watson could not see well enough to steer away to safety , but ironically , the glare from the volcano provided a weird and somewhat improbable lighthouse . |
| 27 | I could not see well , my eyes had been dazzled , after the darkness , by the candle . |
| 28 | ‘ Why , here 's my mother home at last , ’ he said , and came smiling to meet her , putting forth the child by the hand to her , a little clumsily because he could not see well for the tears in his eyes . |
| 29 | We can not see directly whether a fossil animal was warm or cold-blooded when alive ; often the evidence is indirect and depends on careful study of little bits of bone . |
| 30 | A sperm whale , for example , can not see directly fore and aft , a factor made use of by the mariners of old , who quietly crept up upon them from straight astern or dead ahead . |