Example sentences of "[noun] can [adv] see the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man who ladles the food into the steel bowl on the tray can not see the face of the man to whom he gives the food . |
| 2 | No. 7 on your list may be from Russia : ‘ The bat can not see the sun , and so it does n't believe the sun exists . ’ |
| 3 | However , insects can not see the warning spots , and to them the spider 's disguise is deadly perfect . |
| 4 | They witness to a certainty that all the diversity of living beings are a part of a transcendent unifying spiritual whole which is by definition difficult to grasp in its totality ; individual dancers can not see the pattern of the whole dance — that is perceived only from outside . |
| 5 | Non-train ticket holders can still see the road traction engine display at Swanage at £1 for adults and just 50 pence for children . |
| 6 | In demonstrations of searches , it is essential to ensure that the audience can actually see the search being carried out — all too often one sees a large group of students clustered round a single teletype terminal . |
| 7 | Moreover , few British schools at present include private study periods on the timetable , except for the sixth form , so the teacher knows that his students can only see the sequence in breaks and before and after school , unless he allows time in his own assigned periods with them . |
| 8 | Zenith can not see the source code because the copy is compiled ( in object code ) , but by using the program extensively , Zenith gets a good insight into the workings and structure of Acme 's program and , based on this insight , Zenith writes its program ( obviously without using a source code listing of Acme 's program ) . |
| 9 | Alice can already see the link between the internationalism of popular music and political concerns — Live Aid , Band Aid , the Nelson Mandela Concert — superseding that of earlier internationalism based on revolutionary social class or a proselytizing religion . |