Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] not see [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Hummingbird , ’ the President said , ‘ I must not see that robot animal . |
| 2 | I can not see that land . |
| 3 | ‘ I can not see any purpose in just saying no to every new idea . |
| 4 | I can not see any way that South Africa can win this international , but three distinct ways that England can lose it : IRISH referee Stephen Hilditch proved in Paris last year that he fears nobody , favours no nation . |
| 5 | ‘ I can not see any logic in taking a bowler like Paul Jarvis . |
| 6 | Right , okay , well I 'll go into the tax office then No I can not see any bleach down there |
| 7 | I can not see any intention of this kind in the Books of Ezra and Daniel . |
| 8 | He would not need above four days ' leave from them and since Oreste is now or will be by then nearly three which is the age Pen first travelled at I can not see any reason why he need inconvenience the party . |
| 9 | Again , on the face of the statute , I can not see any reason why in this case the constable should do more than tell the driver the reason under section 7(3) why breath specimens can not be taken or used ; tell him that in these circumstances he is required to give a specimen of blood or urine but that it is for the constable to decide which ; warn him that a failure to provide the specimen required may render him liable to prosecution ; and then , if the constable decides to require blood , ask the driver if there are any reasons why a specimen can not or should not be taken from him by a doctor . |
| 10 | I can not see any reason why that process can not be speeded up within the system . |
| 11 | Now that is the accepted way of doing it , and I can not see any reason why that can not be done , erm in Greater York , once the location for the new settlement is erm er is identified , erm so that 's my definition of erm integrated and balanced community , it 's a concept , you ca n't define , I do n't think , integrated and balanced separately , you need to bind them together er into into some erm er or all er erm concept , erm now the erm the question you did pose me , sir , which er I did take a note of , but I wonder if you 'd be kind enough to repeat it so I 've I 've a I 've a got it quite clear before I respond . |
| 12 | Councillor Magnus Flaws added : ‘ I can not see any reason why this will not work this time . ’ |
| 13 | erm I can not see , and this is where I part company with Peter Williamson to some extent , I can not see any reason why his data should be regarded as showing that when the sudden change did take place it took place for any reason other than natural selection within a single population . |
| 14 | The increase might do something to encourage motorists to switch to public transport or other environment-friendly modes of transport , and I can not see this switch being achieved without financial incentives . |
| 15 | You may not see another Spring . |
| 16 | ‘ You might not see new vessels in the port , but their cargoes will be here , ’ said Mr Koornstra . |
| 17 | First she could not see any mistress there at all and thought the girls were alone and then she caught sight of Mademoiselle 's head in the middle of a crowd of girls , what was happening ? |
| 18 | From the window she could not see any trees or houses , only wild land , which looked like a kind of purple sea . |
| 19 | You will not see vast amounts of fat lost in a day , but you will come to understand how your behaviour relates to your body weight , and you will also avoid getting a horrendous shock when you step on the scales . |
| 20 | When there is a face-to-face conversation and a third person joins in , the speechreader , who can not see two people at the same time , tends to become isolated while they chat together . |
| 21 | Although you can not see these marks on screen ( some word-processors do , however , give you the option ) , you must be aware of their existence when editing a document . |
| 22 | You can not see prefrontal cortex , primary visual cortex , parietal association cortex , the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus or most of the other structures that we are inclined to talk about . |
| 23 | You can not work them single-handed since you can not see both sides of the hedge at the same time . |
| 24 | We did not know what the future might hold and had to face the possibility that we may not see each other again . |
| 25 | We may not see this place again for a long time . ’ |
| 26 | We shall not see real care in the community without nurses being able to prescribe drugs at the point at which they are needed . |
| 27 | The work of the Commission is , however , quite long term and we will not see quick decisions — those caught up in the process may find in time that the cost of conversion to unitary authorities is too prohibitive . |
| 28 | Using the light microscope , one can not see individual synapses , but it is possible to stain individual neurons and analyse the structure of their dendrites , hence picking up possible changes . |
| 29 | He turned the newspaper over so that he could not see that headline and those paragraphs . |
| 30 | In the dark and freezing mist he could not see ten yards . |