Example sentences of "[adv] see a [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , on a computer screen you can only see a small amount of information at any given time , whereas with index cards you can lay them out across a table or on the floor for an overview . |
| 2 | He 'd been right when he told Alison that he was n't overlooked , because he could only see a narrow slice of his lounge from here ; but when he got down on his hands and knees and peered through the wrought ironwork the angle improved and he could see almost half of the room . |
| 3 | On this occasion , in fact , a reply of sorts did occur to me as I stood up there on the ladder ; a reply to the effect that those of our profession , although we did not see a great deal of the country in the sense of touring the countryside and visiting picturesque sites , did actually see more of England than most , placed as we were in houses where the greatest ladies and gentlemen of the land gathered . |
| 4 | You may not see a great deal of your creative team — many agencies take the quite reasonable view that the creative people should be busy making advertisements , not chatting up clients , and in one or two like Collett Dickinson & Pearce , the creative department holds itself superior and aloof and deals with clients only through its emissaries , the account executives . |
| 5 | Irvine , California-based Western Digital Corp warns that earnings per share for the third quarter to March 27 will be ‘ significantly below ’ consensus analysts ' expectations which have been in a range of $0.20 to $0.26 a share , as a direct result of severe price declines in the 3.5″ hard disk drive business : the company says it does not see a significant decline in unit demand and that demand from its key OEM customers is getting stronger and says it is comfortable with revised analyst estimates , in the $0.05 to $0.10 per share range ; ‘ To the best of our ability we will not participate ’ in the price wars , it said . |
| 6 | AXA has since ploughed almost $100m more into Equitable Life , which is recovering from heavy losses on its property portfolio , and reckons it will soon see a good return on its investment . |
| 7 | Use it regularly and you 'll soon see a dramatic improvement to the neck , chin and lines around the mouth and eyes . |
| 8 | Straining his eyes , Faisal could just see a tiny cluster of lights where the colonies were rising above the hidden bulk of Africa . |
| 9 | Asik heard a rumbling noise and he could just see a small cloud of dust appearing in the distance . |
| 10 | The moon was low now , and there was not much light , but I could just see a small group of men on horses . |
| 11 | The fact that we had a more open policy over those ten years has actually infiltrated into or irrigated the BBC and ITV , but you will still see a great area of editorial heads , or heads of departments , the equivalents of the commissioning editors , the executive heads , where there are very few women . |
| 12 | Although the original tree that sheltered Charles met an untimely end at the hands of over-zealous patriots , who hacked away branches and roots for souvenirs , you can still see a direct descendant of that famous oak , itself now nearly three hundred years old . |
| 13 | When do you ever see a poor man with someone twenty years younger ? ’ |
| 14 | Japan will also see a rising number of corporate-bond issues in coming years , which may well serve to put further upward pressure on bond yields regardless of interest-rate developments . |
| 15 | AFTER the string of contract calamities , which has sent the Serious Fraud Office globetrotting , Sir Derek Alun-Jones and his beleaguered Ferranti team must now see a small chink of light . |
| 16 | AFTER the string of contract calamities , which has sent the Serious Fraud Office globetrotting , Sir Derek Alun-Jones and his beleaguered Ferranti team must now see a small chink of light . |
| 17 | When these are compared with the word ’ river ’ and its definition ( which might contain words like ’ stream ’ , ’ water ’ , ’ flow ’ , etc. ) , we can immediately see a greater overlap with the geographical definition of ’ bank ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't see a serious challenge to London as a financial centre as things stand currently , ’ Hugh Smith intones calmly . |
| 19 | And one of the things that is happening and mortified when I first came to this company was I could n't see a straight line through . |
| 20 | He said , ‘ We did n't see a great deal of one another , it 's true ; but I was fond of Jay . ’ |
| 21 | Joe did n't see a great deal of his dad during the year , with his trips abroad and everything , so they used to reserve at least one day when they could do things together . ’ |
| 22 | Erm we do n't see a great deal of difference that they 've had the same problem as we 've had , in that we ran out of time before we could put the er finished act together properly . |
| 23 | Well there 's Diane the hairdresser 's wife whom I do n't see a great deal of but she lives near . |
| 24 | So the normal man in the street wo n't see a great deal until very much nearer the time when it opens next spring . |
| 25 | And I I do n't see a limited widening of Church Lane to any access into either of these two sites , were that to be required by the Highway Authority , a as having any significant impact on the character of the village . |
| 26 | The fellow did not seem to understand me , for he simply said again : ‘ You wo n't see a better view in the whole of England . |
| 27 | If I do n't see a marked improvement by the end of the week , I am going to take my money out ! ’ |
| 28 | But I mean I , if they want to be nasty they 're going to be nasty , in a sense , and , and if they ca n't see a positive way of using something , but they still want to get it in , then the obvious thing to do is to be nasty about it . |
| 29 | On the continuity point their argument is that under the system of election by thirds , you do n't see a dramatic switch in the party control of the council . |
| 30 | Wardrobe are seated round a huge dish of communal sweets on the Green Room table , sewing Freddie Fox 's tail in place , while Bertie Badger , the children 's favourite , complains : ‘ I ca n't see a fucking thing in this head-dress ! ’ |