Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] see [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not see how I can answer the question as I could not see properly the document that the hon. Member was waving . |
| 2 | CIMA suggested that the proposals should be included in Cadbury 's code of best practice , while Coopers & Lybrand thought that a Stock Exchange requirement would not work and added that ‘ it could not see why the OFR could not in principle be a Financial Reporting Standard ’ . |
| 3 | I was not very keen on this bit , because I could immediately see where the pattern could have been better written . |
| 4 | I could n't see why the man kept it in the shop if it was n't for sale . |
| 5 | Funny actually they could n't , when the rescue people came they could n't see where the damage was because of the dust . |
| 6 | When they turned off the main road Uncle George had to drive at little more than walking pace , for he could n't see where the lane ended and the ditches at the sides began , for snow cloaked everything . |
| 7 | I , standing on my tiptoes I could n't see out the window to , to look out to the stage erm , and there was a huge step up , it was about that , which was great for people 's bad backs and if you got up on that , erm then you sat on top of a very high cocktail chair , in fact one of our people had to kneel on top of the high cocktail chair , to look , to see down , over the window , down to the stage and they did n't give us a sound feed which would sound familiar |
| 8 | I rather liked her , though I could n't see how the thing would work . |
| 9 | We shall shortly see how the tax system , in this case a tax on cigarettes , may be used to offset externalities that individuals fail to take into account . |
| 10 | I just ca n't see why the system gave him a second chance . |
| 11 | As FRAG chairman Chris Swinson points out , ‘ I ca n't see why the Government would have mentioned it if it was not intending to act . |
| 12 | If they can not see where the time has been recorded the time will not normally be allowed . |
| 13 | I can not see why the actuary having a liability for an employee , if that employee becomes a deferred pensioner that the actuary having a liability for the fund |
| 14 | ‘ Undoubtedly if the justices had proceeded to adjudicate on the case either by convicting or by acquitting the defendant , that would have afforded ground for a good plea to the indictment , but I can not see why the fact that the justices at first said they would deal summarily with the case and afterwards changed their minds should be said to have deprived quarter sessions of jurisdiction . |
| 15 | Indeed , all in all , I can not see why the option of her returning to Darlington Hall and seeing out her working years there should not offer a very genuine consolation to a life that has come to be so dominated by a sense of waste . |
| 16 | In addition , one can not see how the imposition of a charge which is the same whether the journey is one station down the line , or from Inverness to Plymouth , can be considered fair and reasonable within the confines of any Charter . |
| 17 | I can not see how the canon of poetry could avoid being constructed along historical lines , though the problem and implications of canon-formation should be faced , as part of theoretical study . |
| 18 | But they they 'll tell you that you can still see where the house was because there 's a runcho grows there . |
| 19 | The substantial remains of this cavalry fort include the bath house , where you can still see how the underfloor heating system worked . |
| 20 | No they can probably see down the end and they |
| 21 | If we also assume that my neighbour assumed that I knew these facts about the world , and that I interpreted her words according to the co-operative principle , then we can also see why the way she actually phrased her request is not only true and relevant , but also brief and clear . |
| 22 | We can also see how the press were deliberately misled by the official statement put out by the Admiralty which was a pack of lies . |