Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] [adv] see the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Rain suggested Cobalt carried on well past the Jonquil so that anyone arriving at the boat would not see the car and guess they were there .
2 The March issue of Woodworker will also see the introduction of a new regular column inviting readers to come up with ideas for using offcuts .
3 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 .
4 But the sceptic ca n't see the way that Paul 's example is an answer , because the things which made Paul joyful are alien to the non-Christian way of life .
5 It 's pretty unlikely that this session will ever see the light of day on Strange Fruit , as the label 's last Wah release ‘ The Mighty Wah ’ proved about as popular as a motorway scheme through Kew Gardens .
6 The Computer Users Group should not see the collation of hardware requests from end users as their primary function .
7 That much of the population could not see the superiority of their society did not deter them : a workers ' uprising was crushed , the Wall was built , travel was extremely limited , all criticism rigorously suppressed .
8 ‘ The move will likely see the Governor-General [ the Queen 's representative ] replaced by a president . ’
9 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 . ’
10 Although the draftsman may never see the lease again once it has been executed , others will have to live with it and try to manage the property according to its terms .
11 The next decade may well see the introduction of more designer polymers and composites , such as adhesive liquid crystalline systems and biocompatible monomers with reduced polymerisation shrinkage .
12 This would offer great possibilities for travel in space and time , but unfortunately it seems that these solutions may all be highly unstable ; the least disturbance , such as the presence of an astronaut , may change them so that the astronaut could not see the singularity until he hit it and and his time came to an end .
13 He was still holding his stomach , but Ace could n't see the damage there .
14 The tradesman who put him there knew this , and hoped that by being removed to such unfamiliar and unpleasant surroundings his debtor would soon see the sense of agreeing to do what would immediately return him to the comparative comfort of his own home , namely to surrender , in settlement of his debt , the real estate which the law did not allow the trader to touch .
15 Says Nina : ‘ Unless there is a valid reason why the man should not see the child , then the courts will probably grant some sort of access .
16 Nevertheless , the single would soon see the band tumbling headfirst into yet another controversy .
17 ‘ This government ca n't see the wood for the trees .
18 Here ‘ relations between people ’ are not expressed as ‘ relations between things ’ , and the social economy is regulated not by the blind forces of the market and competition , but by a consciously followed plan … the end of a capitalist commodity society will also see the end of political economy .
19 Lucien could not see the boy 's face through the steam .
20 Loretta could not see the water , but its course was clearly marked by the graceful trees , mostly weeping willows , through which a light breeze was whispering .
21 ‘ Television viewers all over the world will now see the quality of the entertainment we provide and also northerners doing what they like best enjoying themselves .
22 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 .
23 From the window of the dining-room Conradin could just see the door of the shed .
24 Most of the 25,000 audience in the Palais Bercy could not see the platform because of the enormous scaffold bridge built across it for the cameras .
25 Since being away from home involved that hideous activity , spending money , my Dad could never see the point of going .
26 Let's not forget that even if no more children 's books were published at all , each year would still see the arrival of a new cohort of children and their parents and grandparents , who for the first time start to contemplate buying books which are relevant for a child of that age .
27 Miranda left the room quickly , so that her mother should not see the redness that covered her face and neck at the very thought of seeing Miles in bed … in pyjamas .
28 I suspect that , if he imagines a dark grizzly bear trying to stalk seals over the snow , the Bishop will immediately see the answer to his problem .
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