Example sentences of "see [noun] [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Increasingly , experts are seeing computer crime as a people rather than a technical problem . |
| 2 | Her thoughts still whirling , Shae looked up to see Marianne standing by the table , her green eyes calculating and faintly malicious as she glanced from Shannon to Gavin . |
| 3 | AIRCRAFT FOR THE FEW by Michael Bowyer is probably one of the most comprehensive accounts yet published of all the operational types to see RAF service during the Battle of Britain . |
| 4 | She spun round to see Marc standing in the doorway . |
| 5 | U2 manager Paul McGuinness told NME : ‘ We fully support the introduction of this ingenious new technology and wish to see U2 material on the new format as soon as possible . ’ |
| 6 | The Board to see shareholder approval for the creation of preference shares at a special egm on August 27 |
| 7 | Just in case Reynolds ' letter has had any influence on venue managers or promoters , on my next trip up to London to see Blyth Power at the Robey , I 'd better be prepared to wear a tie . |
| 8 | Just in case Reynolds ' letter has had any influence on venue managers or promoters , on my next trip up to London to see Blyth Power at the Robey , I 'd better be prepared to wear a tie . |
| 9 | On other evenings they were the scene of boxing programmes or wrestling spectaculars where , as Vogue reported , young and titled women went to see blood flow in the latest thrill of erotic chic . |
| 10 | She rapped their collective knuckles ( along with those of the Church of Scotland , which showed nationalist tendencies as well ) for their inability to see wealth creation as an essentially Christian act . |
| 11 | Hitherto , the Government has tended to see parent power as a foil to ‘ vested interests ’ like teachers or local authorities . |
| 12 | It is important therefore to see Work Experience as a curriculum opportunity . |
| 13 | It is now suggested that it is much more appropriate to see child abuse as a result of multiple interacting factors , including the parents ' and children 's psychological traits , the family 's place in the larger social and economic structure , and the balance of external supports and stresses , both interpersonal and material . |
| 14 | Rather than seeing child abuse as an exceptional problem requiring an exceptional response , and hence a qualitatively different practice , we should see it as part of child care and hence child care practice . |
| 15 | A survey of the US top 100 firms by Public Accounting Report showed that almost 25% had seen revenue fall over the past 12 months , with a further 20% reporting growth of less than inflation . |
| 16 | And at the foot of the iron structure was a high steel fender , suggesting from its dull surface that it had never seen emery paper since the day it left the foundry . |
| 17 | This is evident especially in the food and drinks industries , both of which have seen takeover activity during the 1980s . |
| 18 | By this stage , most of the pupils had seen news footage of the Gulf War at home on television . |
| 19 | Anyone who has seen Machynlleth station from the town side recently must have been enraged at its condition . |
| 20 | Seen frog spawn in a pond ? |
| 21 | I have not seen Brian Way for a few years now , since he went to work in America , but if he is continually developing his philosophy and practice at the rate Dorothy Heathcote is refining hers , then there is the added danger that anything written about them is out of date as it leaves the press . |
| 22 | Already this year France has seen territory fall to the Brits with Tesco acquiring the 90-store Le Catteau supermarket chain in Northern France . |
| 23 | The discontent was brought into the capital by the arrival in 1932 of some 15 000 unemployed " Veterans " ( i.e. men who had seen army service in the First World War ) . |
| 24 | They 'd cruised past when they arrived that afternoon , just after four o'clock , and seen Tommy standing on the doorstep . |
| 25 | From the lake the coypu man would have seen Rufus sleeping under the umbrella on the terrace and no doubt also seen Mary and probably spoken to her — have practically been assaulted by her . |
| 26 | He made it clear that the Employment Secretary , Michael Howard , was not prepared to see Community action in the field of industrial relations and that Community legislation should not push up labour costs in such a way as to reduce the ability of business to compete in world markets . |
| 27 | Hislop believes that , as crop subsidies fall , farmers will see woodland creation as a practical alternative . |
| 28 | She could see Dickie standing among the people by the boats and knew he was watching her . |
| 29 | To that extent the Profitboss sees management development as a permanent process , no matter how good the manager . |
| 30 | The vision of the fabliaux offered by R. Howard Bloch ( 1986 ) seems to fit this definition squarely : he sees fabliau narrative as the origin and catalyst of sexual desire ; in reading , or writing , the fabliaux , sexual experience is purely linguistic : " " if any pleasure is attached to sex in the fabliaux it comes from the deferral in speech , of speech , substituting for the act " " . |