Example sentences of "see [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result of seeing part of knowledge as the whole , ‘ rationalists ’ , Oakeshott contends , over-estimate their abilities to define and solve problems , whereas reason proper indicates the need for caution in assessing the scope of human capability . |
| 2 | Radicals wanted to see progress towards humankind as the central theme , but conservatives like Owen , worried about the status of the human soul , preferred more complex patterns of development that allowed for entirely new levels of organization to be introduced from time to time . |
| 3 | Such a dismissive attitude , which fails to see research as part of a professional task , seems to me unhelpful because whenever we make a decision , it is based on assumptions and values . |
| 4 | Like other frontier peoples , the French Basques have not always seen eye to eye with Paris . |
| 5 | We may not have always seen eye to eye in the past but I have great respect for him nevertheless . ’ |
| 6 | In Moscow he became a convert to Marxism , having seen Capitalism in action in Europe . |
| 7 | Line-up of eight Antonov An-2 biplanes seen recently at Riga Airport , Latvia , all of which have seen service with Aeroflot at some time during their flying careers . |
| 8 | Evidence of this could be seen week after week from 1989 onwards . |
| 9 | Yeah I thought I 'd seen cloud on top on the hills . |
| 10 | They will be seen partaking of hospitality at college wine-and-cheese parties , at welcoming sherry receptions , at meetings of convocation and examination boards , at end-of-term wind-up parties and graduation celebrations . |
| 11 | These hints had their final expression in an astonishing personal letter written by Knox to Mary on 26 October 1559 , claiming that ‘ if it be the office of a very friend to give true and faithful counsel to them whom he sees run to destruction for lack of the same , I could not be proven enemy to your Grace but rather a friend unfeigned ’ — even if moderation was never Knox 's strong suit and so , unable to keep up the quiet tone of the letter , he felt impelled to throw in a postscript : ‘ God move your heart yet in time to consider that ye fight not against man , but against the eternal God , and against his Son Jesus Christ , the only Prince of the kings of the earth . ’ |
| 12 | Ted and I will never see eye to eye about his clients , whom he likes , respects and positively enjoys dragging over hills to bag stags , whereas I loathe these numbskulls who think killing is ‘ sport ’ . |
| 13 | But then those two do n't see eye to eye about anything these days . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , we do n't always see eye to eye about things . |
| 15 | He said he could not serve on that sub-committeee ( consisting of Brian Close , Bob Appleyard , Phil Sharpe , Bryan Stott , Tony Woodhouse ) ‘ when I do not see eye to eye with them on any subject ’ . |
| 16 | And if an objective moral standard is thrown over , what is to stop the majority in society — or even a minority in power — from putting away in a mental institution those who do not see eye to eye with them until they are " cured " ? |
| 17 | " I do n't always see eye to eye with my father for instance about the way things are done here . " |
| 18 | I do n't see eye to eye with Tod on all issues . |
| 19 | Fernand was employed by the previous owner and does not always see eye to eye with Alain on the way the estate should be managed , but no … ’ |
| 20 | ‘ You ca n't pretend he 's normal and it 's no secret that he did n't see eye to eye with Alain . ’ |
| 21 | They brought him back as a Caretaker to General Manager and really I did n't see eye to eye with him . |
| 22 | The portly Breton was standing in the town in yesterday 's parliamentary elections but it would appear that he does not see eye to eye with local activists . |
| 23 | Occasionally it can be achieved by two very different people who may not see eye to eye on a lot of things , but who are determined to try to respect and understand each other for the sake of the man they both love . |
| 24 | My wife and I could never see eye to eye on the business of living . |
| 25 | Erm by the city in the city institutions of London he 's seen as quite a a robust character but they do n't quite see eye to eye on the issues of the company . |
| 26 | ‘ I had the impression that you did n't see eye to eye on how the club should be run . ’ |
| 27 | If you look in your autoexec.bat or config.sys files you may see REM in front of a sentence or command line . |
| 28 | We do see scope for research into resource allocation but believe this ought to be quite different from the common practice of the 1980s of relating census variables to utilisation rates . |
| 29 | Another sees Riesenhuber in charge of a new ministry of the environment , where he could head off the political challenge of the Green movement which enters the West German parliament for the first time after the election successes . |
| 30 | If you go to one of their gigs , you will see row upon row of A&R men standing at the back in their black leather jackets , all ready to make an offer to record the band . |