Example sentences of "see [prep] [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a couple of days of complete rest you can do all the things that you have been meaning to do for ages — jobs around the house ; shopping for clothes ; meeting friends for lunch ; having day trips out to places of interest ; doing the garden ; sunbathing ; fruit-picking at the local pick-your-own farm and filling up your freezer ; writing a book you have always meant to write or painting ; seeing all the shows that you are too tired to see during a working week ; and so on . |
| 2 | Energy secretary John Wakeham , who was responsible for seeing through the electricity privatisation last year , has pledged that legislation for the sell-off will appear in a new Tory government 's first term , with a commitment in the election manifesto . |
| 3 | Some people were waking up and seeing through the disguise humanity had constructed around its deities . |
| 4 | I pulled my boat near to the ship , then stood up to see through the cabin window . |
| 5 | DSC Communications Corp , Dallas has seen off a shareholder suit brought against the company and some of its officers in 1991 over the problems some of the Baby Bells had with the software for the MegaHub Signal Transfer Point : the suit has been dismissed without prejudice and the motion to certify class action status for it has been declared moot . |
| 6 | Such changes can be seen off the Kent coast with the cementing of the Isle of Thanet to the mainland and the silting up of the Wantsum Channel in post-Roman times . |
| 7 | Johnny Argie would n't have seen off the task force so bloody buggering easy if the old ‘ evenin' all ’ had been on the South Atlantic beat . |
| 8 | And they are getting hands-on experience of a giant octopus , molluscs and butterflies with the life-like models made and collected by naturalist Ian Coggin , left , seen during a training session with primary teachers at Whinny Banks junior school , Middlesbrough . |
| 9 | Cytomegalovirus was associated with AIDS related sclerosing cholangitis in only two of the present patients in whom cryptosporidiosis was not also implicated and in less than a third overall ; these represent less than 10% of all cases of cytomegalovirus enteritis seen during the study period . |
| 10 | Unlike the trams , they are only seen during the summer season . |
| 11 | The five-year-old is un- beaten in six races over hurdles , including one over the course , and his run today can only be seen as a dress rehearsal for the Champion Hurdle next year . |
| 12 | Chris said one of the biggest failings was that parents did not take part in the education of the children , this is where it fell down , that , once the education was seen as a government thing that |
| 13 | Another Italian deal sounding alarm bells is one announced over the weekend under which Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale SpA , IRI , will lend some 42 pct of Banca Commerciale Italiana SpA to telecommunications holding company STET SpA for three years and STET will pay IRI $212m for the dividend flow from 440m BCI ordinary shares — by juggling the dividend flow , tax credits on the payments and amortisation , analysts reckoned STET stood to gain to the tune of $300m and IRI would in return get a much needed cash injection , but the move is seen as a panic measure by IRI . |
| 14 | The large numbers who are unable to find regular work are not seen as a phenomenon characteristic of underdevelopment , but part of the capitalist division of labour and , therefore , a similar feature to the industrialisation process of European countries , differing in terms of quantity rather than quality . |
| 15 | Dubcek urges Communist hardliners to stand down continued from page one possible five-year jail term on charges of sedition in what is being seen as a test case of the regime 's genuine commitment to a dialogue with the opposition . |
| 16 | Mr Czarnogursky , meanwhile , faces a possible five-year jail term on charges of sedition in what is being seen as a test case of the regime 's genuine commitment to a dialogue with the opposition . |
| 17 | In what is seen as a test case , Mr Justice Chadwick ruled that Oldham Borough Council had no power to sell the 22-acre Clayton playing fields , bequeathed to the town for sport by a local benefactor . |
| 18 | In a sense the motor industry can be seen as a test case for the Thatcherite medicine for industry . |
| 19 | The hearing was seen as a test case to establish an important legal principle and Mrs Taylor 's claim was backed by the Keep Sunday Special campaign . |
| 20 | Edith had the Gallic guts to speak the truth : she liked being seen as a sex object . |
| 21 | This must be seen as a specialist task , on a par with other administrative duties and research commitments . |
| 22 | Because Aniff Cousins and Colin Thorpe are both graduates of DJ Colin Curtis ' legendary Manchester jazz/dance club Berlin , and because the songs on the album are fundamentally rhythmic , it will probably be seen as a dance record . |
| 23 | Though this was dismissed as groundless by Yasushi Mieno , governor of the central bank , it was seen as a trial balloon to test reaction . |
| 24 | Falkland 's intervention can in part be seen as a delaying tactic , in the hope that by forestalling the offer of the Crown to William and Mary some arrangement more in accord with Tory principles might still be able to be worked out . |
| 25 | It is also to be seen as a stepping stone to further bilingual specialisation . |
| 26 | The union of Marr and Quando was also seen as a peace treaty between The Smiths and The Factory organisation . |
| 27 | Two of eight journalists being held hostage were released by the cartel on Dec. 11 and Dec. 13 in what was seen as a peace gesture . |
| 28 | This study could be seen as a pilot study that gives an intimation that if one has the right methodology the data which is yielded can be richer than that created from other methods . |
| 29 | The research problem is large in scale and this particular project is seen as a pilot study which should open up further fruitful areas of analysis . |
| 30 | The years that immediately follow the end of compulsory schooling can often be seen as a foundation stage providing a relatively broad base for work in a particular occupation ( as do many craft and technician courses ) or for more advanced studies in a specialized field . |