Example sentences of "see the [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Detective Chief Superintendent Wycliffe and his wife , Helen , were to see the spectacle for the first time ; they were spending a long weekend with the Ballards , who lived on the moor above the town . |
| 2 | It is not difficult to see the reasons for the Bible 's crucial emphasis on right parental modelling . |
| 3 | Equally , almost half had come to see the company for the first time . |
| 4 | All three on the other hand , and here Blanche was imagining what Parkin might say in his defence once in the interview room , had a good reason to want to see the blame for the murder transferred to Parkin should they have killed Nicola themselves . |
| 5 | It is more a matter of approaching the book 's arguments from within a milieu of relatively academic contemporary art theory and being unable to see the wood for the trees . |
| 6 | A succession of avoidable mishaps can so sap morale and resources , that it becomes impossible to see the wood for the trees , and your energy is exhausted reacting to emergencies . |
| 7 | possession of detailed knowledge of the issue under negotiation yet able to see the wood for the trees . |
| 8 | It is often difficult for people in organisations to see the wood for the trees , and it is very , easy to concentrate on large amounts of internal detail while ignoring important trends in the outside world . |
| 9 | To be permanently enmeshed in detail is not to see the wood for the trees . |
| 10 | Nourse J in the Chancery Division agreed with the finding of the Special Commissioners and felt that the Inland Revenue had failed to see the wood for the trees ( p457e ) . |
| 11 | As you know arms control negotiations are incredibly detailed and rather arcane subjects , er so it 's a little tricky to see the wood for the trees in this one , but er arms control , obviously C F E — the Conventional Forces in Europe — er is very much an issue that will be on the table . |
| 12 | It is not easy to see the future for the art of jewellery ; it may even be considered that as an art it has not a future . |
| 13 | However , he was able to see the reason for the added tension on those days and not to allow that to interfere with his overall progress . |
| 14 | I was so pleased to see the advert for the Minitex Knitter ( July MKM ) , because I once had one ! |
| 15 | He remembered her ripping it the day she 'd taken him to see the hens for the first time . |
| 16 | Turakina behaved as if she was seeing the offworlder for the first time . |
| 17 | ‘ Not really ; it was a case of not seeing the wood for the trees . |
| 18 | He had often imagined seeing the enemy for the first time , but it was strange how very commonplace and yet how exciting this baptism was . |
| 19 | Acceptance came when their eldest daughter , Claire , then aged five , expressed her delight at seeing the twins for the first time and said simply : ‘ Oh look Mammy , they 're stuck together . ’ |
| 20 | I 've seen the plans for the houses and they 're peculiarly insensitive — more suitable for Milton Keynes . ’ |
| 21 | He was a lawyer who had not seen the Shah for the last twenty years . |
| 22 | We had Behrens , we had the designs — have you seen the set for the first performances of Salome ? |
| 23 | But he sees the gates for the Cathedral as a major challenge . |
| 24 | Professor Glanville Williams sees the reason for the extended rule to have been an early uncertainty as to the nature of a joint and several obligation : see Joint Obligations , p. 135 . |
| 25 | I could see the attraction for the Government ; a positive response was more difficult to formulate and meant more work . |
| 26 | I 'm sure that you can see the reasons for the brain-strain caused by trying to get to grips with this sort of puzzle . |
| 27 | Forest loom in the FA Cup in the New Year , and if United , who had their lowest League crowd of the season on Saturday and are now only six points ahead of the bottom club City , still can not see the wood for the trees , somebody will be in for the chop . |
| 28 | But that is a pity , for then they do not see the wood for the trees . |
| 29 | ft was then necessary to review the work carried out so far , which , due to the extensive coding exercise and sheer size of the database , was making it difficult to ‘ see the wood for the trees ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ Oh , you 've repaid him : you 've opened his eyes to things that 've been under his nose , and he could n't see the wood for the trees . |