Example sentences of "see the [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Indeed , the previous reference to " all flesh " in v. 5 as being about to see the glory of Yahweh could have created an expectation that the image in v. 6 will be positive rather than negative .
2 Being subjected to it , Offred is in a very good position — literally — to see the hypocrisy of tyranny from underneath .
3 If the trade unions want to exercise that right , they will have to get the legal title to them whether by purchase or by what has been called euphemistically , and in criticism of Robert Owen 's failure to see the significance of ownership , ‘ revolutionising practice ’ .
4 Feminist psychologists tend to see the significance of gender differences much as conventional psychologists do .
5 We are now in a position to see the significance of government expenditure and taxation flows in the determination of national income levels .
6 Visitors were able to see the versatility of design and product range by a display which portrayed the four themes of shipping , hotel and leisure , pubs and commercial interiors .
7 That is why it disgusts me to see the nobility of grief caricatured in this way .
8 In March computer and information services specialists from all over Scotland and Tyneside converged on the Stirling Management Centre to see the CWIS in action and to hear how it had been put together .
9 Do I appreciate that I have to lead my group to see the story as symbol ?
10 This plan was an impossibility from the outset , and after several months of confused meetings of everyone concerned at County Hall , I went with two or three others to see the Secretary of State to recommend strongly that one single statutory authority should be appointed to deal with the area .
11 The chamber of commerce , the local authority , the trade unions and the Members of Parliament came down to London to see the Secretary of State .
12 I am pleased to see the Secretary of State for Social Security in his place , because he has said that the decision in January 1991 to stop such payments was taken because ’ It has never been the intention , nor is it sensible , that in the generality of cases Housing Benefit should be available as an alternative to income support ’ .
13 I decided to come this way because I wanted you to see the courtyard by moonlight . ’
14 No individual budgets have been allocated to Departments , but I thought it might be int-eresting to see the spread of demand .
15 Importantly , by enabling us to see the lack of stability within textual play , deconstruction has helped bring attention to the exterior forces which attempt to control such play .
16 Many want to see the return of petrol pump attendants because of the difficulties with self-self service .
17 At this Unitarian chapel Trevor had opportunities for studying social problems and began to see the relationship between politics and religion .
18 Second , her refusal of the counterposition of text and reality and determination to see the work of art as a ‘ sensory thing ’ , was simultaneously an insistence that this already overloaded signifier was in fact not very different from a referent .
19 Tacoma Art Museum provided an opportunity to see the work of Faith Ringold : a survey of her work over 25 years and an opportunity to hear such an important artist speak .
20 Let us say , though , that you simply want to see the work in print .
21 And nowt better than the theatre to see the variety of behaviour
22 It is worth noting here the scale of brushmarks used to create depth , and I try to see the mass of form as well as its parts .
23 The duty of the police when they arrest without warrant is , no doubt , to be quick to see the possibility of crime , but equally they ought to be anxious to avoid mistaking the innocent for the guilty …
24 The other option was going to see the scum v Villa on Monday but that fell through , they wouldn't/could n't pay me enough money to go through with it .
25 She pretended not to see the look of dismay on Martin 's face and continued with her explanation .
26 This liberal model was articulated by one of the basic education tutors in the following way : ‘ To see the look of joy on someone 's face when they pass , when they 've never passed anything else in their lives , is wonderful …
27 I think it 's this month that Lee goes back to see the specialist at whatsername , Bradford .
28 We have been lucky enough to see the Minister of State ; he has been very kind and we have had really good discussions with him .
29 ON reporting to Chantilly on the morning of February 25th , Pétain and Serrigny found that ‘ the panic was at its peak ’ The fall of Verdun was expected momentarily , ‘ and everybody was saying that General Herr should be shot ’ Somehow it leaked out that Pétain had come from Paris , not Noailles , and the word was quickly passed round by those veterans of intrigue that he had first been to see the Minister of War , Galliéni , the implacable foe of G.Q.G. Doubtless the rumour helped augment the alarm in the air .
30 The visit will provide opportunities to see the school in action and enable good ideas to be recognised , applauded and noted .
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