Example sentences of "see the sense [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tradesman who put him there knew this , and hoped that by being removed to such unfamiliar and unpleasant surroundings his debtor would soon see the sense of agreeing to do what would immediately return him to the comparative comfort of his own home , namely to surrender , in settlement of his debt , the real estate which the law did not allow the trader to touch . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , I ca n't see the sense of leaving here , even if there is n't any work . |
| 3 | For , whereas everyone can see the sense of avoiding deep or rough seas , fewer people can understand the unhappy individual who is so terrified of water in any form that he or she can not even bear to wash their hands . |
| 4 | She could see the sense of his proposition . |
| 5 | Mrs. Pridmore could n't see the sense of more examinations and all this talking about a career . |
| 6 | I pray that my colleagues in government will see the sense of now taking the pressure off British interest rates . |
| 7 | Scottish Members of Parliament has been reduced to the nefarious nine , and now that the Secretary of State for Scotland and virtually every one of that nefarious nine trembles on the edge of the abyss of a total political wipeout in Scotland , will the Government finally see the sense of coming to the negotiating table and talking about Scottish government ? |
| 8 | Now I can see the sense of that , you know , we could probably go to a New York lawyer on a no no win , no pay basis and take action agai an and argue that case , but you know is this what , what really people who 've paid pensions for thirty or forty years should be dealing with , you know . |
| 9 | Although I can see the sense of it , I feel very rejected . |
| 10 | Can hardly see the sense of it ! |
| 11 | But I really could n't see the sense in women wearing Armani by day and then letting someone else dress them by night . ’ |
| 12 | Bearing in mind the awful job involved in renewing or replacing the pillar stake , you can see the sense in putting up a concrete post , or at least a concrete spur to which a timber can be bolted . |
| 13 | I make this declaration because one of my aims in this discussion is to show that we do not need to share other people 's beliefs in order to understand them sympathetically : we can see the sense in beliefs even when we are convinced they are based upon false premisses . |
| 14 | ‘ I ca n't see the sense in leaving all the work to you , when I have so much time on my hands . ’ |
| 15 | But even as she fumed she could see the sense in his ploy — nobody would be suspicious of his frequent presence in the nightclub if they thought he had something going with Rory . |
| 16 | If he could see the sense behind Darwin 's arguments , it is unlikely that his subscribers would ; and it was for their tastes that he catered . |