Example sentences of "the [noun sg] see the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inroads staff had the opportunity to see the video at total quality teamwork evenings which took place in the Banfield Bowling Club near Inroads ' McLeod Street headquarters . |
| 2 | However the wording of the Act refers to the person the child lives with rather than any third party regarded as rejecting the opportunity to see the child . |
| 3 | ‘ What I 'm saying is that unless you take the opportunity to see the system installed and working you 'll be missing the chance of increasing your knowledge of the product and thereby depriving yourself of valuable information . |
| 4 | Whoever wrote the prologue saw the compilation of a law-code , rightly or wrongly , not in the context of earlier Roman legislation , which culminated in the Theodosian Code , but in that of the pronouncement of law by the law-men of small communities . |
| 5 | Despite the support of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and his ruling Progressive Conservative Party ( PCP ) , together with the two main opposition parties , the Liberals and the New Democratic Party ( NDP ) , the referendum saw the agreement win substantial approval only in Newfoundland , New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island . |
| 6 | The subject is the saint after his martyr 's death , the result of being flayed alive , with his skin over his shoulder like a cloak ; go around behind the statue to see the face , with hair , beard and eye holes . |
| 7 | The nomes waiting in the hedge by the side of the lane saw the driver get out , look at the signs , and … |
| 8 | Helping the sufferer to see the pattern of previous illness and the principles of future recovery . |
| 9 | But once the user sees the system , channels of communication will open . |
| 10 | But once the user sees the potential of the system , a change in attitude takes place . |
| 11 | The driver saw the garage door spring upwards . |
| 12 | But the Russian saw the look in his eyes . |
| 13 | The Duchess saw the fear on her young friend 's face . |
| 14 | The sister saw the bucket near Dame Frances ’ feet before she closed the door and ran to raise the alarm for help . |
| 15 | Downtown is awash in a torrent of languages ; you only have to ride the subway to see the city is no longer the prim , white Anglo-Celtic centre of 40 years ago . |
| 16 | The carrier saw the person he was going to carry . |
| 17 | An inventor , a scientist or an entrepreneur projects into the future to see the result of his gadget , his experiment or his enterprise . |
| 18 | When the defender sees the attack coming , he steps back smartly and at the same time raises his hand to execute an inside block . |
| 19 | Fly to New York and skate on the Rockefeller ice rink before trudging through the snow to see The Nutcracker Suite at the Lincoln Center . |
| 20 | The boom saw the generalization and expansion of state welfare provisions , unprecedented attempts by governments to plan for economic growth and shape industrial structures , and some experiments in worker involvement in the direction of enterprises . |
| 21 | Those not inclined to make the detour to see the Casa Litta will content themselves with turning right earlier , into Via Durini . |
| 22 | The Express and the Mail saw the Empire Crusade as a means of uniting the Empire by encouraging free trade within it and both newspapers gave publicity and financial support to those by-election candidates who promised to uphold that line in Parliament . |
| 23 | If the seal sees the bear coming from far-enough away , it can escape . |
| 24 | At least six people at the showroom saw the man , who 's described as white , in his late twenties , around 5 feet 6 , slim with a neat beard and dark brown hair . |
| 25 | All in all , these , along with the changes in numbers and size of dendritic spines , are what one might expect if , when the chick pecks the bead and learns the association between the pecking and the bitter taste , there is a synaptic reorganization in IMHV and LPO to code for — or represent — this new association and the resulting change in behaviour — that is , to say ‘ do n't peck ’ instead of ‘ do peck ’ when the chick sees the bead a second time . |
| 26 | This is not only expressed through direct welfare , housing and educational provision to families which helps to ensure an adequate supply of suitable labour , but also in the reproduction of wider ideologies of popular consent which make it difficult for the rule to see the possibility of any other form of economic and political organization . |
| 27 | Sarah , who had leaned out of the window to see the house , sat down again , smiling and blinking at the water drawn into her eyes by the cold and the wind . |
| 28 | Then Dad shot home the bolt , though this did n't stop us opening the window to see the end of the rumpus . |
| 29 | Hundreds of fans queued for hours in the cold to see the pop group EMF stage a special concert in their home town . |
| 30 | While the girl sees the trip as a reasonable privilege for a fourteen-year-old , you recognize that she and a group of young teenagers are not ready to handle the responsibilities and possible risks involved . |