Example sentences of "not see [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps it was also relief at not seeing a flood of overpriced Japanese owned art back on the market , or the sense that the cloud of economic recession might be lifting . |
| 2 | Not seeing the significance at the time of the two articles , or of the prong ( pitchfork ) and shovel that followed them , the two boys finished their frugal breakfast and set out upon their chores . |
| 3 | ‘ Not really ; it was a case of not seeing the wood for the trees . |
| 4 | THE Hitch-hiker 's Guide To Not Seeing The Galaxy Before Your Time : Do n't accept a lift in President Kennedy 's Cadillac , James Dean 's Porsche , Mark Thatcher 's Land-Rover . |
| 5 | ‘ People are just not seeing the value of breast milk , ’ says Alison Spiro , NCT milk-bank coordinator and Parents Family Health Adviser . |
| 6 | For instance , it is difficult not to see a connection between the prejudiced views of heads and teachers involved in ESN-M referral processes and the overrepresentation of Afro-Caribbean children in special schools ( Tomlinson , 1981 ) . |
| 7 | Mungo looked up and was relieved not to see a face at the window . |
| 8 | To be permanently enmeshed in detail is not to see the wood for the trees . |
| 9 | At that moment he reappeared in the kitchen doorway and , seeming not to see the censure in her eyes , or not to care , observed with a dry smile , holding aloft his glass of water , ‘ Handy stuff for putting out fires . ’ |
| 10 | She would have had to be blind not to see the mixture of desire and destruction in the getsure . |
| 11 | She pretended not to see the look of dismay on Martin 's face and continued with her explanation . |
| 12 | erm I think it 's important not to see the city as a sort of down-trodden , poor , hard-working , well , I 'm sure they were hard-working , but very poor people . |
| 13 | She pretended not to see the light in his eyes ; she pretended it was the wind going up her skirt that made her suddenly shiver with apprehension . |
| 14 | Sightless , she smiled thinly and inhumanly ; she who had not seen a smile with which to compare since her girlhood , nor a mirror either . |
| 15 | THERE are very few middle-aged men who have not seen a vision of youthful loveliness and longed to possess it . |
| 16 | Both Sotheby 's and the lawyers for Lord Northampton have assured us that up till now they have not seen a shred of proof . |
| 17 | I 've not seen a lot of it actually , so far . |
| 18 | Absence of such deposits in the late 1980s has not seen a decline in Eurocurrency . |
| 19 | Now how many people have not seen a list of the |
| 20 | Ten out of 23 ( 43 per cent ) children and adolescents had not seen a dentist since their last review . |
| 21 | She had not seen the building for three years and the projecting , metal construction offended her as impetigo would , sprouting from the face of a beautiful woman . |
| 22 | ‘ I am convinced that if the people of Cheltenham had been blind and not seen the colour of John Taylor 's skin he would have been elected , ’ said Mr Nick Leach , secretary of a Cheltenham Tory ward . |
| 23 | He hardly knew a thing about the world and had not seen the sun for twenty-five years . |
| 24 | He had not seen the correspondence about the lines through Denbigh , as his men no longer worked over , nor signed the road to Denbigh . |
| 25 | Although some US rugby enthusiasts were able to tap into these satellite transmissions to view the matches live , the majority have not seen the heroics of the best players in their sport . |
| 26 | If there is doubt about the cause of death — if , for example , the death was sudden and the doctor had not seen the person within fourteen days of death , or if they had no general practitioner , the coroner must be informed , and will decide whether it is necessary to hold a post mortem . |
| 27 | I 've not seen the wife for a month . ’ |
| 28 | He was a lawyer who had not seen the Shah for the last twenty years . |
| 29 | Instead , we shall zoom in on the ‘ new boys ’ two of which are far from new and have not seen the light of day for many a long year . |
| 30 | You may also have to state facts which are obvious to you , but not to cousins who have not seen the family for several years . |