Example sentences of "could see no [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | as if they were stuck in the 1950s , the civil servants could see no way in which consumer , environmentalist or the broader public interest could be represented . |
| 2 | Chapman could see no advantage in it and Buchan dismissed it as a ‘ stunt ’ . |
| 3 | She had also become agnostic , and could see no sense in expecting a God to take the slightest interest in St Andrew 's . |
| 4 | They could see no enemy in the long-shadowed landscape , but they knew the ambushers had to be close . |
| 5 | She could see no future in her clandestine relationship . |
| 6 | He could see no future in the drover 's life and had travelled around the north earning his living , usually with animals but often through casual farmwork . |
| 7 | He could see no future in their hopelessly optimistic sales forecasts . |
| 8 | The servants did not want to offend their young master , and Mrs Reed could see no fault in her dear boy . |
| 9 | He could see no improvement in prospect anywhere . |
| 10 | I was told that when the Cabinet got my report of what the Tans had done Churchill said he could see no harm in it . ’ |
| 11 | The pictures of her life yet to come were as vivid , and yet she could see no meaning in them . |
| 12 | I did at one stage : I could see no point in living and I believed death would be an easier option . |
| 13 | I could see no point in the takeover either for Andrew Stavanger personally , or for the T. and T. company . |
| 14 | As much put out by the ticket inspector 's attitude as his demand for money , he paid and duly wrote to BR to complain saying he ‘ could see no justification in the circumstances for the excess charge . ’ |
| 15 | He disliked the work at the boys club because the teenagers misbehaved , and because he could see no use in the work . |