Example sentences of "[not/n't] see [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eliot did not doubt the resilience or resolve of the British people ; but he remarked to me that he could not see a man like Neville Chamberlain coping with a major conflict . |
| 2 | You will not see a goal of more classical quality and execution than this one . |
| 3 | You might look around and not see a tree with any foliage on it whatever ’ . |
| 4 | A garrulous Welshman who could not see a beach without running along it . |
| 5 | The implications of this would seem to be that 1975–85 did not see a process of structural change , but simply the latest in a series of chaotic attempts by central actors to use local government as a means of achieving their ends , without any appreciation of the range of different interests reflected in its various policy networks , and which are also linked by various routes to the still disaggregated parts of the centre . |
| 6 | Although a large ship of the line , she did not see a lot of action during her service . |
| 7 | So Rediffusion engineers do not see a future for monomode fibre except for trunk lines . |
| 8 | When the Renault RSO1 1500 cc turbo-charged car failed on lap 17 of the 1977 British Grand Prix at Silverstone , there must have been many people who did not see a future for this power-booster , particularly as it was the turbo-charger that caused the car 's withdrawal from the race . |
| 9 | Top riders Tony Rickardsson and Chris Louis are already feeling the effects of riding six or seven races every match — and Ipswich can not see an answer in sight . |
| 10 | The company said that it did not see an improvement for the second half . |
| 11 | She can not see an institution without hitting it with her handbag . |
| 12 | ‘ But I can not see the benefit of a league which makes the already rich richer and the other ones poorer . ’ |
| 13 | President Lennart Johansson said last night they are prepared to discuss innovative plans from a group of Europe 's wealthiest clubs , but added : ‘ I can not see the benefit of a league which makes the already rich richer , and the other ones poorer . ’ |
| 14 | They could not see the glow of triumph in his eyes . |
| 15 | It is a sad comment on our society that the Government can not see what they have done to young people and can not see the relationship between what they have done and the crime rate . |
| 16 | Patients may not see the relevance of giving information about their social history when their problem is a physical one — and it may not be . |
| 17 | Pupils could not see the relevance of what they were asked to do and so lost motivation . |
| 18 | Some doctors may not see the relevance of recording details of clinical signs . |
| 19 | Forest loom in the FA Cup in the New Year , and if United , who had their lowest League crowd of the season on Saturday and are now only six points ahead of the bottom club City , still can not see the wood for the trees , somebody will be in for the chop . |
| 20 | But that is a pity , for then they do not see the wood for the trees . |
| 21 | Most clients were too close to their organisation — they could not see the wood for the trees — to solve many of their senior recruiting problems . |
| 22 | He said : ‘ We might not see the day of liberation but it will come . ’ |
| 23 | Pupils are tempted not to do the job properly because they do not see the work as proper' maths . |
| 24 | He was all soft and scummy inside , and greenish , like his eyes , and she stood up and pulled the two halves of his torn torso together like a shirt she was going to button up so she should not see the spilling of his innards . |
| 25 | It was clear that both parties were set on a collision course , and I could not see the possibility of an out-and-out win for Mrs Castle . |
| 26 | Even for you the sun can cause premature ageing , although you might not see the damage until years later . |
| 27 | When people such as Martin , consult me not in order to seek help in overcoming a particular problem , but to help them to understand themselves , their motivation and their spiritual journey better , I do not see the patient at weekly or fortnightly intervals but leave gaps of anything up to six or eight weeks between visits . |
| 28 | I can not see the necessity of the shadow cast by a half-opened drawer in the kitchen table. , It is encouraging to find Fry underlining a point about critical writing — that with a description of a work of art it can be useful to be given an explicit account of how the critic responds . |
| 29 | To begin with you can not see the animal at all , but after you have first noticed it , it becomes obvious . |
| 30 | The Curator did not see the look in Mr Wolski 's eyes as he glanced back to the window and stared again at the wolves outside , who had turned to face the icy wind with narrowed yellow eyes . |