Example sentences of "can see [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I apologize for using the semimetaphorical terms ‘ hard ’ and ‘ soft ’ in this essay , but after puzzling over the matter for some time I can see no other way of setting about it .
2 It is Scottish Opera policy to present their operas in English , and while this can make lengthy recitatives comprehensible to those of us whose Italian is less than fluent , I can see no other advantage .
3 ‘ We can see no other reason why the Government should introduce this bill less than 24 hours before the house rises for Christmas and that they are fundamentally ashamed of it . ’
4 ‘ They might refuse our requests , then we 'd have to declare battle — I can see no other course . ’
5 Perhaps Brian has the apocryphal enormous trouser snake , and has it stuck firmly up Wilko 's arse on a regular basis : - ) ) ) ) I can see no other reason for the failure to drop him .
6 And I can see no other way of proceeding than that in which we proposed at the moment .
7 If there is a real question of law , particularly if it involves matters analogous to or the same as issues of the general law , I can see no reasonable justification for refusing judicial review .
8 In some cases the committee decides that it can see no immediate implications for the firm 's continued registration .
9 Therefore , I can see no immediate obvious or even superficial justification for the provisions .
10 Now I can see no good reason for that being allowable , I 'm not quite sure how you stop it , but I think it it 's , it 's a basic problem with bulk transfer , the individuals do not have a say .
11 I can see no moral difference between seeking out mongol children in the womb to kill them and putting them into gas chambers after birth .
12 But all in all , I can see no genuine reason why I should not undertake this trip .
13 For myself , I can see no relevant distinction between a case where a statute has conferred such final and conclusive jurisdiction and the case where the common law has for 300 years recognised that the visitor 's decision on questions of fact and law are final and conclusive and are not to be reviewed by the courts .
14 I can see no greater option to empower general practitioners than in practices themselves holding funds for purchasing responsibility for their practice population .
15 I can see no logical distinction .
16 I welcome the Secretary of State 's intention to fill in the student gap , but I am bound to say that I can see no logical reason for attempting to collect the 20 per cent .
17 I can see no better way which to make the make the assessment .
18 From the Villa Elena you can see no fewer than eleven extinct volcanos and a distant view of the sea , only slightly marred by smoke belching from an industrial plant two miles away .
19 Where political union and sovereignty are concerned , I can see no natural political affinity between the United Kingdom and Luxembourg — a country with a population smaller than Berkshire — or with Belgium , with its divided population , Holland , with its total dependence on its neighbours , or Italy , which has so much difficulty in implementing EC directives , which moralises over other people 's shortcomings and has a new Government roughly every 18 months .
20 I can see no more reason to doubt but that these causes in a thousand generations would produce a marked effect , and adapt the form of the fox to catching hares instead of rabbits , than that greyhounds can be improved by selection and careful breeding .
21 If the language proves to be ambiguous I can see no sound reason not to consult Hansard to see if there is a clear statement of the meaning that the words were intended to carry .
22 But no , ’ he said regretfully , ‘ I can see no direct comparison at the moment between the merlan and the death of Sir Thomas Throgmorton . ’
23 I can see no constitutional impropriety in this .
24 They can see no obvious salvation in the nationalisation of the car industry , be it under workers ' control or not ’ ( Beynon , 1975 , pp. 318–9 ) .
25 ‘ I can see a slight likeness .
26 In the sections where we have dealt with the psychological aspects of sign language we can see a great deal of information of relevance to psychological theories themselves .
27 a col , because it is no more than I , 200 feet high , but from it in fact you can see a great distance to both north and south , over the low hills and wide , cultivated valleys in the direction of Orthez and Pau , or into the forests and middling mountains towards the frontier .
28 For this reason we can see a little way beyond the horizon H even on the Earth .
29 For example I can see a good case for a local headmaster being a member of the authority , representing educational concerns or for some representations say from significant ethnic groups within the area , but these can be identified and appointed by the authorities themselves , whose local knowledge will lead to far more accurate selection than Whitehall or Whitehall inspired sources .
30 Before we go , a reminder that you can see a new look Central Lobby after our late news this evening .
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