Example sentences of "not see [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not seeing Fen for weeks or seeing him and knowing the futility of it all . |
| 2 | Partly because the First Army had not seen service since 1814 ( the Second Army having been responsible for the victories of 1828 – 9 in the Balkans ) , the Russian advance into Poland was hesitant . |
| 3 | I 've seen , I 've I 've not seen brickwork like it . |
| 4 | Ten of the Ver 's 15 miles have not seen water for more than five years . |
| 5 | Zambia had not seen Alix for months , ever since she 'd set up home with the kid with prosthetic limbs who claimed his disfigurement was due to a variety of fantasies , all of which were subject to detail change , and none of which ever sounded convincing . |
| 6 | It was stated that authorities on the Japanese constitution did not see difficulty in fitting security provisions into a treaty or placing it in a discrete American-Japanese treaty . |
| 7 | He did not see size of firm as a particularly important factor in his choice . |
| 8 | Eisenhower , who was not unsympathetic to the plight of the blacks , did not see legislation as the real answer to the problem : " I do not believe you can change the hearts of men with laws and decisions . " |
| 9 | His wife was a kinswoman of the earl 's councillor Sir John Pickering , which implies that Middleton did not see service to Gloucester as an alternative to Northumberland 's lordship . |
| 10 | His wife was a kinswoman of the earl 's councillor Sir John Pickering , which implies that Middleton did not see service to Gloucester as an alternative to Northumberland 's lordship . |
| 11 | Lawrence added : ‘ It must be stressed that we do not see ball-tampering in our domestic game as a serious problem , but we are determined to stamp it out . |
| 12 | Since women do not see housework as a coherent , meaningful structure of tasks demanding their full attention , they are not made dissatisfied by its fragmented nature . |
| 13 | The conservative aspect of the new bourgeoisie is that it establishes a more durable form of capitalism , but as Becker does not see socialism as the only way of ushering in progress , this does not present a problem for him in his depiction of the new corporate bourgeoisie as promoters of development . |
| 14 | She did not see Gedge until six weeks later when he arrived at their door after a minor road accident . |
| 15 | The use of the Soviet army for this purpose ( for example in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan ) gave rise to much dissatisfaction among the troops themselves , who did not see action against Soviet citizens as part of their role . |
| 16 | He said he could not serve on that sub-committeee ( consisting of Brian Close , Bob Appleyard , Phil Sharpe , Bryan Stott , Tony Woodhouse ) ‘ when I do not see eye to eye with them on any subject ’ . |
| 17 | Occasionally it can be achieved by two very different people who may not see eye to eye on a lot of things , but who are determined to try to respect and understand each other for the sake of the man they both love . |
| 18 | America , Britain and France do not see eye to eye . |
| 19 | And if an objective moral standard is thrown over , what is to stop the majority in society — or even a minority in power — from putting away in a mental institution those who do not see eye to eye with them until they are " cured " ? |
| 20 | Bishops were again brought in to arbitrate ; but they did not see eye to eye . |
| 21 | The portly Breton was standing in the town in yesterday 's parliamentary elections but it would appear that he does not see eye to eye with local activists . |
| 22 | Perhaps they can not see potential at a ground shorn of its wooden stands and surrounded by deprivation . |
| 23 | What this means , of course , is that functionalists do not see consciousness as a defining feature of the mental . |
| 24 | ‘ They should not see television as a panacea for all financial ills . ’ |
| 25 | Elizabeth , who met her fiance on holiday five years ago , was described last night as a kind person who ‘ would not see evil in anyone ’ . |
| 26 | ( Caterham , in common with other British sports car manufacturers , does not see marketing as a high priority . |
| 27 | ‘ They accept what has happened ; but they do not see anger as the fuel for vengeance . |
| 28 | Now that he was getting on in years he wanted to take things just that little bit easy , not see patient after patient , cramming in as many as possible , but space them out — eight , ten a day was enough — for with his practice so long established and his clientele so solid he could n't imagine any reason to fear blanks in his appointments book . |
| 29 | In other words not see science in isolation from economics , anthropology , politics — all these disciplines should be working together . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ We 'ave n't seen thoo since t'funeral . ’ |