Example sentences of "see the [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given this state of affairs , one would expect to see the country 's leadership showing greater interest in markets and their expansion . |
| 2 | Although the Court refused to answer the Article 7 question , given its response to the argument based on Article 3 , common lawyers will be pleased to see the Court 's comment on one aspect of the Article 7 argument . |
| 3 | Official guides will explain the functions of the various parts of the building and children will be able to see the court 's family of ducks . |
| 4 | That has been said and again I went to see the Treasurer 's Department this morning and have been assured that ours is a viable budget . |
| 5 | Imagine what it is like to sit through a meeting , go to the theatre or try to follow a further education class if it is essential to see the speaker 's face in order to understand what is said . |
| 6 | Only Mr. Smith said he had been able to see the man 's face . |
| 7 | He wanted to turn the lamp up , to see the man 's eyes better . |
| 8 | Nogent is a small industrial town to the north of Paris and thousands of Parisians will travel there to see the Tour 's heroes . |
| 9 | The fact that we are here again , just as keen to see the King 's Cross project coming into being , demonstrates clearly that the two schemes are and always have been separate . |
| 10 | We peeped through the Hole in the Wall to see the Queen 's Head . |
| 11 | She was just thinking dizzily that perhaps it was what she really should do , in order to get Dr Russell out of her system , when Sharon Blackett 's fat file was dumped unceremoniously on top of the rest of the paperwork and she looked up to see the endocrinologist 's painfully disturbing form looming over her . |
| 12 | The trees poise to eject leaves and hurl them at the wind , there is nobody in the big house to see the park 's invasion by the people , the iron benches under the elms are empty , each foot curling into a clutch of leaves . |
| 13 | He loves to see the company 's products being advertised , being stocked in the shops . |
| 14 | When buying , ask to see the manufacturer 's certificate from an independent test house that guarantees the effectiveness of the model in question . |
| 15 | Cross took him to Stratford to see the Bard 's work , ‘ but he wanted the comfort of the BBC and the ‘ Carry Ons ’ ' . |
| 16 | It is not hard to see the sponsor 's reasoning , of course . |
| 17 | Most would like to see the auditor 's period away from the audit in question extended from the proposed two years ( which , as Touche Ross says , ‘ could lead to this guidance being perceived as a cosmetic exercise' ) , but can not agree over how long . |
| 18 | This was to see the Sadler 's Wells Royal Ballet dance Les Sylphides , and The Two Pigeons , at a performance commemorating the life and work of the late Sir Frederick Ashton , who gave us so many wonderful productions . |
| 19 | ‘ I am sixty-five , ’ she lied , and was gratified to see the Matron 's eyebrows raised . |
| 20 | Both parties are looking at the project from different angles , so it is not surprising if each fails to see the other 's viewpoint . |
| 21 | High handedness may be the result of nervousness on their part which could be defused if you both take the trouble to see the other 's point of view . |
| 22 | Even ten years after the re-establishment of monarchy , those in power were not keen to see the Protectorate 's most eloquent defender openly engage in the unmistakable political rhetoric of the tract and pamphlet . |
| 23 | It was worth more than £1 to her to see the child 's face ; and again as she watched from beyond the crowd — for she waited a little once she got free of the press . |
| 24 | ‘ Will you take me to see the badger 's sett soon ? ’ said Oliver , driving a hard bargain . |
| 25 | Easton was not randomly chosen for the location of this research , but purposely selected because it is an area of Belfast where routine policing is possible as a result of the virtual absence of political violence in the locale , whether Catholic or Protestant in origin ( and , as later chapters will show , it is a mistake to see the RUC 's relationship with Catholics only as problematic ) . |
| 26 | It was possible , even in the flickering half-light , to see the shepherd 's shoulders relax a little and then stiffen again . |
| 27 | They were also indebted to Southwood forward Steve Lynch who , having found himself through of goal , looked over his shoulder to see the linesman 's flag raised and tapped the ball back to Gardner . |
| 28 | The development of a right of parents and pupils to see the pupil 's personal school record has not been a specifically education issue but has arisen as part of the wider campaign for access to personal records . |
| 29 | Some 15,000 spectators — mostly from California — had come to see the world 's greatest horse , who had top weight of nine stone three pounds in a field of eleven . |
| 30 | I was determined to see the world 's first dawn , and to greet the first people on the planet — true Pacific people at that — who were planning to take a stab at their day . |