Example sentences of "see the [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Cabinet has as members ministers who are running major departments , wanting to see the service for which they are responsible improved , but aware that collectively their joint demands could ruin their party 's chances in the next election . |
| 2 | Tate saw clearly the point at issue : ‘ Mr Eliot 's critics are a little less able each year to see the poetry for Westminster Abbey ; the wood is all trees ’ . |
| 3 | 13 months ago schools minister Tim Eggar came to see the problems for himself . |
| 4 | Detective Chief Superintendent Wycliffe and his wife , Helen , were to see the spectacle for the first time ; they were spending a long weekend with the Ballards , who lived on the moor above the town . |
| 5 | When one has told a friend about a stage performance or some media utterance that one feels he should go to see , one has performed that work to the friend and partly negated his need to see the work for himself . |
| 6 | It is not difficult to see the reasons for the Bible 's crucial emphasis on right parental modelling . |
| 7 | ‘ It is easy to see the reasons for pessimism , ’ says an editorial . |
| 8 | Equally , almost half had come to see the company for the first time . |
| 9 | All three on the other hand , and here Blanche was imagining what Parkin might say in his defence once in the interview room , had a good reason to want to see the blame for the murder transferred to Parkin should they have killed Nicola themselves . |
| 10 | On the negative side it is difficult to see the advantage for Bergen Bank , which is getting mixed up with one of the most troublesome members of the already unfortunate Norwegian banking sector , where 1989 loss estimates of NKr1.6bn have been announced . |
| 11 | The radios of the 1940s being comparatively delicate valve affairs prone to water damage , radio contact had been lost with the forward Troops , so the Colonel walked boldly down the road to see the position for himself . |
| 12 | It is more a matter of approaching the book 's arguments from within a milieu of relatively academic contemporary art theory and being unable to see the wood for the trees . |
| 13 | A succession of avoidable mishaps can so sap morale and resources , that it becomes impossible to see the wood for the trees , and your energy is exhausted reacting to emergencies . |
| 14 | possession of detailed knowledge of the issue under negotiation yet able to see the wood for the trees . |
| 15 | It is often difficult for people in organisations to see the wood for the trees , and it is very , easy to concentrate on large amounts of internal detail while ignoring important trends in the outside world . |
| 16 | To be permanently enmeshed in detail is not to see the wood for the trees . |
| 17 | Nourse J in the Chancery Division agreed with the finding of the Special Commissioners and felt that the Inland Revenue had failed to see the wood for the trees ( p457e ) . |
| 18 | As you know arms control negotiations are incredibly detailed and rather arcane subjects , er so it 's a little tricky to see the wood for the trees in this one , but er arms control , obviously C F E — the Conventional Forces in Europe — er is very much an issue that will be on the table . |
| 19 | They are allowed one Int test per round to see the illusion for what it is , although they can also be helped out of the chamber by unaffected comrades . |
| 20 | It is not easy to see the future for the art of jewellery ; it may even be considered that as an art it has not a future . |
| 21 | THE Llandudno flood victims will get a boost today when the Duke of Edinburgh flies in to see the disaster for himself . |
| 22 | What matters at this point is to see the importance for faith and doubt which this claim implies . |
| 23 | The investor may not be happy for the vendor to see the report for different reasons . |
| 24 | He was quick to see the possibilities for travel which the newly invented railways presented , and he reacted speedily when the SS Great Britain ran aground in Dundrum Bay by organizing an excursion to view the stranded ship in 1847 . |
| 25 | Using new technologies to their full potential requires trained people , able to work in small teams with a high level of autonomy and to see the potential for new goods and services . |
| 26 | Even on a clear day in the country , you can look along the tube there , along from Auntie Muriel 's , and not be able to see the city for smog . |
| 27 | However , he was able to see the reason for the added tension on those days and not to allow that to interfere with his overall progress . |
| 28 | I was so pleased to see the advert for the Minitex Knitter ( July MKM ) , because I once had one ! |
| 29 | He remembered her ripping it the day she 'd taken him to see the hens for the first time . |
| 30 | In fact , Steve 's relieved to see the need for his work diminishing . |