Example sentences of "see the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the early days I had been a bit disappointed that the NUJ had n't immediately leapt to John 's defence , but ever since I had first been to see the General Secretary , Harry Conroy , and his assistant , Tom Nash , the union had done what it could to respond to what was asked of them . |
| 2 | Failure to see the general principle that lies behind such simple , common-know edge , facts as these has often led anthropologists to write a great deal of nonsense . |
| 3 | After he 'd been offered the job Archie had been taken over the new building to see the general layout . |
| 4 | Since evidence suggests that humans also possess binocular cortical neurones and that their connections with the left and right eyes are susceptible to modification , as with the cat and monkey ( Aslin and Banks , 1978 ) , it is not difficult to see the possible extrapolation from the cellular to the hemispheric level ( see also Kinsbourne , 1975b ) . |
| 5 | Compare the problems in Glen Nevis where in summer traffic all but grinds to a halt , to see the possible outcome . |
| 6 | Every woman in the church was waiting to see the young man 's face , and he knew it . |
| 7 | But most of all eagles wanted to see the young take flight , and venture away from their parents and explore the world where they , like the adults , must learn to survive the winter . |
| 8 | Years ago when I used to see the young masters going off to their boarding schools … you too , I used to envy you all . |
| 9 | At times of apparent stability , contentment , and political success , there has been a tendency to see the political culture in idealized terms , to hold it aloft and laud it as a culture to be admired and possibly even envied . |
| 10 | So far I have written about what may be carried ‘ in the mind ’ of workers and managers and attempted to see the political implications of the relations that ensue . |
| 11 | Letters have been flooding in from viewers desperate to see the Spanish soap from the axe in just a few weeks . |
| 12 | Worst for Mr Clinton , he might jilt California only to see the Supreme Court decide for state over federal rights , thus losing face for nothing . |
| 13 | After all our travels we were sorry to see the trusty GRiD go . |
| 14 | In the first , Private View , Ferdinand is invited to see the redecorated flat and newly acquired possessions of two old friends , Michael and Vera , played by Ian Richardson and Zena Walker . |
| 15 | It is good to see the increasing use of TOP techniques , such as brainstorming , in people 's day to day jobs , as well as on specific projects . |
| 16 | As a reviewer it 's nice to see the occasional idea being taken up . |
| 17 | Just before leaving , glance up to the left to see the glazed window through which Franz Kafka gazed upon Catholic services in church from his parents ' flat next door . |
| 18 | He went to the door , opened it and looked down the steps expecting to see the burly figure of the constable emerge and climb the steps to meet him , but to John 's surprise there was nobody at all . |
| 19 | While I stress that we believe that the safest limit is no alcohol at all , we should be reluctant to see the Metropolitan police in London entering railway property willy-nilly to enforce the provisions of the Bill . |
| 20 | For centuries the practice of philosophy has been overwhelmingly the prerogative of men but it is only recently that feminist analysis has made it possible to see the distorting effect of this historical fact . |
| 21 | The long corporate ownership by the abbey enables us to see the early arrangement ; the charter details survive and the ‘ focal place ’ of each period can be defined . |
| 22 | In short of having before your Lordship a very complicated er array of procedural options , er the , the view that has been taken by , my lead was the most appropriate er course was to come and argue the issue substantially and then in the light of what your Lordship rules thereafter to see the best way forward in terms of further procedural applications to your Lordship . |
| 23 | If hon. Members are dissatisfied with my list , I can also cite the example of a distinguished former Member of the House , Mr. Alick Buchanan-Smith , whose principled support of devolution all his political life was , among many other factors , a proper mark of his integrity and desire to see the best government for Scotland . |
| 24 | ‘ With the highlights package , now at last they will be able to see the best cricket at the time they will want to watch it . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ With the highlights package , now at last they will be able to see the best cricket at the time they will want to watch it . ’ |
| 26 | Summer approaches and with it comes the summer grass court season , your chance to see the best players in the world . |
| 27 | The idea that people needed to be shown from where to view the lakes , hills and mountains developed into the ‘ stations ’ or points from which to see the best views to the best vantage . |
| 28 | For years those fans have suffered the frustration of supporting the team through thick and thin only to see the best seats at big matches filled by the detested ‘ fur-coat brigade ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'd like to see the best refs take the best games . |
| 30 | This sector was to see the bloodiest encounters — and some of the most grisly reporting — of the entire war . |