Example sentences of "is [adj] see [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The laws are kept because of our faith ; it is possible to see why they have even been called ‘ the secret of our survival ’ . |
| 2 | In that work it is possible to see clearly the relation between his insistence on totality and the Romantic aesthetic of totality as the inner necessity that moulds all works of art . |
| 3 | On a clear day it is possible to see both the English and Bristol Channels ; the distant Quantocks and Mendips frame the Somerset Levels , with Glastonbury Tor rising mysteriously out of the mists . |
| 4 | If blasphemy was ‘ a way of affirming belief , then it is possible to see how Eliot 's most blasphemously despairing poem , ‘ The Hollow Men ’ , led up to his conversion . |
| 5 | Certain drafts of The Cocktail Party , for example , are marked with Mary Trevelyan 's handwritten alterations " as dictated by T. S. E. " From the late Forties she kept a diary of their friendship , and in this it is possible to see how bewildering Eliot could appear , even to those who knew him best . |
| 6 | But while it is impossible to overstress the importance of Cézanne in the emergence of Cubism , it is wrong to see even the earliest Cubist painting simply as a direct continuation of him . |
| 7 | It is interesting to see where the original team has gone . |
| 8 | If you are fortunate enough to have with you one or two baits , and you can flick these to the fish without scaring them off , it is interesting to see how , or even if , they respond . |
| 9 | It is interesting to see how a law has so rapidly effected a dramatic and important change in people 's behaviour concerning safety while travelling where even aggressive publicity campaigns apparently failed to make the necessary impact . |
| 10 | It is interesting to see how close to the wind they sailed ; the results have lessons for collectors today . |
| 11 | The public has become more aware of the importance of groundwater ( it is interesting to see how widely the term aquifer is used in newspapers now compared with during the drought of 1975–76 ) , and public use of the Hydrogeology Group 's enquiry service has increased . |
| 12 | It is interesting to see how many stars you can count inside the ‘ bowl ’ of Corona. 7 × 50 binoculars show at least 15 . |
| 13 | The study of functions was originally an offshoot of the study of properties of curves , geometrically defined , so it is interesting to see how a modern definition of function , expressed in terms of the set concept , is equivalent to what you would , in the case of a real valued function of one real variable , naturally think of as the graph of the function . |
| 14 | Among other features of the road it is interesting to see how it still forms the northern boundary of Kirtlington Park , to the east of the Cherwell , and the southern boundary of Tackley Park , on the other side of the river . |
| 15 | Given this apparent potential it is interesting to see how the various manufacturers are coping with the current market expansion . |
| 16 | And it is interesting to see how Luke works this theme out in his two-volume work . |
| 17 | Most of the time we do not really think about this but sometimes it is interesting to see how our language changes according to the role we play . |
| 18 | As the TEST report on the European railways ( 1984a : 4 ) puts it , ‘ it is interesting to see how apolitical continental European railway decisions often are . |
| 19 | That is why it is sad to see so much bitter polemic springing out of sincere concern . |
| 20 | There has been a lot lately in the Press and on TV about crime and violence and it is sad to see so much wrong being done by the very young of today . |
| 21 | It is impossible to see why such protectionism will make the key players , Philips , SGS-Thomson and Siemens , more competitive against the Japanese firms , NEC and Toshiba , or the American Intel and Motorola . |
| 22 | It is impossible to see how the European Parliament , with its seventy national and political groupings , could ever form coherently enough for true parliamentary debate and opposition to take place . |
| 23 | In which case , it is impossible to see how the plesiosaurs could obtain sufficient quantities of food to survive . |
| 24 | Hence it is easy to see exactly what modules are contained within your database . |
| 25 | On this showing , it is easy to see why . |
| 26 | It is easy to see why a girl might come to this conclusion . |
| 27 | Most of the world 's population have accepted states and powers , and it is easy to see why : life may not be less bloody or dangerous under a sovereign power , but it is more predictable . |
| 28 | It is easy to see why Mr Smith has decided not to target investment income . |
| 29 | It is easy to see why this has become the best-loved of all his works . |
| 30 | It is easy to see why so many people , from Hobbes onwards , have regarded the possession of de facto power , of actual effective power over the behaviour of people , as crucial to the possession of legitimate authority . |