Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [adv] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are not words for physical things , like objects or parts of the body , but for states or processes that we can not physically see or feel . |
| 2 | If I am serious , I can not simply see the preservation of the countryside as a desire of a few people like myself , to be weighed in the balance against the desires of others for holidays abroad , when it comes to deciding on whether a new airport should be built in some place of outstanding beauty . |
| 3 | ‘ I can not honestly see that a system which would require us to compromise the morning after the election is really so morally inferior to a system which has already obliged us to compromise our policies two years before polling day . ’ |
| 4 | You can not even see it as a star in your sky . |
| 5 | What is more , we can not even see the processes going on today that might lead to such extinctions . |
| 6 | In the more general case , in which there is no direct estimate of the expected variable , one can not merely see the actual value of a variable as a measure of the rational expectation of that variable , despite the fact that the two should differ only by a random error . |
| 7 | I confess I can not really see worm watching catching on as a mass pursuit with worm watcher clubs and organised field visits , but I did hear of an infants ' school where the worm has joined the tadpole as a creature for study . |
| 8 | The children are not being asked to do the exercises as a matter of course , when they can not really see the point . |
| 9 | We must therefore allow for this even if we can not always see it . |
| 10 | They do not expect him to lose but can not quite see how he is going to win . |
| 11 | He knows where it is even though he can not currently see it . |
| 12 | Othello can not now see anything but dirt , Iago 's dirt . |
| 13 | The woods and walks surrounding the old Sussex manor house are peopled by children who died young ; the visitor , who is the narrator , is aware of them , but can not actually see them ; his hostess , who is vividly aware of the children 's presence , is blind . |
| 14 | The commanders can not actually see what Lord Raglan intends to refer to . |
| 15 | It is much easier to talk about something or explain if you have it in front of you and even though the listener can not actually see it you will be able to paint a mental picture for him . |
| 16 | Because one can not actually see such services they are referred to as ‘ invisible ’ exports or imports . |
| 17 | He has little knowledge of a shepherd 's life since he writes his idyllic poem from the town , as a wealthy poet , and can not possibly see the reality as one would have it from experienced eyes . |