Example sentences of "they see [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | and erm B and Q or wha any of those retail shops may be er that box that they see on a on an estate now but er it is a huge organization . |
| 2 | So this opportunity depends on a difference of opinion : investors thinking that prices are going to carry on rising , while firms rush to exploit what they see as a temporary state of affairs . |
| 3 | Some reserve a special anger for France , the Maghreb 's former colonial power , because of what they see as a betrayal of its politique Arabe . |
| 4 | But the British and American governments are opposed to what they see as a diversion of the bank 's core activities in encouraging private enterprise in eastern Europe . |
| 5 | The fact that there are parts of Britain which have clambered out of real poverty , and primitive housing , within the lifetime of my own generation they see as a hope and a challenge . |
| 6 | But they also know that it need not achieve the sort of certainty that leads theologians to drive wedges between faith and reason , or faith and history , in a desperate attempt to achieve a level of conviction that is impossible in what they see as a hostile rather than a mature scientific environment . |
| 7 | As North 's tawdry tale unfolded one was reminded of the 1962 novel Seven Days in May — which tells how a group of disaffected American generals plan to overthrow what they see as a weak and ineffective president by a military coup . |
| 8 | Undoubtedly in the case of the Mail , this policy stems from their strong middle class female readership profile , but other papers have also given regular space to mental handicap issues within what they see as a ‘ crusading ’ role towards the British public . |
| 9 | It is a feature of modern administration in medical care at any level , whether the team on the ward or the hospital board or any other body , that they assert and seek to defend what they see as a right to autonomy and self-government , while using and distributing to a greater or lesser extent public resources . |
| 10 | But the ever-increasing majority of church members who want women to be ordained as priests have consciences too : they are hurt by the slowness of the Church of England 's response and feel bound to follow what they see as a movement of the Holy Spirit in our time . |
| 11 | Although sociologists try to go beyond working within what they see as a narrow ‘ social problem ’ framework , this does not mean that their research can not provide insights and suggestions potentially relevant to practitioners and policy-makers . |
| 12 | MP after MP is returning from awkward constituency surgeries in the shires with tales of hard-saving but far-from-affluent constituents , Tory to the marrow , boiling with rage at what they see as a government out of touch and misdirected . |
| 13 | Some of the older men are also alarmed at what they see as a move away from conciliatory enforcement . |
| 14 | This mechanism is social stratification , which they see as a system which attaches unequal rewards and privileges to the different positions in society . |
| 15 | They come in , widen a few roads , build a couple of schools , and keep a firm hold over what they see as a bunch of ‘ upstart blacks ’ . ’ |
| 16 | Some people would like to stop these changes and go back to what they see as a purer and simpler age . |
| 17 | Koontz , O'Donnell and Weihrich formulate the principle that ‘ since people tend to follow those whom they see as a means of satisfying their own personal goals , the more managers understand what motivates their subordinates and how these motivations operate , and the more they reflect this understanding in carrying out their managerial actions , the more effective leaders they are likely to be . ’ |
| 18 | Shop stewards and employees at the factory are angered by what they see as a sell out of British workers : |
| 19 | Traders have hit back with a T shirt campaign , warning town shoppers and town planners alike of what they see as a threat to the very fabric of the town centre . |
| 20 | Stalinist And once again the mad axemen from Wapping and elsewhere will be sharpening their stilettos ( knives not heels ) in the hope of finally despatching the manager they see as a soccer Satanist . |
| 21 | Senior BBC executives in Scotland are now concerned at what they see as a crucial shift in the balance of power to London . |
| 22 | Many senior executives are now concerned at what they see as a crucial shift in the balance of power from Scotland to London . |