Example sentences of "as [pron] can see " in BNC.
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| 1 | The amount of new housing in Northern Ireland , as everyone can see , has changed the housing situation from one of the worst in Europe to one of the best in Europe . |
| 2 | ‘ She has n't got any extensions as far as I can see , ’ I said . |
| 3 | ‘ So far as I can see it 's practically certain Mr Merrivale was in there with her early on in the night , ’ said Ethel . |
| 4 | ‘ As far as I can see only Mr Merrivale is in the clear ’ , went on Mary . |
| 5 | As far as I can see , the only way to do this is to adopt a behaviouristic approach to this knowledge and characterize it as an ability to discriminate visual objects . |
| 6 | ‘ So far as I can see , he only thinks about snooker , his girlfriend and pop music . |
| 7 | I am opposed to judicial corporal punishment , always have been and , so far as I can see , always shall be . |
| 8 | ‘ The only way to change Ray MacSharry 's mind , so far as I can see , is before he makes it up . |
| 9 | I just wish the Tories had some fresh ideas , precious few around as far as I can see . |
| 10 | ‘ No chance at all , as far as I can see . |
| 11 | Of course , helicopters can hover , while , so far as I can see , light planes can rarely drop to less than 90 miles per hour , so when there is a choice , it is best to shoot from helicopters . |
| 12 | This may well be a little rose-tinted , but that weighty , bulldog clip-around-the-nose sensation appears to have been with me and indeed to have shaped me — not only me , but my nose ; not only my nose , but my personality — for as far back as I can see . |
| 13 | As far as I can see , money spent on royalty is money burnt . |
| 14 | True , the attraction of becoming ‘ British ’ is a big one , but as far as I can see it is the only one . |
| 15 | And wo n't be the last , as far as I can see ! ’ |
| 16 | So far as I can see , we 'd be doing him a favour . ’ |
| 17 | I once heard a couple making plans and counter-plans for a family outing ; after much discussion one of them said , ‘ As far as I can see , there are disadvantages in all those schemes . ’ |
| 18 | Industrial Action and we 're only three days back in January before the Prelims , so as far as I can see that is St Agnes 's Eve out the window . |
| 19 | What I find a bit puzzling is that , as far as I can see , automatic inspection of passports will eliminate the keen-eyed , guilt-inducing gaze from the man behind the desk who presumably , is looking for doctored documents , suspicious photographs and forged visas and stamps . |
| 20 | ‘ As far as I can see she simply ran and he ran after her , but there are other tracks there , I think the boy 's . ’ |
| 21 | Mandy Hudson , 34 , of Stourbridge , West Midlands , said : ‘ As far as I can see this spells the beginning of the end of the British monarchy . |
| 22 | ‘ As far as I can see , putting together an international programme would not present too many problems — and it would be nice if we could tie in something with Australia as well . ’ |
| 23 | So far as I can see , there are about 16m private motorists ; 10m I would like to insure , and I think we might end up insuring 3m . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ The only mistake , as far as I can see , is in Brackenbury giving me intelligence of their plan today instead of tomorrow . |
| 25 | And when he came into the Pincushion Room and rested his elbows on the window-ledge , he would look out of the window at the garden bright with midsummer sun or bathed in moonlight and think , all this is mine , that garden , that fruit cage within the flint walls , that lake , the Little Wood , as far as I can see on either side of me and in front of the house and behind , all that is mine … |
| 26 | Mr Beecham placed the last sheet of stiff paper on top of a number of others and raised his gaze again to Joe , who was sitting opposite to him , and continued , ‘ There is no obstacle to your inheritance , as I can see . |
| 27 | Writes all day long , but as far as I can see never sells a word . |
| 28 | this makes quick reference easier as I can see at a glance whether the magazine has the pattern I am looking for . |
| 29 | So far as I can see , even a partisan of naturalistic epistemology is not committed to finding general characterizations or explanations of justification or reliability . |
| 30 | soc : As far as I can see , your contribution to basic knowledge is well and truly ignored . |