Example sentences of "not see the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It appears that Moore 's observations were based on preserved specimens : he could not see the inner rows . |
| 2 | Yet the Palestinians could not see the illusory quality of such conspiracies . |
| 3 | Certainly we should not see the Minoan frescoes as simple interior decoration . |
| 4 | This new position was achieved only as a result of continuous warfare ; there was hardly a year in the third century that did not see the Roman army engaged in some campaign . |
| 5 | President Mitterrand does not see the European Council , as de Gaulle saw the Fouchet plan , as a means of stalling European integration . |
| 6 | for their part , the British did not see the Canadian proposal as much of a compromise , and indeed seemed already to have given up on the conference . |
| 7 | Because the way the English drive , on the wrong side , with the brim — ’ and to illustrate her point , Madame put a hand up to her right eye , ‘ with the brim comme ça they can not see the oncoming traffic ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm going to bed , ’ she muttered , averting her face so that he would not see the heated flush that stained her cheeks . |
| 9 | Mrs Puri did not see the New Year in , but the following day she celebrated the event in her own inimitable fashion . |
| 10 | I do not see the theological basis on which we can go on saying that the human species is of such overwhelming and unique and colossal significance that it justifies as a matter of course the institutional exploitation of billions of other species . |
| 11 | I asked someone , since the crowd was so dense that one could not see the tiny figure in mink and brocade . |
| 12 | So he did not see the young photographer who was now taking pictures of the King … |
| 13 | He did not see the young lady but found a small sculptured image of Our Lady . |
| 14 | When Rosa looked at the Madonna of the Spasm , she did not see the immaculate mother , the tower of ivory , the fountain sealed , the spring shut up , the enclosed garden of the Madonna 's perpetual virginity . |
| 15 | He could not see the distinctive yellow of Frances 's car . |
| 16 | It said that the governors ‘ do not see the immediate necessity for applying to the Crown for a Royal Charter to be granted to this Institution ’ but that ‘ every facility ’ would be given to the veterinary surgeons ‘ for procuring an Act of Parliament to prevent certain grievances complained of by the Memorial , which could not be relieved by a Charter ’ . |
| 17 | He thanked her , and said that near it would do ; he could not see the well-groomed equipage negotiating the Bell o' the Brae . |
| 18 | The usual advice is to prepare the ground by digging two spits deep , but we are rarely given an explanation why , and for that very reason , therefore , we do not see the correct way to do it . |
| 19 | We can not see the official tests showing which cars cause least pollution or have the best safety features . |
| 20 | But you know , what an awful Scotch thick-head I am , and that I never give up a thing , before I do not see the absolute impossibility . ’ |
| 21 | Looking ahead , Landau does not see the general environment about to change drastically . |
| 22 | She was now in a long , dark room with doors all round the walls , and she could not see the White Rabbit anywhere . |
| 23 | They do not see the antiquated Gloria combine harvesters or the Transylvanian wheat fields bloodshot with poppies : charming to the eye , but evidence of faltering investment in machinery and decent fertilisers . |
| 24 | He does not see the different plants like an agriculturalist , nor the medicinal roots like a physician , but everything that he sees with his material eyes he secretly contemplates in his mind through spiritual vision . |
| 25 | In the near-total darkness Dong could not see the old coolie stretched out on the muddy floor beside them . |
| 26 | Julia closed her eyes , so that Comfort should not see the sudden dislike that she felt . |
| 27 | Victoria , at last , went to sleep and did not see the slow beginnings of London nor wake when the train finally halted at the arched and echoing terminus . |
| 28 | I left the old Frenchman still puffing away at his pipe and returned through the village to the orchard next to Brigade H.Q I had a feeling that I would not see the French family again . |
| 29 | This whole scale concept across the entire fretboard is a powerful way of improving your familiarity with the fretboard , although you might not see the full implications of this exercise until you memorise it in all keys . |
| 30 | Sheldrake , however , does not see the formative field or morphogenetic field as being electro-magnetic , but capable of acting in liaison with electro-magnetic fields that influence morphogenesis . |