Example sentences of "be [adj] to see the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Collector had been unable to see the latter part of this action , which had taken place in thick yellow dust and smoke ( the snow having mysteriously ceased ) . |
| 2 | It is pleasant to see the same easy charm , quiet confidence and obliging manner re-establish itself in the new generation of ownership . |
| 3 | It 's easy to see the same thing happening today ; when the United States troops went to Somalia , earlier this year , their officers had hardly anything to do with the local experts , preferring to stick with their prejudices about the lack of intelligence of those whose skins were not the same colour as their own . |
| 4 | It is great to see the same faces each time I come back . |
| 5 | It is great to see the same faces each time I come back . |
| 6 | It was possible to see the same sort of divide as at the commercial end : every second house had been restored and repainted , with extensions sprouting in the gaps between them . |
| 7 | It was interesting to see the many impromptu sketches made in situ , often as skilled as the finished work . |
| 8 | I WAS interested to see the All Blacks trial teams that were announced last week . |
| 9 | A fortnight later , on the plains of the Namoi , Gould was thrilled to see the same bird in such great numbers that , when Natty drove them up before him , ‘ eight fell to a single discharge' of his gun . |