Example sentences of "not see the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I can not see the benefit of a league which makes the already rich richer and the other ones poorer . ’ |
| 2 | President Lennart Johansson said last night they are prepared to discuss innovative plans from a group of Europe 's wealthiest clubs , but added : ‘ I can not see the benefit of a league which makes the already rich richer , and the other ones poorer . ’ |
| 3 | They could not see the glow of triumph in his eyes . |
| 4 | It is a sad comment on our society that the Government can not see what they have done to young people and can not see the relationship between what they have done and the crime rate . |
| 5 | Patients may not see the relevance of giving information about their social history when their problem is a physical one — and it may not be . |
| 6 | Pupils could not see the relevance of what they were asked to do and so lost motivation . |
| 7 | Some doctors may not see the relevance of recording details of clinical signs . |
| 8 | Forest loom in the FA Cup in the New Year , and if United , who had their lowest League crowd of the season on Saturday and are now only six points ahead of the bottom club City , still can not see the wood for the trees , somebody will be in for the chop . |
| 9 | But that is a pity , for then they do not see the wood for the trees . |
| 10 | Most clients were too close to their organisation — they could not see the wood for the trees — to solve many of their senior recruiting problems . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ We might not see the day of liberation but it will come . ’ |
| 12 | Pupils are tempted not to do the job properly because they do not see the work as proper' maths . |
| 13 | He was all soft and scummy inside , and greenish , like his eyes , and she stood up and pulled the two halves of his torn torso together like a shirt she was going to button up so she should not see the spilling of his innards . |
| 14 | It was clear that both parties were set on a collision course , and I could not see the possibility of an out-and-out win for Mrs Castle . |
| 15 | Even for you the sun can cause premature ageing , although you might not see the damage until years later . |
| 16 | When people such as Martin , consult me not in order to seek help in overcoming a particular problem , but to help them to understand themselves , their motivation and their spiritual journey better , I do not see the patient at weekly or fortnightly intervals but leave gaps of anything up to six or eight weeks between visits . |
| 17 | I can not see the necessity of the shadow cast by a half-opened drawer in the kitchen table. , It is encouraging to find Fry underlining a point about critical writing — that with a description of a work of art it can be useful to be given an explicit account of how the critic responds . |
| 18 | To begin with you can not see the animal at all , but after you have first noticed it , it becomes obvious . |
| 19 | The Curator did not see the look in Mr Wolski 's eyes as he glanced back to the window and stared again at the wolves outside , who had turned to face the icy wind with narrowed yellow eyes . |
| 20 | Unhappily , she averted her head so that he could not see the glimmer of tears that smarted behind her eyelids . |
| 21 | Yes , now I can not see the logic of allowing all this leisure to catch people to come into Standlake for leisure and they put a gipsy site next door to a residential — well , no , not residential , it 's a holiday park . |
| 22 | ‘ I can not see the logic in leaving him behind . ’ |
| 23 | I could not see the cairn from here . |
| 24 | From where I sat I could not see the clock on the mantelpiece . |
| 25 | The court also absolved General Jorge Rabanal , who led the operation , on the grounds that from his post he could not see the slaughter of the prisoners . |
| 26 | I could not see the state of the causeway . |
| 27 | She could not see the state of Eleanor 's neck because Eleanor wore the collar of her crisp white blouse up . |
| 28 | Always going on about the Fate of the Graduate Wife and how she 's fed up being a cabbage — well as far as I 'm concerned I can not see the call for langwidge . |
| 29 | The Computer Users Group should not see the collation of hardware requests from end users as their primary function . |
| 30 | JTR ‘ did not see the glen to the greatest advantage ; the weather was too fine . ’ |