Example sentences of "not see the [noun sg] of " 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | Pupils could not see the relevance of what they were asked to do and so lost motivation . |
| 6 | Some doctors may not see the relevance of recording details of clinical signs . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ We might not see the day of liberation but it will come . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Unhappily , she averted her head so that he could not see the glimmer of tears that smarted behind her eyelids . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I could not see the state of the causeway . |
| 15 | She could not see the state of Eleanor 's neck because Eleanor wore the collar of her crisp white blouse up . |
| 16 | The Computer Users Group should not see the collation of hardware requests from end users as their primary function . |
| 17 | Our experiments with Zeta are only the first milestone along what may be a longish road , and we can not see the end of the road . |
| 18 | Unless a man is born anew , he can not see the kingdom of God . " |
| 19 | He says this over and over again in verse three , unless one is born again he can not see the Kingdom of God . |
| 20 | Kellett-Bowman ) asked in her characteristically robust way why the Labour party and the Liberal Democrats do not see the urgency of this matter . |
| 21 | It might be that the individual does not see the value of climbing a mountain ; or perhaps does not have the confidence to set about the task . |
| 22 | If it can not see the source of the danger , it can not turn to face it and lash out in defence — there is nothing there at which to lash out . |
| 23 | How very odd that she could not see the source of the light , but could see the light itself . |
| 24 | They witness to a certainty that all the diversity of living beings are a part of a transcendent unifying spiritual whole which is by definition difficult to grasp in its totality ; individual dancers can not see the pattern of the whole dance — that is perceived only from outside . |
| 25 | It is essential that the members of a history department do not see the introduction of National Curriculum history as their entire curriculum . |
| 26 | The nationalists do not see the emergence of nationalism in this way . |
| 27 | There was a phrase screeched into the microphone by a hoarse-voiced member of Socialist Workers ' Students ' Organization : ‘ The government must be deaf , dumb and blind if they do not see the madness of this war . ’ |
| 28 | He could see Prussian soldiers running away in the undergrowth and he felt the fierce exultation of a cavalryman given a helpless enemy to slaughter , but he did not see the batter of guns concealed in the deep shadows at the edge of the wood , nor the Prussian artillery officer who shouted , ‘ Fire ! ’ |
| 29 | The Feminine Mystique , which dared to put the silent question , did not see the light of day until 1963 , when it sold three million copies , but it was already being written and its audience was waiting . |
| 30 | ‘ We all know about criminal cases and traffic offences , but there are many aspects of the work of the Magistrates Court which do not see the light of day as far as the general public are concerned , for example juvenile and matrimonial cases . |