Example sentences of "can [adv] see the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the creation of some , and the perpetuation of most , of these mevleviyets where the reason for raising the status of the kadilik is not immediately apparent one can perhaps see the operation of a factor which greatly influenced the elaboration of the learned hierarchy , namely the sheer numbers of those seeking posts . |
| 2 | Furthermore one can perhaps see the solution to which Tolkien , in his philological way , was drawn , namely to present the First Age as ‘ a complex of divergent texts interlinked by commentary ’ ( UT , p. 1 ) , the texts themselves being supposedly written by Men , of different periods , looking back across the ages to vast rumours of whose truth they knew only part . |
| 3 | At any time , you can only see the cel directly preceding the one you 're working on . |
| 4 | The damn window 's wide open across there and I can only see the gramophone . |
| 5 | It 's so cack When you 're doing the running , you 're running from behind , you can only see the behind of Taz you see the behind of Taz |
| 6 | You ca n't see the warmth that causes that to happen , you can only see the result of it . |
| 7 | In other words you ca n't see the power , you can only see the result of the power . |
| 8 | Moreover , few British schools at present include private study periods on the timetable , except for the sixth form , so the teacher knows that his students can only see the sequence in breaks and before and after school , unless he allows time in his own assigned periods with them . |
| 9 | Now I can exactly see the shape and size , the perfect fit , of the loneliness that is approaching . |
| 10 | You can easily see the effect by placing a telephone book under each of the rear legs of a ordinary kitchen chair . |
| 11 | Using a hand-lens , you can easily see the difference between the wild-type , with its black compound eyes , and the pearl eye beetles with their white eyes ringed with black . |
| 12 | Mind you , all these youngsters ca n't but you ca n't see , you know normally when I stand at bar I can normally see the door but I ca n't see it . |
| 13 | Alice can already see the link between the internationalism of popular music and political concerns — Live Aid , Band Aid , the Nelson Mandela Concert — superseding that of earlier internationalism based on revolutionary social class or a proselytizing religion . |
| 14 | You can already see the backlash against all this ‘ right-onness ’ . ’ |
| 15 | The racecourse at the back , fencing , platform here , wooden structure here , buildings erm and er you can just see the edge of er another canopy similar to that er on this side . |
| 16 | But I can just see the Sun headline , a fitting follow up to ‘ Paddy Pants-down ’ , to wit : ‘ Is Neil A Nancy Boyo ? ’ |
| 17 | If you look closely at L'Escargot by Matisse in the Tate Gallery you can just see the pencil marks round the collage pieces . |
| 18 | ‘ You can just see the sea from the nursery , ’ explains Prue , ‘ and if you stand on the loo and look out of that little window you can see all those cloverleaf intersections you drove over on the way in . |
| 19 | ‘ If I can just see the baby . ’ |
| 20 | You can just see the kiosk , look , right along there . ’ |
| 21 | Marie turns to look at me , and I can just see the light shining off her eyes . |
| 22 | It 's up the side of the platform — I can just see the light over the door from where I 'm standing . |
| 23 | A little later , to the time of the ‘ Polygnotan ’ red-figure vases , belongs a very small piece , not a cup-interior but the slightly domed surface of a covered cup ( fig. 112 ; one can just see the orifice for drinking at the bottom ) . |
| 24 | And you can just see some of the er you can just see the timberwork on the in the roofing . |
| 25 | I can just see the Waste , or rather I think it must be the Waste , for there 's a tower there and it 's bare of trees . |
| 26 | Non-train ticket holders can still see the road traction engine display at Swanage at £1 for adults and just 50 pence for children . |
| 27 | Inside , one can still see the Map Room , where Churchill used to study the progress of the war , the Cabinet Room where many of the Second World War 's most important decisions were made , and Churchill 's personal accommodation from which he made several of his wartime broadcasts . |
| 28 | Even today you can still see the trapdoor leading to the cellar . |
| 29 | Continue on to Noar Hill Hanger where you can still see the evidence of prehistoric field systems . |
| 30 | but it was terrible I was screaming , I was terrified and , and , and I can still see the place you know , there 's something very foreboding about the , the place and the chair was like a |