Example sentences of "may see [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 We may see rage in a bucking horse , acute anxiety in a solitary horse galloping up and down a fence , great fear in a horse that cowers and jams its tail down hard between its hind legs , or elation in a pony that has escaped from a yard and is prancing around the paddock in an exuberant high-stepping trot .
2 Looking backwards over the history of inquiry , from the security of our current views , we may see evidence of the cunning of reason bringing us gradually closer to the approximately true , but from that perspective we can offer descriptions and explanations of what was going on which show , for instance , that hypothesis selection was not ‘ blind ’ .
3 The administration and the external political and administrative establishment may see participation as a political end in itself , as well as a means to building coalitions for the political good of their establishment .
4 Thus only a parent may see information on the record concerning the pupil 's racial group , language or religion , and only a parent may see a statement of special educational needs ( under the Education Act 1981 — see Chapter 4 ) or results of the pupil 's assessment .
5 Individuals may see alcohol as an acceptable way out of their problems .
6 ‘ You may see science as the great God we 've all got to worship , but if we do n't see it that way , and not many do , take it from me , you 'll have nothing to do your worshiping with .
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