Example sentences of "see [art] [noun] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could see the attraction for the Government ; a positive response was more difficult to formulate and meant more work . |
| 2 | I 'm sure that you can see the reasons for the brain-strain caused by trying to get to grips with this sort of puzzle . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But that is a pity , for then they do not see the wood for the trees . |
| 5 | ft was then necessary to review the work carried out so far , which , due to the extensive coding exercise and sheer size of the database , was making it difficult to ‘ see the wood for the trees ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , you 've repaid him : you 've opened his eyes to things that 've been under his nose , and he could n't see the wood for the trees . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Research on conformity has shown that individuals with higher levels of ability conform less to group norms than those with lower levels of ability ; individuals with strong relationship goals will identify with group norms more readily than those individuals for whom multiple , close relationships are not important ; highly authoritarian individuals conform more than less authoritarian individuals ; individuals who find it hard to ‘ see the wood for the trees ’ conform more readily than those who find it easy ; and individuals with strong structure goals conform more willingly . |
| 9 | Therapist : ‘ One of the main features of people under stress is that very often they ‘ ca n't see the wood for the trees ’ . |
| 10 | I got to the stage where I could n't see the wood for the trees . |
| 11 | ‘ This government ca n't see the wood for the trees . |
| 12 | Can we see the wood for the trees ? |
| 13 | He was one of the very few men of science who gave a welcome , albeit qualified , to Vestiges ( 1844 ) presumably because he could see the wood for the trees ; but when the Origin of Species came out in 1859 he disliked it heartily , and became one of the most formidable opponents of Darwin and Huxley . |
| 14 | Used as in this instance , it helps one to ‘ see the wood for the trees ’ . |
| 15 | Either the A types are too busy doing other things , the wrong things , and they do n't rise to the top , you know , you ca n't see the wood for the trees . |
| 16 | Now when that settles down a little bit more , maybe in a year or two , we shall lime-wash the whole frame over so you wo n't see the timbers for a bit , and just lime-wash right over the whole timbers . |
| 17 | Yes , better they should see the plans for a nuclear submarine than this ! |
| 18 | While the BBC told us it would be ‘ done ’ in the best possible taste , there will still be many viewers who found the scenes last night disturbing those who can not see the forest for the trees . |
| 19 | If we follow this top road along a bit we 'll see the toll-booth for the suspension bridge and … |
| 20 | In this way parents can see the lessons for the day . |
| 21 | ‘ You ca n't see the prick for the codpiece ’ . |
| 22 | You ca n't see the trees for the forest |
| 23 | ‘ Then you are a trifle short-sighted and do not see the general for the particular . |
| 24 | Sometimes you could not see the food for the trees . |
| 25 | As we shall see in 6.3 , the interrupt facility can be expanded to switch instruction sequences on the occurrence of many different events ; further we will see the need for a means of ensuring that at critical times the computer is able to ignore all but a subset of these events . |
| 26 | As we examine the structure of the police in the 1990s , I hope that we shall see the need for a national police agency to deal with national and international crime , while preserving the important links through the local constabularies , because it is through the local police links with the public that crime is prevented . |
| 27 | However , Gayoom said that he did not see the need for a formal defence treaty between the two countries although India would continue to train the Maldives ' security forces . |
| 28 | Having read the resolution of the 1990 Congress of the Communist Party , I am in broad agreement with the positions adopted , except for one : I do not see the need for an ‘ association ’ alongside the Party . |
| 29 | Nor did everyone see the need for an update on current classroom practice . |
| 30 | We do not see the need for the level to be higher in diabetics than in non-diabetics . |