Example sentences of "to see [prep] [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still others are there to show their sympathy and respect , but also to see for themselves the spectacle of a city 's mass grief … |
| 2 | A delegation from Europe 's largest hotel , the Izmailovo in Moscow , recently visited the Moat House International Hotel , Glasgow , to see for themselves the operating standards of a western hotel . |
| 3 | We want you to see for yourself the subtlety and awareness that can be wrought from the earth , to give style and grace to your everyday living . |
| 4 | In April the Prince went off to the Kalahari Desert for a few days with Sir Laurens Van der Post , to see for himself the society that his friend had written and talked about so much . |
| 5 | He will then be able to see for himself the resignation , if not quiet contempt , with which his customers regard the service for which he and his managers must hold themselves fully accountable . |
| 6 | Will my hon. Friend therefore give me an undertaking that he will visit Dartford early in the new year , or on Christmas day if need be , to see for himself the damage that has been done to our river and how much has been lost ? |
| 7 | The jury , sitting in court 4 at Bristol , were sent home early by Judge Overend , so that he could drive to the bridge to see for himself the spot at which the accident happened . |
| 8 | Each group needs to see for itself the importance of indirect and hard-to-define influences . |
| 9 | Melchizedek 's authority ( the " tithe " was God 's portion , so by giving Melchizedek a tenth of everything Abram recognized him as God 's representative ) , his lack of any named ancestors and descendants ( extremely important for any man claiming kingship or priesthood ) , and his dual role as priest and king , led later writers to see in him a foreshadowing of the Messiah ( see Psalm 110:4 ; Hebrews 7:1–10 ) . |
| 10 | Though we have no contemporary commentary on the Pergamene works we can hardly go wrong if we choose to see in them a monument to human pain made somehow more tolerable to contemplate because embodied in barbarians . |
| 11 | This , a piece whose mellow , introverted character has led many commentators to see in it the hand of a composer approaching the end of his life , was the work with which Mozart made his last public appearance , in March at a benefit concert for a clarinettist friend . |
| 12 | ‘ Excuse me , Hsiao Chi , but my master asked me to see to your every wish . ’ |