Example sentences of "[noun] seeing [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is generally assumed that ASL is historically linked to the French Sign Language of the early 19th century , researchers seeing evidence of cognate signs in French Sign Language and ASL ( fig. 8.1 ) . |
| 2 | On 23 March 1983 the Prime Minister , Mrs Thatcher , wrote to the Minister of Health to say that she had ‘ spent nearly an hour seeing representatives of the Medical Committee and nursing staff at Friern Hospital ’ at her constituency surgery two weeks previously . |
| 3 | A poll in Die Welt at the end of July showed 48 per cent of Germans seeing advantages in EEC membership ( compared with 53 per cent in 1991 and 78 per cent in 1990 ) . |
| 4 | Of course seeing Lampi playing the Stick is akin to watching someone play a strapped-on portable piano ; his fingers tap the strings almost like Stanley Jordan . |
| 5 | If I start making a loss seeing children then I will have to seriously consider my position . |
| 6 | Going round the major electronic subsidiaries , the company says that Macro , selling National Semiconductor Corp , Hewlett-Packard Co and Philips Electronics NV parts , saw sales up 35% and profits up 75% as real demand starts to be overtaken by excessive ordering and manufacturers seeing shortages and extended lead times . |
| 7 | Zambia had dreaded Tammuz seeing hir battered flesh , feeling sure he would be sickened by the thought of others having been intimate with hir so recently . |
| 8 | A younger generation , or at least a younger American generation , has been brought up on a list of acid tests , invented to get rid of the boiled oatmeal consistency of the bad verse of 1900 , and there is no doubt that many young readers seeing Binyon 's inversions , etc. , will be likely to throw down the translation under the impression that it is incompetent . |
| 9 | The prototype Caribou first flower on July 30 , 1958 and attracted a lot of interest , including the US Army who ordered the type initially as the CV-2 and later the C-7 , the type seeing service in Vietnam . |
| 10 | Those of us who sat on the urban policies committee for a number of years seeing Moat devour and all the stoppages and problems there , knew that you were taking the wrong line . |
| 11 | United supporters in Stand B will see prices fall from £15 to £14 , with season ticket holders in the Kop and Lowfields seeing prices rise from £135 to £140 an increase of 3.7pc . |
| 12 | GEORGE Wimpey , Britain 's second-biggest house-builder , yesterday joined the growing chorus of businesses seeing signs of economic recovery , despite unveiling huge losses for 1992 . |
| 13 | I spend four hours , just under four hours a day seeing customers , you know , out of a nine or ten hour day , I find that frightening . |
| 14 | Polish boy to be treated in Germany Adam Dorz , the nine-year-old Polish boy brought to Britain by Cleveland Rotary Club members for medical treatment , was this week seeing doctors in Germany . |
| 15 | I have heard loose talk of people seeing things here by night , but I 've never paid the least attention , so I ca n't tell you what they claim . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ They are much smaller than I expected ’ is the usual remark from people seeing puffins for the first time . |
| 17 | " People seeing Jeannie would say that 's a woman who 's sunk to the lowest depths , the dregs of humanity . |
| 18 | Ha ha , it 's your au — fr … parents ' friend , Janice , Gav beamed , radiating unrepentant guilt ; came round here the other day looking for you we got talking went for a curry had a few drinks ended up back here one thing led to another know how it is always liked older women they 're more experienced know what I mean arf arf anyway spent an extremely enjoyable New Year at her place apart from the usual visit to my folk 's of course oh by the way she 's coming round here tonight I 'm cooking lasagne can you swap rooms seeing Norris wo n't be back until tomorrow it 's just I did n't expect you back until then either , that okay ? |
| 19 | It was n't the first time Luke had contacted her since their sight seeing expedition — the flowers that by now she was coming to expect had arrived promptly next day , and with them a handwritten note — but it was the first time that she had heard his voice . |
| 20 | However , It was a majestic sight seeing Leeds hammer a side into submission , especially at Elland Rd … being attacked from all sides . |
| 21 | Thus instead of following the traditional linear progression of the allegory — a development towards contemplation based on Jacob 's union with Rachel after his marriage to Leah — Hilton is more interested in emphasising the coexistence of the two wives : In his reference to another facet of the story , that concerning Jacob 's change of name to Israel , allegorised as a man seeing God , Hilton does suggest a progression in contemplation for his pupil saying that he will become Israel , that is , fully contemplative , in the next world , certainly , and possibly even in this if his circumstances change so that he is relieved of worldly responsibility altogether . |
| 22 | Likes seeing Linda . |
| 23 | It depicts the young Darwin as a lone , sporting gentleman , an amateur beetle-collector seeing nature as she really is by simply looking with the clear gaze of genius , unimpeded by any scientific training , theological prejudice , professional ambition and so on . |
| 24 | For many years there were political overtones in this opposition , with Citrine seeing Randall as the representative of a capitalist rump in the industry which must be controlled . |
| 25 | Toni felt it was a loaded question : ‘ I do n't see any harm in the world seeing women as they see themselves , ’ she commented . |
| 26 | In conversation at Corry , Johnson heard the stories he longed for — of men seeing visions , of examples of ‘ second sight ’ on Skye ; Mrs Mackinnon 's father had once met some women who , while working in a field , heard ghostly voices , signifying imminent death ; he later met two funerals at the predicted place . |
| 27 | In the staffroom , they talk of trying to strike a balance between children seeing teachers as friends , and being over-familiar . |
| 28 | Pater 's as busy as ever , of course , but the mater has kept on the house in London since Madeleine 's season , so I spend quite a lot of time in the Great Big City seeing shows , etc. etc . |
| 29 | My number was four hundred and fifteen , and the highest number seeing action was three hundred and ninety-one . |
| 30 | The oldest European trees seldom exceed 700 or 800 years , so that European explorers seeing California redwoods for the first time were awestruck by their size and age . |