Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] sight " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had to fly all the way to the Danish coast or within sight of the Danish coast ; happily this was very low and the Germans did not appear to have our style of radar at the time . |
| 2 | But since people only receive money at intervals ( e.g. weekly or monthly ) and not continuously , they require to hold balances of money in cash or in sight accounts . |
| 3 | His eyes were closed as he perceived pleasure from all of his senses , except that of sight . |
| 4 | If the person handling the matter seems to be relying on information given to him by others , it is worth pressing for full and frank disclosure of what they have said and for sight of any written statements or other relevant documents that may have been prepared . |
| 5 | In my message for World Communications Day last year , I mentioned that among the realities we celebrate on this annual occasion are the God-given gifts of speech , of hearing and of sight which make communication possible between us . |
| 6 | As Lucy came around and into sight , a seated man began to rise . |
| 7 | The first four mini cills below Dulnain bridge go almost exclusively on left , as does most of the rapid until in sight of the old railway bridge then there is a good choice of routes , good fun , quite fast with few back eddies . |
| 8 | If he swam the river , he would have to make his way upstream well beyond the yacht and within sight of the bridge or be swept back down by the current . |
| 9 | In fact they have to be trained — starting with distances of only a few feet from , and within sight of , the loft . |
| 10 | ( Incidentally , this building was a stone 's throw from the doctor 's surgery and within sight of the door . ) |
| 11 | From it you can walk to Itxassou 's other half , which is clustered round the church , about a kilometre away and within sight of the defile known as the Pas de Roland , an opening in the rock said to have been made by the hoofs of this luckless paladin 's horse ( but more of Roland in the appropriate place , when we come to Roncevaux ) . |
| 12 | Its potentially attractive location , diagonally across the Thames from Tower Bridge ( symbolic bastion of ‘ Victorian values ’ ) and within sight of Canary Warf ( the monumental flagship of Thatcherite free-enterprise ) , rather alarmingly underscores the financially precarious position of the museum . |
| 13 | After the terror of the past twenty-four hours he was safe for the moment and in sight of victory . |
| 14 | On the far side of the valley and in sight of the approach to Dun Telve , a great waterfall plunges down a hillside , providing a spectacle , especially in spate , that puts even the Falls of Glomach to shame . |
| 15 | Zeno 's house was in woodland , half a mile from Longrock and in sight of the sea . |
| 16 | At first he lived in the town of Bewdley and then at Wilden , a moderate-sized semi-country house of the 1840s , but within sight and sound of the forge which was the old centre of the family business . |
| 17 | The Delight was met with opposition at St John 's Harbour from the mixed fishing community , but on sight of the queen 's commission the squadron was admitted and Gilbert went through the ceremony of annexing Newfoundland to England and issuing passes to non-English vessels to fish there . |
| 18 | To remove an entire army in this way , secretly while within sight of the enemy , was a remarkable achievement of staff work . |
| 19 | Since it will not breed in this form , it has no sexual equipment ; since it has no cause to attract a mate , it needs no mechanisms to send out call-signals whether by sight , smell or sound , nor any sense organs to receive such messages ; and as its parents have gone to considerable trouble to ensure that when it hatches it is surrounded by the great quantities of the particular food it requires , it needs no wings . |