Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pure economist may see himself or herself as occupying a different space from that of the applied economist ; the ‘ scholarly ’ critic from the ‘ responsive ’ one ; the ‘ objective ’ social researcher from the ‘ interpretative ’ one ; the doctor who ‘ delivers ’ health care from the one who ‘ responds ’ to his or her patients . |
| 2 | Its appeal is obvious when shown to anyone in the target age group of ages 3 to 6 , and this should be one of the first programs a young user should see on a PC . |
| 3 | ‘ Another half hour should see this job finished ; we should be back at the FRG asleep by first light . |
| 4 | For Betty and Trevor Lee of Stevenage , Hertfordshire , yesterday 's decision should see them recoup just over £10,000 out of the £12,000 investment in Barlow Clowes International . |
| 5 | Kathleen turned away from the window , hastily , for fear her sister should see her watching and began to get out the mixing bowl and pastry board , the flour and the milk . |
| 6 | That is why we put forward our amendment and hope against all hope that Labour may see the light and vote with us on our amendment . |
| 7 | Thus , while a Luxembourger , an Irishman , a Dutchman or a Belgian may see a European superstate as giving them a much larger stage on which to perform and one that would cost them nothing in sovereignty since what they have is already so diluted , to us it would mean the end of that independence which has allowed us to play a unique and continuing role in world affairs and to have this Gracious Speech setting out our parliamentary programme . |
| 8 | so , bearing that in mind let's see what it says at verse twelve whereas the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the darkness well there will be some of the sons of the kingdom thrown into the darkness outside , because this , this proved futile , they , they have n't er lived in faith have they ? |
| 9 | In return the club may see a return to even greater loyal support . |
| 10 | The future should see Allen re-established as a counter-cultural household name again . |
| 11 | The future should see more contact between interested primary-care physicians and hospital-based diabetologists , with training programmes in most districts for doctors and nurses covering all aspects of care . |
| 12 | The extent of these costs is not yet clear , but if a more efficient and motivated workforce and reduction in staff turnover is the result , industry should see tangible benefits . |
| 13 | An employer from a partnership company should consider membership of a course committee as a right rather than a favour , and the college should see the invitation as an obligation not a dispensation . |
| 14 | Snip , good and Mummy 'll see if Daddy 's make the coffee |
| 15 | It is an unrelieved black except for the white flanks but a watcher catching it in the right light might see the head has an iridescent purple sheen which can be striking . |
| 16 | If the results are striking as social and intellectual history perhaps hardly as science , as a physicist might see it — the book is also striking for the information it gives about the Society for Psychical Research . |
| 17 | The sorceress could see into the future , and she could see how her curse might again fall on us . ’ |
| 18 | Creggan could see that he was afraid and that his fear was making him terribly uncertain . |
| 19 | Leith could see at once that he did n't seem to be too enamoured that she , by giving in her notice , had just taken away his trump card . |
| 20 | Huy could see no mark on the body to indicate how she had died . |
| 21 | This time , however , the physicist could see from his instruments that it had not been totally successful . |
| 22 | Overall , Nasa suggest that this spring could see a reduction of between 30-40 per cent in the ozone layer over the northern hemisphere . |
| 23 | Anyone looking round in the weeks of Christian Aid could see this really was ‘ the churches in action with the world 's poor ’ , and that while this action was firmly based at St. Andrew 's & St. George 's it was done ‘ in company with people form other churches ’ . |
| 24 | In a fit of pique , he threw out many of his planetary drawings , made with a 10-cm refracting telescope , after high-placed amateurs refused to believe that anyone with such a small instrument could see the detail he recorded . |
| 25 | Here too , there were still no changes that Dot could see . |
| 26 | But Dot could see how the lady herself wore white cotton gloves to handle the clothing , so as not to touch it directly . |
| 27 | They had their own windows with dark blue oil-cloth roller-blinds through which Dot could see into the compartment of the train alongside just like looking over at a next-door house . |
| 28 | Now Dot could see the shapes of trees beside the track , of fences , of a white gate . |
| 29 | Dot could see no way out . |
| 30 | Then it rumbled along a bridge , so Dot could see into the friendly clutter of people 's back yards , down into bomb-sites to view the mystery of chaos . |