Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] to see " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Managers and employers tend to see [ external ] short courses and internal training as different but allied ways of meeting the same basic needs . |
| 2 | At present employers tend to see joint degrees as second class . |
| 3 | Regularly means that we go in anyway t every six months you go and have your teeth checked to see if they 're okay . |
| 4 | LIKE BEAUTY , tawdriness is in the eye of the beholder , and on their country 's 40th birthday East Germans tend to see it through the cruelly unblinking eyes of thoroughly Westernised consumers . |
| 5 | Functionalists tend to see the relationship between social groups in society as one of cooperation and interdependence . |
| 6 | In Rome , central areas such as the Piazza di Spagna , Via Condotti and Via Veneto are particularly well decorated , while in Piazza San Pietro [ St. Peter 's Square ] crowds flock to see a big Christmas tree — a gift from Austria — together with a Nativity scene . |
| 7 | While Jube stood guard over Grant and the two youngsters , the other two truckers spent a fruitless few minutes checking to see whether the dangerous oriental was lurking in the immediate vicinity . |
| 8 | In addition , husbands tend to see their participation in domestic work very much as helping their wife rather than the assumption of definite and perhaps permanent responsibility for some domestic duties . |
| 9 | Most of the journalists expected to see children near the line . |
| 10 | At the very least , it says a great deal about the conspiratorial mentality which the leaders of the Communist system have created that so many defectors tend to see deception at work everywhere . |
| 11 | There was enough money in her savings account to see her through for a while . |
| 12 | Foreigners tend to see him as a ‘ whingeing pom , brit etc. ’ and do not like the program . |
| 13 | If anything , the two men are further apart than ever — even if a clash between them is one of three domestic battles that fight fans want to see — the others being Lennox Lewis against Frank Bruno and Paul Hodkinson against Colin McMillan . |
| 14 | Some referees appear to see only one half of a pair of techniques and , while reverse punches are seldom missed , snap punches to the face often are . |
| 15 | Trade supremo Michael Heseltine , whose supporters want to see him in Mr Lamont 's job , was even more lavish in his praise . |
| 16 | If the heads are restricted to general terms they are a useful means of outlining the transaction and identifying the main areas the parties want to see included in the sale agreement . |
| 17 | Ninety four per cent of Scots want to see more Police on the beat . |
| 18 | Anna 's blue eyes seemed to see too much , and Merrill had already had enough of that discomfiting shrewdness from Luke . |
| 19 | It is said that a deputation of quarrymen came to see him with a view to getting a trade union recognised . |
| 20 | But whatever their position is by Wednesday , supporters hope to see them put their disappointments behind them for the Aldershot Senior Cup final . |
| 21 | That deal fell through along with broad banking reform , but insurers hope to see their aims fulfilled in another way . |
| 22 | All eyes turned to see him twisting his triangular hat as if that action alone was holding him together ; his face white and despairing . |
| 23 | My eyes begin to see again . |
| 24 | He began making plans to fill Wembley Arena with 12,000 people a night , convinced there were more than enough Kylie fans waiting to see her . |
| 25 | ( Two clients waiting to see me . ) |
| 26 | Heaven knows why , but numerous other GTi drivers seem to see us as some kind of personal challenge . |
| 27 | Mum 's eyes popped to see me bringing home the fireman . |
| 28 | Ordinary Koreans wishing to see their country independent , unified and tackling its social and economic problems radically felt betrayed at the deep conservatism that distinguished the occupation . |
| 29 | One of the Frenchmen glanced to see what it was . |
| 30 | He went to the door , opened it and looked down the steps expecting to see the burly figure of the constable emerge and climb the steps to meet him , but to John 's surprise there was nobody at all . |