Example sentences of "[noun pl] may see " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has had the effect of making local authority housing even more subject to central scrutiny , and the current system of central government constraints has severely limited new council house provision in rural areas since 1980 , particularly as the new proposals may see more expensive building in rural areas as inappropriate . |
| 2 | Sounds as if the guy is suffering from Hemingway Syndrome : ‘ computers may see their silicon lives flash before their eyes , so to speak , just before they die , ’ Prodigy Services Co suggests , reporting that physicist Stephen Thaler of McDonnell Douglas Corp has been playing with neural networks as a way to speed diamond crystal growth but while by day , he created and trained the neural nets , by night , he began annihilating them to see what would happen , randomly severing links , and when between 10% and 60% of the links were destroyed , the network regurgitated nonsense , but as it approached death , 90% of the connections severed , it generated distinct values that had been trained into it , and at times even output ‘ whimsical ’ states , where it would generate values that were neither trained nor ones that would appear in a healthy net , says Thaler , who thinks it may say something about near-death experiences for humans — ‘ It may not just be fancy biochemistry , ’ he suggests . |
| 3 | Indeed , this is how our informants may see it . |
| 4 | ‘ Ladies and gentlemen may see a great variety of his performances at this school , which he 'll regularly attend from 2–4 and 6–8 in order to teach . ’ |
| 5 | Pray that the missionaries may see revival . |
| 6 | Each should be designed for its recipient , but remember that other eyes may see it . |
| 7 | Quiet and observant walkers may see red deer along this particular stretch . |
| 8 | His Albert Angelo ( 1964 ) has holes cut in its pages so that readers may see into the future , while his celebrated novel-in-a-box The Unfortunates ( 1964 ) is made up of loose-leaf sheets , intended , as a note on the box explains , ‘ to be read in random order ’ . |
| 9 | In most cases the issue raises no problems , but estranged parents using the child to fight their bat ties or rebellious teenagers seeking recognition of their maturity and autonomy against over-protective or interventionist parents may see it as an important issue of principle . |
| 10 | Parents may see danger when their children are too inexperienced to recognize it . |
| 11 | The labels parents attach to particular behaviour patterns often reflect this : thus one set of parents may see a grossly inactive baby as ‘ placid ’ and happily accept him as that , while another set might see the same child as irritatingly ‘ lazy ’ and accordingly try to force him to behave differently . |
| 12 | 65 ) that the historian 's duty is ‘ to rejudge the conduct of men , that generous actions may be snatched from oblivion , and that the author of pernicious counsels , and the perpetrator of evil deeds may see , beforehand , the infamy that awaits them at the tribunal of posterity ’ . |
| 13 | North Street , Ulster Street , William Street and the town centre are most likely to be affected between 9am and 6pm but other areas may see a reduction in water pressure . |
| 14 | The ploughman , turning sullen clods may see |
| 15 | Aniela Jaff has spoken of ‘ the mysterious and lonely poetry , ’ which she finds in Chagall 's art , a ‘ ghostly aspect of things that only rare individuals may see , ’ which very much encapsulates Leonard 's work , too . |
| 16 | Individuals may see alcohol as an acceptable way out of their problems . |
| 17 | The introduction of compulsory , competitive tendering through the Local Government Planning and Land Act 1980 and the Local Government Act 1988 means that direct service organisations may see themselves as agencies with a degree of independence from the actual client , for example , the social service department requiring the cleaning office buildings . |
| 18 | In the longer term self-help groups may emerge , where librarians can pool views about recent publications , or library suppliers may see openings for a more active approach . |
| 19 | They want to be praised for skills which their partners may see as trivial , like cooking , creating a welcoming and attractive home and the care of children . |
| 20 | The title is considered by LIFESPAN to be public domain ( ie. all LIFESPAN users may see it ) so it is important to keep its secure content down to the minimum . |
| 21 | More detached observers suggest that in the next century historians may see Mrs Thatcher as a figure having no more long-term significance than Wilson , Heath , or Callaghan . |
| 22 | In the National Health Service clinicians may see their role as providing health care , not managing budgets . |
| 23 | Even today , tourists may see the claw-marks on a stone where Big Ears was said to have appeared the last time this ceremony was performed . |
| 24 | ‘ Some men may see it as a challenge , ’ he said coldly . |
| 25 | Carers can not receive another contributory or non-contributory benefit as well as ICA ; and ICA is deducted in full from means-tested income support and housing benefits , so that some carers receiving these latter benefits may see no advantage to be gained from claiming ICA . |
| 26 | But others may see his move as evidence of a desire to use the election campaign to concentrate on moves towards reunification with East Germany . |
| 27 | Some may feel coerced into company-centred behaviour , some may accept for instrumental reasons because there is no alternative while others may see the family analogy as the ideal structure for industrial relations . |