Example sentences of "[adv] sees [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I like Achille Tournier 's statement : ‘ When the fine eyes of a woman are veiled with tears it is the man who no longer sees clearly . ’ |
| 2 | He still sees only a fraction of what the experts can see , but the pictures are definitely making sense now and so do most of the comments made on them . |
| 3 | No man , even such a strong and determined minister as Duncan Sandys , can force Whitehall to accept more change than it collectively sees as reasonable . |
| 4 | One often sees much worse bunching than this , where notes hardly have room to move . ) |
| 5 | At this stage , the patient often sees more clearly the appropriate course of action , whereas previously he was in a turmoil of indecision . |
| 6 | He opts for a single fragment of European culture and , by way of compensation , he must at once reaffirm that ideal of personal and cultural wholeness which on various grounds he now sees immediately symbolized in Schopenhauer — and not least because Schopenhauer , for all his scorn of the contemporary world , unquestionably belongs to it . |
| 7 | If she never sees again , ’ he added fiercely , ‘ at least she will have this , something that few can do with brilliance . |
| 8 | We all know how the week runs away with official interviews and calls , and how difficult it is to remember all the people with whom you ought to keep in touch , but when I think of the number of things which people of different types , like Lady Londonderry and Lady St Helier and others , have got settled by letting people meet at the dinner table , I despair of a man who never sees even those who have been longest in office on any occasion . |