Example sentences of "see [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Owen could think of lots of people he would prefer to see handling this particular case . |
| 2 | The same argument could be extended to any other region of the electromagnetic spectrum ( although a creature able to see using , say , X-rays is vanishingly improbable in terms of basic biology ) . |
| 3 | Women are gaining new experiences which will help the national organization of women we all want to see formed , when we have a popular democratic government . |
| 4 | ‘ Some women prefer seeing make gynaecologists because they find them more authoritative . ’ |
| 5 | Likewise seeing involves a seer and a person or thing seen . |
| 6 | If the person never saw the figure otherwise than as he does now , to say that he interprets what he sees in a certain way may be taken — because of ( 1 ) above — to imply that all seeing involves ( a ) the immediate awareness of something uninterpreted and ( b ) the interpretation of it in the light of past experience . |
| 7 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that the power to make an order under section 236 of the Insolvency Act 1986 was not confined to documents which could be said to be necessary to reconstitute the state of the company 's knowledge , even if that might be one of the purposes most clearly justifying the making of an order , but extended to all documents which the administrator reasonably required to see to carry out his functions ; that the applicant had to satisfy the court that after balancing all the relevant factors , there was a proper case for making the order ; that since the information sought was necessary to enable the administrators to carry out the administration and production of the documents did not impose an unnecessary and unreasonable burden on the accountants , the registrar 's order despite its width , was proper in the exceptional circumstances ( post , pp. 855E–H , 860C–D , 862D–E , G–H , 863D , 864E ) . |
| 8 | Rather , I would like to see developed a Code of Practice binding on doctors which would grow out of the views of all interested parties : doctors , patients , and the public . |
| 9 | Erm it runs through the strategy that we 're pursuing , i it er highlights the problems that er erm th that exist in the district , it stresses the need for flexibility and it concludes with an appendix which sets out the actual sites that we would like to see developed erm er over the next er ten years which is the length of the erm covered by the Richmondshire local plan . |
| 10 | And yet we were seeing seeing the film from the Americans where the film stars of the day with their twin sets and fully fashion stockings and the pearls and what have you . |
| 11 | And presumably you 'd like to see push a little bit further upfield ? |
| 12 | Of course , both men and women harbour sexual fantasies which they would be horrified to see realised . |
| 13 | Visiting them at Christmas was particularly rewarding for the field-worker in order to see conspired contacts demonstrate the regard in which they held the neighbourhood police ; of course , it was equally rewarding for the police . |
| 14 | Going to see to see ghosts |
| 15 | To see to see Caesar and to rejoice in his triumph . |
| 16 | We ourselves suggested that , notwithstanding our data , any patient who believes that he or she has a problem with human insulin should resume animal insulin , which we certainly would not wish to see withdrawn . |
| 17 | One thing I would like to see added to the A2 would be a second pair of outputs to send a DI signal straight to the front of house mixer while the main outputs were feeding the guitarist 's own rig . |
| 18 | When I think about it I 'm not sure it makes any important difference how you imagine he looks , I mean who am I to say whether this Boy you are seeing has blonde hair or dark ; but I am sure that it does matter what he means to you . |
| 19 | Karajan 's response to Honegger 's Symphonie liturgique and its near contemporary , Strauss 's Metamorphosen , of which he made the first recording in 1947 , provides specifically musical evidence of Karajan 's priorities and allegiances that I have yet to see considered by those who have become so concerned to analyse and recycle often erroneous information about his alleged political sympathies before and during the Second World War . |
| 20 | What I believe you should be concerned with is what the erm persons I represent , bodies I represent , now wish to see happening with regard to these two sites . |
| 21 | On a simple view , the Treasury , as a government department , formulates the financial policy which it wishes to see pursued and the Bank of England decides upon the appropriate technical means of carrying out that policy and is responsible for putting it into effect . |
| 22 | ’ Is it something you 'd like to see carried less ? ’ |
| 23 | It is therefore very pleasing to see appearing in the Ian Allan At War series , Jonathan Falconer 's Stirling At War . |
| 24 | A very small proportion , my Lord Mayor , of of what affects the City 's financial position , is your own car , Sir , which I am delighted to see has been plugged into the controlling group 's revenue expenditure this year . |
| 25 | I became famous ( or notorious ) for my diary , which I kept up assiduously , and which was generally believed to be full of scandal of the sort the school authorities would not like to see appear in the newspapers . |
| 26 | We would like suggestions from divers on wrecks they would like to see included . |
| 27 | What would they like to see included ? |
| 28 | These roadshows are to be held on a regular basis and the public affairs department would be pleased to receive any suggestions , such as additional information that you would like to see included . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | You seen grown men kicking and pulling jerseys and |