Example sentences of "see just " in BNC.

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1 In 1987 I spent the summer at the college on the Intermediate Command Course and found it depressing to see just how little research was being sponsored or carried out there .
2 With this new-found relaxation in official attitudes and an encouragingly open-hearted welcome from Russian climbers extending to visitors from the West , I travelled to the USSR on behalf of Sherpa Expeditions to see just what the Caucasus held in store .
3 This was developed further during a deployment in the field to practise battle procedures and enable the battalion to see just how mobile Warrior is .
4 Or someone curious to see just how far his retarded egghead act will allow him to go ?
5 If anybody wishes to see just how pernicious that influence can be , they can look at the Likud government in Israel , which has had to impose repressive legislation at the behest of religious extremists who hold the balance of power .
6 Hal 's development makes one eager to see just how he will change in Part 2 .
7 I never thought I was soon to see just how miserable the peoples of the earth can make life for themselves .
8 To begin with , it is not simple in practice — unless you are an experienced naturalist — to see just how varied the trees are .
9 I want to check downstairs to see just how far the water has now risen , ’ Maggie said .
10 When Stop Hinkley Expansion members had conducted a test run in 1957 to see just how quickly every house within the Hinkley Point evacuation zone could be visited ( as part of a campaign for sirens to be installed ) it had taken over two hours .
11 Indeed , in retrospect , it is difficult to see just why the young Morrissey was drawn towards the New York Dolls school of hammy glitter at all .
12 I thought it worth checking to see just how far this had gone .
13 To see just how important this is we 'll follow the course of one eruption from start to finish .
14 Read it silently at your normal speed , timing yourself to see just how long you take .
15 ‘ If I fly up high I may be able to see just where they are .
16 Within days Hadley Cantril and a team of psychologists from Princeton University were interviewing listeners to see just what had made them so convinced and , in many cases , so panic stricken .
17 To watch such animals biting their own bodies as a way of providing novel stimulation is to see just how inadequate even the most modern zoos are for this type of species .
18 We were therefore interested to see just how well this American-made tool would perform .
19 But at least everyone will be able to see just how much water they are using , even to the extent of checking the meter just before turning on the sprinkler , and then switching off when the dial shows enough water has been sprayed to cover the lawn or vegetable patch .
20 It was disturbing to see just how personal Baker was with her attacks on Linda et al .
21 Children do this frequently to see just how far they can go .
22 IT FRIGHTENED me to see just how addicted our youngsters have become to computer games after reading of the 15,000-strong crowd at the Future Entertainment Show at Earls Court .
23 Perhaps everyone who works with such old people needs a period of physical disability ( real or ‘ pretend ’ ) to see just what effort goes into the daily round and the strategies which are adopted the better to cope and to preserve independence .
24 The idea was to see just how far £250 would go …
25 It is often surprising to see just how close the water conditions in your aquaria or ponds have come to problems .
26 I would describe our time in Siret as being able to see just a few rays of light in a very dark week .
27 ‘ How would you like it ’ , Miss Honey said , ‘ if we made some very cautious experiments to see just how much you can move and push ? ’
28 LEG 'S TALK ABOUT THIS : Fergie tries the inch-pinch by grabbing a handful of flesh on her leg to see just how wobbly it is — and pulls a face as she discovers the weighty truth
29 Many of Mr Robey 's colleagues at big supermarket chains would like to see just the top two or three brands in a product line left on the shelf — plus , of course , their own labels .
30 I knew that the Falkland Islands were similar to Shetland in that both were a group of treeless islands in the middle of an ocean , and I wanted to see just how wild creatures — and birds in particular — had adapted as different species in what I imagined was a similar environment .
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