Example sentences of "[modal v] see the whole " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'll see the whole kiln shake before we get there . ’ |
| 2 | While some may see the whole area of aesthetic response as one limited by hedonism or elitism , or may wish to view it as a superficial frill of little relevance to the real world of materialistic values , others are able to propose valid reasons why investigation into the nature of aesthetic experience should be pursued . |
| 3 | She could see the whole thing now , crystal-clear . |
| 4 | Sitting there they could see the whole world spread out until it reached the sky , and whatever there was all the world over was with them in Galleons Lap . |
| 5 | A. ’ And you 'd get point A followed by points B and C , and on the one hand F , and on the other foot G , until you could see the whole alphabet stretching ahead , each letter a Sahara in itself to be crawled across . |
| 6 | But now I was up in the air , and what with the clouds , I lost all my orientation Where the clouds parted , I could see the whole tube , land all around me , and it seemed to go up like a tower , so the town and the factory belt and the parks were hanging from the walls over my head , they were all going to crash down on me , and the city on top of them . |
| 7 | If he had been close to the cliff I would not have been able to see him , but I could see the whole section of shoreline , and there was no boat there . |
| 8 | They could see the whole area from here , the open patch of grass and moss and earth , behind the fan of bamboo stems , and at one side , about twenty metres from the bamboo , the stream . |
| 9 | He 'd play last across with the trains , no wonder he was killed by a train , he had many near misses , he always appears on the anniversary of his death and you would see the whole incident in startling detail . ’ |
| 10 | It had never occurred to Howarth that the six senior staff sitting awkwardly around his table in the candlelight , unmellowed even by the wine , would see the whole occasion as an elaborate gastronomic charade designed to demonstrate his social and intellectual superiority . |
| 11 | Unknown to fame , we would see the whole world turn back into an Eden about us … |
| 12 | But , first , you can see the whole stage — and even today houses are being built with seats that have a view of only half the stage ! — and second , it is acoustically marvellous for the audience and the conductor ; for opera and for concerts , especially choral concerts . |
| 13 | We can see the whole world here , the Empire , that 's the same thing as the whole world , and you 'll profit by it . |
| 14 | Apart from these exceptions the subject can see the whole computerised record . |
| 15 | I can see the whole scene already and maybe you 'll cry a little … ’ |
| 16 | Managers , like service officers , it is believed , can see the whole ‘ terrain ’ and have to take the decisions , unpopular as they may be , so that the enterprise can survive . |
| 17 | Although I can see the whole thing unrolling in my mind 's eye like a silent film , I ca n't really be precise about where everyone was and that sort of thing . ’ |
| 18 | As at Knossos and Mallia , the temple grew up symbiotically with its adjacent town , but at Zakro we can see the whole urban structure . |
| 19 | You can see the whole world . " |
| 20 | we 'll show you now how to put on a pressure bandage for severe bleeding and then we 'll put the film on and you can see the whole lot again , okay , so just be in the room if you just push and push and push on the window and er the hand has gone through the window , right , and there 's no glass imbedded but it 's cut right across the palm and the reason that we show you this one is because the artery that feeds all these fingers comes and the thumb comes up in an arch like that okay , so the artery comes down , up in an arch across the palm of the hand , so the fingers and thumb all get a blood supply , so when you cut the palm of your hand there is a lot of blood pumping out , okay , so what 's the first thing I 'd tell her to do ? |
| 21 | We can see the whole theory as a sphere , with observation sentences on the periphery and non-observation sentences in the interior , starting from comparatively mundane sentences about material objects , moving through more theoretical sentences to laws of physical science and finally , at the centre , the laws of logic . |
| 22 | I have heard of a café near the Opera , where , if you sit long enough , they say you can see the whole world go by . |
| 23 | Within its walls you can see the whole spectrum of human behaviour : the splendour of the rich moving through the streets on damask-caparisoned palfreys and the bare-arsed poor who would slit your throat for a crust of bread . ] |
| 24 | and you can see the whole game live on Central on Monday afternoon … do n't miss it … now its a bank holiday weekend which means there 's lost of sport going on here 's the best of the action … |