And, incidentally, it explains France's eagerness to see off others whom it considers to be encroaching on its domain, notably the British, whose first attempts to join the European common market were vetoed by de Gaulle.
It's also nice to see that Wacom's killed off the circular trackpad that we hardly ever used on the original Bamboo.
Zoff had his tail feathers ruffled by his team's surprising inability to see off their group opponents with greater comfort in the qualifying stages.
Stewart Downing's cross caused confusion, and Vidic was lucky to see Heskey's header bounce off his shoulder on to the bar.
Idowu's fourth attempt of 17.81m was a new personal best and enough to see off Romania's Marian Oprea, who won silver, and beaten favourite Teddy Tamgho.
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In Tuesday's only second round match, Wimbledon runner-up Tomas Berdych overcame a stomach problem to see off Spain's Tommy Robredo 6-0 6-4.
Mr Cameron's speech, perhaps his best to a Tory conference since he impressed enough to see off Mr Brown's mooted snap election in 2007, showed an appetite for the fight.
It's easy to see how turning off street lights might be bad for safety, but Buckinghamshire, for one, refutes the suggestion.
You don't see what's going off to either side - or the big picture - and I don't think that's a good thing.
Goode's 23 points helped Warriors see off second-placed Bedford on Saturday to make it eight wins out of eight in their Championship campaign.
But the money has been spent and now it's time to see if it pays off.
Top seed Novak Djokovic overcame his troublesome ankle problem to see off Finland's Jarkko Nieminen 6-4 6-3.
Veteran 19th seed Amanda Coetzer also needed three sets to see off Yugoslavia's Jelena Jankovic 6-2 4-6 6-4.
It's not something you expect to see off the coast of south Wales.
Mervyn King's remarks that he wants to see RBS's poisonous and low quality assets hived off into a new so-called bad bank matter - but probably not in the way that seems most obvious.
One 911 caller told a dispatcher she watched through her rear-view mirror as a man later identified as Edwards got shot and another caller reports that he's can see him lying near the off-ramp.
It's nice to see all that work paying off and hopefully he can keep it going for a while.
For the first time in human history, it's becoming possible to see how to throw off more sparks and how to make sure that more of them catch fire.
Vidic was fortunate to see Emile Heskey's header deflect off him on to the bar late on, but by that stage United were firmly in control and well on the way to victory.
"Anytime you see him scrambling around like a chicken with his head cut off, it's shocking, because you don't see it very often, " defensive lineman Trevor Pryce said.
The cable industry's instinct was to plead to government to see off each threat using its regulatory powers.
Goldman's problems could make it more difficult to see off such draconian measures.
The keeper's ill-judged dash from goal allowed Pato to round him, and as he struggled to regain his ground Gomes was relieved to see Gallas clear Robinho's deflected shot off the line.
Rather than demean who they are and gain from their downfall, the former ER star says she hopes her series will help viewers see that there's often much happening off the public stage.
And he's off the pair with the most laconic flick off his pads you could ever wish to see for two.
Hopefully this includes the U.S., which has enormous influence in Haiti and also should want to see the Western Hemisphere's poorest country get off its knees.
So I think it's the one that is easiest to anticipate and see off in the distance because the funny thing is that Henry Aaron never got this kind of glowing praise when he was playing, and not even 10 years after he retired.
Lisa Dobriskey, who won 1500m bronze at the Worlds in Berlin, will hope to see off the challenge of Russia's Anna Alminova and go at least one better while Jenny Meadows, 800m silver medallist a year ago, is coming back into form just in time after calf and Achilles problems.
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