Example sentences of "[verb] seen a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The grip of the brewing giants is still powerful ; the late 1980s has seen a worrying return to takeovers and mergers and the intensification of lager promotion . |
| 2 | The past 10 years has seen a dramatic improvement in Italy 's wine technology led by the latest generation of gifted wine-makers . |
| 3 | As Fergus Campbell has suggested , if the ERP can tell us whether or not the subject has seen a light , it takes the psycho out of psychophysics . |
| 4 | This freight line has seen a limited summer weekend passenger service to a temporary station at Coalbrookdale for the Ironbridge museum since 1987 . |
| 5 | Statistics for the years 1975 to 1987 show an 18 per cent drop in the number of visitors to the palaces , while the National Trust has seen a 48 per cent rise . |
| 6 | Anyone who has seen a recent Konitz performance wo n't argue with this ; taste , attention to tonal delicacy and a striving after melodic inventiveness are his hallmarks . |
| 7 | As annual consumption of wine has risen from five to 11 litres per head in the decade between 1977 and 1987 , the high-street off-licence has seen a golden opportunity snatched from under its nose by the supermarkets . |
| 8 | The latest decade has seen a huge increase in the popularity of mineral waters . |
| 9 | This year has seen a 30% increase in entries from South Africa , bringing its total to 160 . |
| 10 | Alternative medicine is also becoming increasingly popular — the latest figures show that one person in seven has seen a complementary practitioner within the past year . |
| 11 | It is no coincidence that since Sir Peter became Commissioner in 1987 , the relationship between Scotland Yard and London 's 13 Labour authorities has seen a new detente . |
| 12 | The paper , the Jobs Miracle That Never Was , attacks as barely credible Government claims that the economy has seen a ‘ jobs miracle ’ since 1983 , with a net increase of 2.75 million people in employment . |
| 13 | THIS year has seen a procession of visiting Senegalese acts . |
| 14 | And the outstanding debt which excludes mortgages has seen a three-fold increase to £40 billion . |
| 15 | And the outstanding debt which excludes mortgages has seen a three-fold increase to £40 billion . |
| 16 | Amazingly , 1986 has seen a reappearance of the singer-songwriter , with Peter Case , Stan Ridgway and Andy White receiving more than a smattering of applause . |
| 17 | Even more than other industrial countries , America has seen a shift in the age distribution of poverty . |
| 18 | Mr Rowe has seen a badger which died of TB . |
| 19 | It is not that she 's a political animal , just someone who has seen a lot of beautiful places in the world ; feels very fortunate to be in such a privileged position because of her successful TV and recording career , and so wants to put a bit back into a world which has so far been very kind to her . ’ |
| 20 | Though the last twenty years has seen a major step forward in our understanding of the Scottish Reformation and of Scottish society in the sixteenth century , there is still an extraordinary gulf between the personality and the reign of Mary Queen of Scots . |
| 21 | THIS election has seen a new phrase enter the common language : ‘ The fabled C2s ’ . |
| 22 | Mitchells Plain , home of 500,000 coloured people ( of mixed race ) , many of whom were forcibly removed from Cape Town in the early '70s , was chosen for the launch of the NP drive to recruit members right across the racial spectrum because it has seen a clear swing of support in the past year from the ANC towards the Nationalists . |
| 23 | But the group saw its gross margin rise from 49 p.c. to almost 52 p.c. and says it has seen a ‘ healthy improvement ’ in new year trading . |
| 24 | He had been widely criticised for his handling of the Birmingham Six appeal in 1988 and has seen a number of earlier convictions overturned as police evidence was discredited in the Appeal Court . |
| 25 | The LGC has seen a number of fundamental changes over the past few years , not least its relocation in 1989 from the south bank of the Thames in central London to its present plush premises next to the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington , Middlesex . |
| 26 | We will continue to increase the Special Constabulary , which has seen a rise in recruitment this year of 10 per cent . |
| 27 | The 20th century has seen a steady decline to the present total of 31,801 ( 1981 census ) with particular areas showing local reversals e.g. Benbecula with the advent of the rocket range in South Uist . |
| 28 | The mill has seen a number of alterations and was extended in the 19th century when dormers were added . |
| 29 | The closing of a station intangibly but significantly diminishes the spiritual life of a country and its people , for it brings down the curtain with devastating finality on a stage which has seen a thousand dramas , comic and tragic , played out and has mirrored the changing moods of the nation , has etched itself into the working lives of some , the emotional lives of others . |
| 30 | As Donald J. Olsen has written : ‘ With the possible exception of Canada , Britain has seen a closer relationship between railways and hotels than any other country . ’ |