Example sentences of "[verb] seen [art] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We will continue to increase the Special Constabulary , which has seen a rise in recruitment this year of 10 per cent .
2 Dai Hudd said : ‘ We would have much preferred that this initiative happened before the downturn in defence markets , which has seen a haemorrhage of jobs from the North-West .
3 The economic recession during which this book has been written has seen a reduction in merger mania but one can almost guarantee that this will be a temporary blip in the inexorable progress towards higher and higher profits .
4 Compared to previous years 1993 has seen a flurry of activity , with a medley of reports and debates on issues such as the economic impacts of hosting international facilities , returns on research and development spending , and various reviews of government expenditure , including the funding of the Government 's own research facilities ( see related item on Warren Spring , p4 ) .
5 Appearing during a period that has seen a stream of reassessments of the discovery and development of penicillin , Gordon 's work is his fictional version of the same episode — together with some real events and characters .
6 The accident was one of the worst on the A420 which has seen a catalogue of crashes and a safety campaign from residents .
7 Since the lifting of sanctions the last couple of years has seen a flood of wines onto our shelves from the Cape — which has some of the most beautiful winelands in the world .
8 Just then one of the young men said , ‘ Señor Felipe has seen a lot of life , señorita .
9 Since the former All Blacks ' captain has seen a lot of Back , and still knows the New Zealand scene so well , that opinion , voiced sincerely , should surely not be lightly dismissed .
10 The last year has seen a number of developments which we hope will provide the basis for greater student participation in the Institute .
11 1992 has seen a number of developments on this front .
12 For reasons which I do not claim to understand , Australia has seen a number of cases of scandalising the court in recent years .
13 They have subject limited statutory duties in the insurance companies act , but the fact they 're subjected to duties in the same way that the underwriters , the underwriters are subject to duties does not make them regulators , but in any event even if we were wrong on that there is no exemption under article eighty five , one for regulators and , and your Lordship has seen a number of cases and I sha n't go back to them is fully subject to the competition rules whether as a regulator or not .
14 The mill has seen a number of alterations and was extended in the 19th century when dormers were added .
15 This restructuring has seen a redistribution of talents as well as a reduction in numbers and many people have transferred from central functions to the regions .
16 The 40th anniversary of the first successful attempt on Chomolungma — the Sherpa name for Everest — has seen a glut of books on the subject .
17 ‘ Better image ’ — Increased police presence in Darlington market place has seen a decrease in crime .
18 In his time , David has seen the change from coal to oil , and now to gas fired boilers .
19 ELECTRA KICKED off with the folk music of the '50s , went through the late '60s underground of the Doors/Stooges/MC5 , drifted into the Asylum California scene of the '70s and arrived in the '90s of new boss Bob Krasnow whose tenure has seen the addition of soul , in the shape of Pendergrass , Anita Baker and others .
20 ELECTRA KICKED off with the folk music of the '50s , went through the late '60s underground of the Doors/Stooges/MC5 , drifted into the Asylum California scene of the '70s and arrived in the '90s of new boss Bob Krasnow whose tenure has seen the addition of soul , in the shape of Pendergrass , Anita Baker and others .
21 This century has seen the rise to prominence on the world-stage of the ecumenical movement , which grew out of the need felt by Christians engaged in foreign mission to overcome the divisions between churches and denominations which made less and less sense in the missionary context .
22 External information provision has seen the advent of end-user searching of external hosts .
23 The contrast is most marked in the West Midlands , which has seen the percentage of births jump from 8pc to 20pc over the decade .
24 It has seen the consolidation of work commenced in the first year ; the forging ahead of ‘ key ’ enterprise activities university wide and the ‘ piloting ’ of a number of innovative projects .
25 He has seen the reduction in profit .
26 NOBODY who has seen the news on television of late can have remained unmoved by the harrowing pictures of the starvation that is afflicting parts of Africa , especially Ethiopia .
27 In his own time the Wanderer has seen the face of England changed :
28 The last decade has seen the growth of orchids and other sub-tropical flowers for export .
29 With machinery being used more and more on the farms , the village has seen the number of people employed on the land drastically fall , and is now one of many with commuters travelling further afield to their place of employment .
30 A larger proportion of middle-period Byrd has seen the light of day the songs always excepted but never in recitals that attempt to plot stylistic progress .
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