Example sentences of "[adj] see the [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is much easier to see the connection between stress , anxiety and colic , if we remember that problems of the digestive tract caused by stress are also quite common in people . |
| 2 | The 1890s saw the triumph of megalomania as size took over and passengers and tracks increased in number . |
| 3 | 1985 saw the publication of Education for All , the 800-page Swann Report on the education of children from ethnic minority groups ( DES ) . |
| 4 | Some saw the Revolution in providentialist terms . |
| 5 | The Middle Neolithic saw the introduction of axe and double-axe forms , but the battle-axe people themselves preferred perforated disc forms . |
| 6 | I was disgusted to see the picture on page one of The Scotsman today showing Bill Clifford , the manager of the weapons testing range at Dundrennan , Kirkcudbrightshire proudly holding the new electro-magnetic railgun . |
| 7 | It 's amazing to see the coat as part of a complete look — with the hair and make-up complementing it . ’ |
| 8 | Now the eighteen-forties sees the development of manufacturing process , clothes are getting easier and easier to make , cheaper and cheaper , so fashion is changing faster because people can afford to , whereas in earlier times , if you wore a woollen dress , it had been you know , you know , somebody had done the sheep for you , had spun the wool and woven the wool and you were damned if you were going to take this dress off until it fell to pieces round you . |
| 9 | The duty of the police when they arrest without warrant is , no doubt , to be quick to see the possibility of crime , but equally they ought to be anxious to avoid mistaking the innocent for the guilty … |
| 10 | And supposed to see the superiority of socialism in this capitalist |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm glad to see the art of satire is n't dead , ’ commented Blanche . |
| 12 | How many would be glad to see the back of mum and dad ? |
| 13 | The point is that it is hard to see the subject-matter under attack as determinations which are so unreasonable that no reasonable authority could come to them , at least not when viewed as Lord Greene M.R. visualised the notion . |
| 14 | The period 1945 — 90 saw the number of morning papers decline , with total sales fluctuating ; gains and losses among the evening titles , with a long term decline in sales ; and more losses than gains among the weeklies , whose market changed sharply towards the end with the arrival of free sheets . |
| 15 | JANUARY ‘ 89 saw the beginning of transformation at the Wallingford maltings with the launch of a massive £4 million investment programme to modernise the existing plant and give a boost to production . |
| 16 | Despite the successful negotiation of the Helsinki Accords the years after 1975 saw the decline of détente and the reassertion of Cold War attitudes , even though strong support continued in Europe for East-West contacts . |
| 17 | It might be comforting to see the balance of power in the hands of the defence rather than the offence — but there is no assurance it would stay there . |
| 18 | February 18 sees the start of Channel 4 's Vietnamese Cinema film season . |
| 19 | Behind the scenes 1962 saw the reorganisation of university applications through a central clearinghouse — UCCA — and this required a confidential report of each candidate . |
| 20 | Numerous operations were performed , until , as Charlie says , ‘ I was eventually shipped back to the States on the Queen Mary and was so happy to see the Statue of Liberty again . |
| 21 | Visitors were able to see the versatility of design and product range by a display which portrayed the four themes of shipping , hotel and leisure , pubs and commercial interiors . |
| 22 | You will now be able to see the type of ceiling which is fitted below the joists — either plasterboard or lath-and-plaster . |
| 23 | Also for me , I was able to see the type of job I wanted to do . |
| 24 | I was not able to see the CIEFL in session , but through discussions was able to get a good idea of the activities of its various English Departments . |
| 25 | Even on a clear day in the country , you can look along the tube there , along from Auntie Muriel 's , and not be able to see the city for smog . |
| 26 | Inside the innovative tube-shaped building , visitors will be able to see the renaissance of South Cardiff and its docklands and enjoy a vision of the future . |
| 27 | Even in Russia the years after the death of Peter I saw the exemption from service of considerable social groups hitherto liable — the merchants of Astrakhan in return for a money payment , the arms-makers of Tula , Church servants , some groups of the better-off peasantry . |
| 28 | Finally , the late eighties saw the launch of satellite TV services , initially by Sky and then by the ill-fated BSB , which was taken over by Sky to form BSkyB when BSB succumbed to financial difficulties less than two years after going on air , in late 1990 . |
| 29 | I am pleased to see the Secretary of State for Social Security in his place , because he has said that the decision in January 1991 to stop such payments was taken because ’ It has never been the intention , nor is it sensible , that in the generality of cases Housing Benefit should be available as an alternative to income support ’ . |
| 30 | Well , there are strange little bits of old-fashioned good Englishness about , dating perhaps from the late forties , when city streets were safe and when people of good will in England were happy and even proud to see the end of Empire . |