Example sentences of "have seen so " in BNC.

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1 No atheist need be surprised that the twentieth century has seen so massive an increase in greed , social disorder and mass violence .
2 He took the list , that list right there , and he went like this with it — I was sitting across the table — and he said , ‘ For someone who has seen so much war as you have , North , you should understand that I want to end the war on terms that are acceptable to Iran .
3 Much more of what Augusta has seen so far , though , and the Australians will be laying down challenges again to the United States and Europe .
4 The result has been that a century which has seen so much development in terms of resources and method in historical research , has also seen a recurrent historical scepticism in theology .
5 ‘ No officer living who has seen so little service as my Lord Marlborough is so fit for great commands , ’ commented William prophetically after the 40-year-old general had , in the autumn of 1690 , rapidly captured Cork and Kinsale .
6 Still popular , and made in new materials with plastic or nylon sail , the Peter Powell kite has introduced millions to the sight of its long tube tails following the looping flight pattern , and still , after over 15 years of its production when all else around has seen so much change , is a firm recommendation for anyone wishing to take up stunt flying for the first time .
7 Our own century has seen so many movements against the conflation of scientific and religious language that we may , on purely philosophical criteria , judge him to have been misguided .
8 Pearson , England 's former centre-forward , is impressed with what he has seen so far at Valley Parade .
9 It is particularly appropriate that this first annual review from the Institute and Faculty comes at the end of a year which has seen so much co-operation between our two organisations .
10 It had been so long since she 'd seen so many people all at once .
11 He had drawn the cross he 'd seen so briefly , and coloured the stones red and the setting yellow .
12 No wonder I 'd seen so little of her .
13 ‘ We 'd seen so many terrible pictures on TV and when we arrived in the country I wondered if it was all true .
14 I kind of wished I 'd sat behind Verity ; I would n't have seen so much of her — not even a hint of that slim , smooth face , frowning in concentration as she barrelled the big black Beemer towards the next corner — but I would n't have been able to see the speedometer , either .
15 My contribution was on the lines that having seen so many birds passing through Shetland on migration , I would love to follow them to their breeding-grounds in northern Scandinavia .
16 " Having seen so many such unions started in the past , they knew that the new union would disappear in the same way as the others " , and good humouredly laughed Wilson 's overtures out of court .
17 And , as I 've touched on that subject , as an engineer , I am glad to have seen so many ladies in the teams tonight !
18 On the evidence I 've seen so far I rather doubt that . ’
19 I 've seen so many clients train dogs in classes too large and too loud , where the pup becomes confused and unsure of what is expected of him .
20 I 've seen so many people come and go who 've put on this act of caring and it does n't last a week .
21 ‘ Th'can read and 've seen so many places and folk .
22 Unlike previous Dizzy outings it retails at £9.99 , but from what we 've seen so far it 'll be worth it .
23 We 've seen so many variations , from a radio servo driving an eccentric cam straight onto the release button , to the remarkable ‘ air ’ method , suited only to those cameras with cable release sockets .
24 The best name we 've seen so far is that of former Hewlett-Packard Co chief John Young but it is not likely that he would want the job .
25 Only , I think , in so far as I 've seen so many pictures over the years that I must have picked up some knowledge and a sort of an overview of what there is in English art , so that I can make better comparisons .
26 In my life I 've seen so many bands ripped off , disillusioned , people who were once well known now sitting around doing nothing and that 's something we all want to avoid .
27 I 've seen so little of the world .
28 She will say : ’ Having been through music school , I 've seen so many people who really play their instruments — I mean , they did n't just plug in and press a button .
29 I 've seen so much country . ’
30 So this is a much more familiar model of democracy to us than any of the others that we 've seen so far
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