Example sentences of "[noun sg] see [adj] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The Wedgwood Visitor Centre near Stoke- on-Trent offers the opportunity to see skilled craftsmen at work , and factory tours can be enjoyed at the Royal Worcester Porcelain works .
2 That this Conference , while recording its desire to see working men in Parliament on the Unionist side , thinks it undesirable that any distinction should be made between them and other members , and therefore expresses the opinion that all Unionist organizations should select and support with all their power the best candidate they can find to represent their constituency , irrespective of his social and financial status .
3 The First World War saw enormous advances in flight technology , and Glasgow was a major centre for aircraft production .
4 The Treasury saw local councils as part of that strategy just as much as spending departments in Whitehall or the nationalised industries — a very clear ‘ agency ’ view .
5 The early nineteenth century saw major developments in embryology , which challenged the mechanical concept of generation and overthrew the preformation theory .
6 The early 18th century saw various periods of disuse and 400 tons of iron were produced between 1731 and 1732 .
7 But while he was in the Shaffer play , there was no time to see other actors at work .
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