Example sentences of "[noun pl] see [adj] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the problems in the US is that the restrictions on children and teenagers seeing certain types of film have traditionally been looser than in Britain . |
| 2 | Poorer districts saw fewer virtues in autonomy . |
| 3 | The previous 12 months saw taxable profits of £13 million . |
| 4 | However , headteachers saw little hope of success especially if persistent truancy was accepted and even encouraged by parents . |
| 5 | Despite the fact that Nicholas does more charity work than most young players and in spite of his regular visits to see sick children at Great Ormond Street Hospital , the image died hard . |
| 6 | Then , as the war dragged on , and British demands for economic and other kinds of sacrifice — over a million Indians saw military service in Europe and the Middle East — became insupportable , unrest made its appearance again . |
| 7 | In terms of an element in their appeal antislavery reformers saw this line of argument as an effort to exploit the material interests of public and policy-makers and even slave-owners and therefore a second order argument only , despite their ability to relate liberal economics to a conception of the natural order of things . |
| 8 | US and British officials saw Soviet expressions of displeasure as ritualistic , and the least that Moscow could do for its allies in Nicaragua and Cuba . |
| 9 | The Adorno fired , and the watchers saw two patches of smoke , and heard the flat thuds , and saw the dash of white water between the galleys . |
| 10 | The next two years saw frequent attacks on churches , leading to considerable loss and damage . |
| 11 | The next few years saw several appeals for sanity from top scientists who were Disarmers — in 1955 an appeal to renounce force because radio-activity could wipe out ‘ whole nations , neutral or belligerent ’ was signed by fifty-two Nobel prizewinners . |
| 12 | The following years saw repeated attempts at reconciliation between the two factions , and local activists showed markedly less interest in ideological divisions than did leaders abroad . |
| 13 | In Britain both the Vietnam war and the Reagan years saw remarkable collapses of faith in the good sense of American leadership . |
| 14 | Banks see little room for growth in revenue . |
| 15 | Until quite recently , however , the writers saw this environment in categories that were highly conservative . |
| 16 | Between 1800 and 1850 there were many bankruptcies in the area and mills saw repeated changes of ownership and tenancy . |
| 17 | For more details see Tricky situations on page 168 and Assertiveness on page 8 . |
| 18 | Contemporaries saw some kind of jealousy here ; Owen was not one who could brook a rival for the position of British Cuvier . |
| 19 | Last year ACET educators saw 24,500 pupils in face to face presentations . |
| 20 | Will the Leader of the House confirm that although few people in Britain would expect the Prime Minister to match President Yeltsin bottle for bottle , they will find it odd that the Government insist on increasing or doubling Britain 's nuclear fire power when both the Russians and the Americans see good reasons for cutting theirs ? |
| 21 | Cummings further suggests that certain aspects should be looked in selecting software in order to encourage conversation and pupils to see each other as resources : 1 . |
| 22 | I was told on more than one occasion , that I should not really let outsiders see this sort of thing , even though it was agreed that what I had written was an accurate analysis of events . |
| 23 | Neither British nor continental socialists saw any contradiction between endorsement of the strike weapon and the pursuit of co-operation with middle-class pacifism . |
| 24 | Civil law systems see these aspects of evidence-gathering as a judicial function . |
| 25 | Others see little sign of overlap between the two and , moreover , claim that any benefits will take time to accrue . |