Example sentences of "it saw the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More precisely , it saw the branch stretching away into the mists . |
| 2 | It saw the continuation of a number of tendencies already visible in the reign of Louis XIV — a growth in the size of armies , a formalization of tactics , a rise in the importance of the technical branches of the service , an increase in the effectiveness of State control . |
| 3 | It saw the laying to rest of the old war-torn , Dark-age Europe and the emergence of a distinct and purposeful civilization , which we now recognize as the first flowering of the Middle Ages . |
| 4 | In general , people not actually involved in it saw the Council as the beginning of a new ecclesial era rather than a way of concluding some long-standing issues and leaving it at that , yet the Council 's documents remain for nearly all Catholics the most authoritative Church teaching of this century , beside which even papal encyclicals have comparatively slight standing . |
| 5 | The early experience of industrialisation ( prior to mechanisation ) in both Britain and the USA and the emergence of skill patterns associated with it saw the rise and consolidation of craft unions . |
| 6 | It saw the universe . |
| 7 | It would make the association feel that it had had a better hearing if it saw the Minister face to face rather than pursuing the matter in correspondence . |
| 8 | The year 1890 was also a very significant year in deaf history for it saw the birth of the British Deaf and Dumb Association . |
| 9 | The answer is that it saw the way the wind was blowing and instead of desperately tripping its users up as they tried to move to open systems , it embraced them wholeheartedly , giving users the option of either staying on the slow track with an MPE V operating system that over time would converge with Unix , or taking the fast track and jumping across to the HP 9000 . |
| 10 | In line with its notions of community crime prevention it saw the way forward to be shifting the emphasis from custodial institutions to punishment in the community . |
| 11 | It was notable in one respect , in that it saw the development of Nicholson 's romance with the stunningly attractive former model , Mimi Machu , who appeared in Psych-Out well down the list of credits under the pseudonym of I.J. Jefferson . |
| 12 | It saw the development of a Modular Humanities Degree then DipHE , at Middlesex . |
| 13 | It saw the signing of a contract worth £15.5million with Westinghouse Brake & Signal Company for the construction of a new power signalbox at Three Bridges as part of a £45million scheme for resignalling the whole of the Brighton main line . |
| 14 | Last year in particular , it saw the introduction of TV into Fiji as an opportunity to redouble its efforts to ensure that the medium is a positive influence in the country , rather than a threat to culture and moral standards . |
| 15 | Last year in particular , it saw the introduction of TV into Fiji as an opportunity to redouble its efforts to ensure that the medium is a positive influence in the country , rather than a threat to culture and moral standards . |
| 16 | It saw the introduction of new arms , tactics and methods of organization , which made the armies of the 1780s appreciably different from those of the 1700s . |
| 17 | As a result , it saw the need to continue strong support for local authority housing provision . |
| 18 | At the time , the Board was primarily concerned with accounting standard-setting for business organizations , but it saw the need to involve itself with non-business organizations as well and this research study was its first move in that direction . |
| 19 | It saw the defeat of Adlai Stevenson whose demand for a suspension of tests brought an off of immediate agreement from Prime Minister Bulganin … to which Eisenhower responded by accusing the Russians of ‘ internal interference ’ in his re-election campaign . |
| 20 | Elizabeth 's reign is now seen to be of crucial importance because it saw the completion of the Protestantization of the English people and witnessed the creation of a uniquely English style of Protestant church which was later to be labelled Anglicanism . |
| 21 | The Industrial Revolution changed all that — it saw the start of mass production and , with it , the rotary printing press enabled newspapers to extend their circulations . |
| 22 | The year 1927 was a good year from several viewpoints , although it saw the death of Sir Anker Simmons ( knighted in 1920 ) , one of the Club 's quartet of founders . |
| 23 | In 1787 it saw the première of Mozart 's Don Giovanni , with Mozart conducting , and in 1791 his La Clemenza di Tito , commissioned for the coronation of Leopold II as king of Bohemia . |
| 24 | Erm , my only view is that , er , the reason is that , by the time it saw the light of day , because remember , the manuscript was in the , the manuscript was physically in the possession of the Bullitt family not the Freud family . |