Example sentences of "seen the development [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The 1980s have also seen the development of four military schools run by the army but privately financed .
2 The past few years have seen the development of continuing education programmes for trained staff .
3 A belated but growing recognition of both of these problems has seen the development of some special initiatives designed to relieve them ; it is too early to tell whether sentencing trends can be reversed but there are early indicators with the under-21s , who are being especially targeted by the probation service in offering courts non-custodial options , that are encouraging .
4 However , recent years have seen the development of the extended role of such services .
5 The last twenty years has seen the development of a number of semi-quantitative techniques that purport to measure these qualities , but however helpful they may be , most people agree that the subjective element of landscape appreciation is , and will remain , of fundamental importance .
6 Hence the interwar years had seen the development of what has been called ‘ a consensus of social responsibility ’ which accepted the necessity of greater State intervention , planning and full employment as major priorities .
7 Robert had seen the development in varying stages , and had assisted in shipping out tons of building materials , but it was four months since he had been to Barbados and a lot of progress had been made since then .
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