Example sentences of "and [adj] see [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Goda , a Devonshire thegn , was evidently killed in a fierce battle resisting the latter attack , and 991 saw the defeat of an army under Ealdorman Brihtnoth of Essex at Maldon , and the first known payment of tribute — £10,000 . |
| 2 | The 1970s and 80s saw the development of models which took up the thesis that the mass media were not passive or neutral channels but exerted active influence to the advantage of select social groups . |
| 3 | In 1875 he gave four lectures on his discoveries at the Royal Institution , and 1877 saw the publication of his book , Discoveries at Ephesus ; a second book , Discoveries on the Site of Ancient Ephesus , published posthumously in 1890 , added little to the earlier work . |
| 4 | She and Sarah had been indignant and sad to see a picture of Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia on the Pathe News Gazette at the cinema after Mussolini had invaded his country . |
| 5 | And supposed to see the superiority of socialism in this capitalist |
| 6 | The 1930s and 1940s saw the collapse of UK hegemony and the consolidation of the United States ' hegemony over a new international economic system . |
| 7 | Moreover the later 1770s and 1780s saw the re-creation of a powerful Russian squadron in the Black Sea which by 1791 possessed 22 ships of the line . |
| 8 | Elementary education was made free in 1891 and 1899 saw the creation of a government Education Department . |
| 9 | The years between 1860 and 1884 saw the building of the Circle , for a long time called the Inner Circle . |
| 10 | A headhunter needs to be an excellent listener , receptive , willing and able to see the difference in peoples ' backgrounds and how those people might fit into a very different environment . |
| 11 | The visitor enters the gateway of the Armenian patriarchate and first sees the chapel to the left of the cathedral , a small building of yellow stone which appears to contain some religious relics behind sheets of unwashed glass . |
| 12 | Episodes Four and Five saw the turn of Jacqueline Hill ( Barbara ) to take a fortnight 's holiday — her character being conveniently left aboard the space-craft , the sets of which are not seen again after Part Three . |
| 13 | Thus , while the 1950s and 1960s saw a growth in employment , they were also a period of significant delocalization and the manufacturing sector was increasingly composed of ‘ branch plants ’ . |
| 14 | The seven years between 1912 and 1919 saw the changing of the world . |
| 15 | The church is a plain red brick building , dedicated to St Edmund , and 1989 saw the celebration of the bicentenary of the rebuilding of the church . |