Example sentences of "see a [noun] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The economic recession during which this book has been written has seen a reduction in merger mania but one can almost guarantee that this will be a temporary blip in the inexorable progress towards higher and higher profits . |
| 2 | He had also been talking for ages to Broadman , and Ymor had seen a piece of paper change hands . |
| 3 | ‘ I have never seen a cut in education spending , ’ he said . |
| 4 | In a Parliamentary debate on wages councils Ms Eagle claimed that their abolition would see a return to poverty pay . |
| 5 | North Street , Ulster Street , William Street and the town centre are most likely to be affected between 9am and 6pm but other areas may see a reduction in water pressure . |
| 6 | I could see a sort of Army bed . |
| 7 | So Rediffusion engineers do not see a future for monomode fibre except for trunk lines . |
| 8 | First , Nicholas Budgen , the somewhat maverick right-wing Tory MP , said on 5 December 1984 when receiving the Spectator Backbencher-of-the-Year Award , ‘ My hope is that this Parliament will see a restoration of Cabinet government . ’ |
| 9 | According to Lesley Bell , director of the Joint Initiative for Community Care , funded by the ADSS and the Local Government Management Board , departments should encourage service managers to see a spell in care management as part of their career development , possibly towards a more senior post in service management . |
| 10 | Roger said : ‘ Having heard so much about TNT while I was in Australia I am pleased to see it working so successfully and in particular I am glad to see a continuation of product supply into the sales organisation as a direct result of TNT principles . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I expect they want to see a bit of night life , ’ said Sister Dew . |
| 12 | ‘ I expected to see a lot of back play but have been surprised by the lack of it , ’ he said . |
| 13 | ‘ The idea came to me during September 1991 when I saw a pile of waste paper being loaded into a contractor 's vehicle at the back of 36 St Andrew Square . |
| 14 | There he saw a pair of motor torpedo boats tied up at one of the quays and decided to attack . |
| 15 | She saw a look of surprise pass over his features . |
| 16 | Owens ( 1984 , 174 ) has commented that the 1970s saw a hiatus in recreation research as a period of evaluation replaced the previous period which had been characterized by : |
| 17 | Ahead of them , as her eyes adjusted , Jessica saw a mountain of cut grass , in a high-sided pen affair , a concrete floor-space walled in with wooden planks , thick as railway sleepers . |
| 18 | However , the Supreme Court in Aérospatiale , like the Court of Appeals in Re Anschuetz , saw a place for comity analysis , as was urged upon it by several of the briefs including that of the United Kingdom Government . |
| 19 | I saw a bead of sweat drip from Carradine 's forehead , trickle down his cheek , perch on the end of his moustache and fall with a small splash onto a picture of Rhonda Fleming posing in a backless , strapless , practically frontless dress . |