Example sentences of "see a great [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The postwar period has seen a great rise in ethnicity ; starting in the 1950s with areas peripheral to France and Spain and continuing in the 1960s with Britain 's ‘ Celtic Fringe ’ .
2 I 'm a Catholic parent and I have seen a great deal of correspondence and adverse publicity in the local and Catholic press about this new Religious Education programme ‘ Here I Am ’ .
3 Yet there were still trees , planted in the good , old days , and one could see a great deal of sky .
4 Erm we do n't see a great deal of difference that they 've had the same problem as we 've had , in that we ran out of time before we could put the er finished act together properly .
5 In the sections where we have dealt with the psychological aspects of sign language we can see a great deal of information of relevance to psychological theories themselves .
6 However she sees a great deal of hope in Miranda 's situation ; ‘ You can acknowledge that women do let other women down and still be a feminist .
7 We 're all seeing a great deal of concern about dioxins in tampons and nappies , but did you know that incinerators and leaded petrol are also major contributors towards the levels in our environment ?
8 He was approaching the track leading to the bell tower , a dark grim silhouette in the moonlight , when he saw a great glow of light to his right in the distance .
9 One area which saw a great revival in rail fortunes is South Wales where local and county councils invested public money — and reaped the rewards .
10 It must be remembered , too , that the early years of the revolution saw a great demand for labour in order to rebuild the economy and , also , to fill the immense gap left by the departing middle class .
11 The 1980s saw a great upsurge of interest in the environment .
12 A chronicle source confirms Langland 's remark about bread being made from materials other than grain , namely beans , peas and vetches , but it should be noted that this year , 1439 , saw a great dearth of corn , and the chronicler 's comment probably reflects the unusual nature of the food , at least in his eyes ; we do not know how far this view would be general and how far it was that of a man whose conditions were normally more affluent .
13 In the quality press , first , the 1960s saw a great growth of specialization within public affairs journalism .
14 The sea answered her voice , and she saw a great heave of water rise and fling itself over the dunes .
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