Example sentences of "year have see a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The past 30 years has seen a continuation of the break-up of the old landlord and tenant system . |
| 2 | Since the lifting of sanctions the last couple of years has seen a flood of wines onto our shelves from the Cape — which has some of the most beautiful winelands in the world . |
| 3 | The past two or three years has seen a boom in the retreat movement , especially directed retreats . |
| 4 | The war years had seen a boom in cocoa prices : in 1938 cocoa earned £5½ million for 300 000 long tons ; by 1948 , because of disease , production had fallen to 200 000 tons but earnings had increased to £41 million . |
| 5 | Recent years have seen a revival of popular faith in America among Britons and Germans . |
| 6 | The past 10 years have seen a revival in interest . |
| 7 | It says that recent years have seen a transformation in Britain 's manufacturing base , and it condemns those who do not recognise it and continue to run down the achievements of British industry . |
| 8 | This has already happened in microelectronics and the last few years have seen a revolution in this respect . |
| 9 | Recent years have seen a succession of second-rate political memoirs illuminated by the self-serving clarity of hindsight , stashed with dutiful acknowledgements to dreary constituency agents , padded out with hack accounts of official visits to one foreign country or another . |
| 10 | The last two years have seen a growth in awareness of many environmental issues , but none so obvious as the campaign to reduce harmful vehicle emissions , in particular lead . |
| 11 | Recent years have seen a multiplication in the number of TV channels and of communications media other than traditional terrestrial television — government pressure on broadcasters is perforce less effective than when there was only one channel . |
| 12 | The past few years have seen a hardening of presidential arteries . |
| 13 | THIS year has seen a procession of visiting Senegalese acts . |
| 14 | The last year has seen a number of developments which we hope will provide the basis for greater student participation in the Institute . |