Example sentences of "seen a [noun] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The deadening sense of obligation with which Coleridge had returned to Bristol was now swiftly transformed , until , as a ‘ neutral spectator ’ ( perhaps Cottle ) told Thomas De Quincey , ‘ if ever in his life he had seen a man under deep fascination , and what he would have called desperately in love , Coleridge , in relation to Miss F , was that man ’ .
2 So the 1980s has seen a betrayal of primary health care at the very same time as more and more lip-service has been paid to the idea .
3 Edward IV 's last years ( unlike those of Edward III ) had seen a return to political stability .
4 Edward IV 's last years ( unlike those of Edward III ) had seen a return to political stability .
5 ‘ I 've seen a cross-reference with British Army chaplains in the military documentation file , ’ Ilse said .
6 Spokesman Song Jian noted that areas affected by acid rain had seen a fall in agricultural production , devastation of the environment and serious economic losses .
7 THERE are very few middle-aged men who have not seen a vision of youthful loveliness and longed to possess it .
8 He shut his eyes for a moment , but not before Kate had seen a flicker of private anguish .
9 The past six months have also seen a flurry of administrative guidance , including arbitrary changes in accounting rules designed to prevent institutions from selling shares at a loss or even recognising their diminished value in their books .
10 In his prejudiced but occasionally interesting Labour and the Benn Factor ( Macdonald £12.95 ) , Michael Cocks recalls Benn on the train after a party conference wandering up and down the carriage saying : ‘ Has anybody seen a pair of National Health Service glasses ? ’
11 Recent years have seen a revival of popular faith in America among Britons and Germans .
12 Was it you probably wo n't believe this but I 've never seen a programme of Spitting Image .
13 She had seen a lot of Japanese kaiju eiga flatties as a child thanks to a quirk of her father 's , and had now been able to draw on her memories of them .
14 It 's only common sense , but I 've seen a lot of hard-earned cash parted with in the pursuit of instrument-enhanced choppery and there just ai n't no such thing .
15 The years since the 1978 Act have seen a succession of inner city initiatives .
16 Under the ‘ Fisher-Clark ’ hypothesis , industrialized countries have seen a progression from Primary employment ( agriculture , forestry , fishing and mining ) to Secondary employment ( industrial activity in manufacturing and construction ) and in turn to Tertiary employment ( services including distribution , transport , finance and public services ) .
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