Example sentences of "[noun] has seen [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alongside its work with the increasingly excellent These Immortal Souls , Howard 's guitar has seen recent service with Crime & The City Solution and Lydia Lunch . |
| 2 | His car has been stolen or broken into 7 times , his home in Swindon has seen numerous burglaries . |
| 3 | In its 130-page publication on the subject , an aspiring paperback writer has seen fit to throw in quotes and subtitles taken from famous Beatles ' songs , which is apparently intended ‘ to disrupt the close relationship between the thinkable and speakable and to think the otherwise unspeakable ’ . |
| 4 | Massimo Aimetti has seen fundamental changes at Iveco over the past decade . |
| 5 | Yesterday the 86-year-old writer of more than 80 books said from her home in Jesmond , Newcastle : ‘ I am amazed and humbled that the Queen has seen fit to give me a second honour . ’ |
| 6 | But Darlington borough council has seen vacant properties for all housing applicants fall during the same period from 930 four years ago to 660 in 1992 . |
| 7 | Italy is of course the country where anything is possible , but legitimate concern has been expressed at the way in which the young Florentine judge has seen fit to take upon herself a role which properly belongs to the competent institutional authorities that of evaluating the appropriateness and the implementation of a particular restoration project . |
| 8 | Since it was adopted by the town HMS Jupiter has seen active service in the Falklands conflict and the Prince of Wales also spent part of his naval training stint aboard her . |
| 9 | The history of the past ten years has seen Labour consistently oppose any change inside the health service and , even more regrettably , has often seen groups inside it resist reform on the grounds that their vested interests are being challenged . |
| 10 | THE biggest single letting of industrial premises in Alton for several years has seen local printers Repro Workshop Ltd. expand into a 15,000 sq . |
| 11 | Johnson Matthey 's pharmaceutical business has seen continued growth and has made a strong contribution to group profits during the year . |
| 12 | And although London 's Docklands has seen major development , questions are being asked about its nature . |
| 13 | Over the last two years the UK has seen dramatic growth in the number of PCs bought through direct sales channels . |
| 14 | The charity has seen positive results from health care and farming projects . |
| 15 | The last decade has seen substantial development in macroeconomic theory . |
| 16 | The past decade has seen immense progress in elucidating the scientific basis for a proper discipline of programming : it is now possible to prove that a computer program meets its specification , in much the same way that mathematicians and engineers know how to prove the correctness of a proposed solution to the relevant differential equations . |
| 17 | But this past decade has seen fundamental changes in the British economic and political scene that have made the provision of social and economic resources more difficult : what affect could this have on the class structure ? |
| 18 | The last decade has seen considerable historical research into the origins and development of the English Police concentrating overwhelmingly , on the early years 1829-1856 . |
| 19 | Flown for the first time in 1958 , the DHC-4 Caribou has seen extensive military service . |
| 20 | If it were not , you may be sure that I would have arranged a better climate for the Brits than the Lord has seen fit to give them . ’ |
| 21 | Well-known in a field — motor insurance — in which many if not most competitors are losing money , Direct Line Insurance has seen improved profits in each of the past four years . |
| 22 | The recent past has seen major developments in the mergers and acquisitions environment in the UK . |
| 23 | Apart from these weaknesses , the Government has seen fit to deny an additional safeguard which might have been presumed to operate . |
| 24 | But the Rugby Union has seen fit to let it degenerate and from next season , when it 's played at the same time as the divisional championship , it will be virtually kaput . |
| 25 | The Lake District has seen new editions of Wordsworth 's and Harriet Martineau 's guides , and now comes the reminiscences of Capt. Budworth , who walked the fells in 1792 . |
| 26 | Gas has seen domestic prices fall by 12 per cent. , and disconnections are at their lowest recorded level . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm sure I do n't know for what act of yours the Deity has seen fit to bless us with mounted Normans , and shiploads of mercenaries , and woods that burn in a trice , but you must have dropped a word somewhere that commended itself . ’ |
| 28 | The project has seen significant progress over the last few months , with major reskinning of the fuselage nearing completion . |
| 29 | Best known for motor insurance , a field in which many — probably most — competitors are losing money , Direct Line has seen improved profits in each of the past four years . |
| 30 | The year has seen continued support of the Association by the RAFA Liaison Officers ( RAFALOs ) with membership from the serving RAF continuing to increase . |