Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] see the " in BNC.

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1 It 's a striking contrast to see the sullen faces in our streets .
2 The February 1971 auction saw the majority of the Tora fleet sell for $2,000 to $5,000 , depending on type and aircraft time .
3 Addition of expression vector containing the B-cell derived oct-2 cDNA led to transcriptional activation ( Fig. 4b , lane 2 and 3 , for amount of Oct-2 protein see the respective lanes in Fig. 4c ) .
4 The universal franchise and freedom for all political parties saw the development of mass support for socialist and communist parties that had previously been suppressed .
5 There is an habitual inability to see the logical wood for the emotional trees , as the less discerning will have been proving since the final whistle sounded at Celtic Park .
6 The political awakening that followed the Second World War and the period when French West Africans were able to elect members to the French Parliament saw the establishment of a few party papers , but few Africans could read them and their circulations were extremely low .
7 The Aristotelian paradigm saw the universe as divided into two distinct realms , the incorruptible and unchanging super-lunar region and the corruptible and changing earthly region .
8 This driver saw the warning , but still tried to have a go himself .
9 In the two hundred years which followed English literature saw the flowering of the Renaissance .
10 The General Introduction to The Pelican Guide to English Literature saw the book 's role as helping readers respond ‘ to what is living and contemporary in literature ’ :
11 Do n't miss this opportunity to see the product of a European system that makes the best of emerging talent by staging work to a high standard .
12 As regards degree courses themselves , some are broader than others , and in effect provide a foundation for subsequent specialized postgraduate education or training ; indeed , it may be more accurate in some cases to see the whole process as a four-year not three-year one , consisting of three foundation years followed by a specialized professional post-graduate year .
13 He had cause to be ; a number of the clergy who compiled the 1801 Returns saw the improving larger farmer as a mixed blessing , likely to be more interested in maximising his profits than in keeping prices reasonable , ‘ the cause of the dearness of Butcher 's meat , cheese , etc. etc … . it destroys the comforts of the lower class of society ’ .
14 The latter gambit failed , since many in the party who were sceptical of the benefits of further nationalisation saw the removal of clause four as an unnecessarily provocative step , ‘ removing Genesis from the Bible ’ as Harold Wilson put it .
15 Most of Britain 's dependent peoples saw the presence of British troops close by , and not far away in the United Kingdom , as the assurance they needed of continuing British protection .
16 Thus , some schools saw the refurbishment of the library as a prerequisite for the kinds of curriculum development to which their proposal for the project was firmly linked .
17 Some schools saw the development of study skills in a similar fashion , perceiving skills as a prerequisite for satisfactory engagement with subject content or learning experiences .
18 Outlook , page 31 World Markets New York : Programme buying and a rush of panicky short-covering saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average finish at a record 2,754.56 , up 40.84 Tokyo : A flood of sell orders from investment trusts redeeming funds for clients brought a sharp fall in the Nikkei average , down 256.6 to 35,366.37 .
19 Another adviser saw the purpose of the self-appraisal chiefly in terms of providing documentation and allowing schools to explain what they are doing :
20 Conventional public administration sees the problem of bureaucratic power in these terms .
21 The rigours of the English winter soon drove them indoors , and the next few centuries saw the minsters linked up with a series of local ‘ parish ’ churches .
22 In frustration the hard-pressed French infantry saw the skies above full of German Fokkers , roaming the battlefield unchallenged , precisely directing the hellish bombardment .
23 This issue sees the introduction of six new CompuAdd PCs — ranging from one of the world 's most compact 286 notebook PCs , to a 486 which has just won Personal Computer World 's award for Best Power User System .
24 When Councillor and his Party showed the care and concern they have for our staff , when sixty members of our staff on that day attended a committee meeting of this Council to see the Labour leader open it and shut it without any debate whatsoever and walk out of the room .
25 Let us consider a simple example from the stratigraphical column to see the implications of my conclusions .
26 Another lap saw the Romanians pull past the French and the Trains pass Balabanov/Dobrotvorski of the USSR .
27 The CANZ series , which this years sees the Canadians hosted by Otago ( Dunedin , March 22 ) , North Harbour ( Auckland , March 25 ) , North Auckland ( Whangarei , March 28 ) and Waikato ( Hamilton , March 31 ) is going to provide an interesting test for a squad that features eight original World Cup choices .
28 Retirement of the Mk 30 Lincolns saw the end of the piston-engined heavy bomber in Australian service .
29 On the quiet road back to Craigendarroch , the Lochnagar Distillery is an enjoyable stopping-off point to see the traditional malt whisky in the making … and perhaps sample a wee dram yourself !
30 This period saw the development of the ‘ test ’ phenomenon , which culminated in the test boom of the 1920 to 1930 period .
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