Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [verb] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | While Jube stood guard over Grant and the two youngsters , the other two truckers spent a fruitless few minutes checking to see whether the dangerous oriental was lurking in the immediate vicinity . |
| 2 | Some cultures have seen no connection between sexual intercourse and conception ; others have seen the only justification for sex in reproduction . |
| 3 | Some referees appear to see only one half of a pair of techniques and , while reverse punches are seldom missed , snap punches to the face often are . |
| 4 | Although the past few months have seen quite a number of problems for European unity , one area that remains firmly fixed is the demolition of trade barriers in 1993 . |
| 5 | The last few months have seen the launch of masses of small workgroup packages and E-mailing and scheduling programs , which are all designed to make it easier for people to chat to one another via their computers , |
| 6 | The past few months have seen the surprise break-up of the Sport AG group in Austria which owned Fischer , Dynafit and Kastle . |
| 7 | The hoped for recovery in the UK economy in 1992 failed to materialise , but the last few months have seen several actions by the Government intended to prevent 1993 becoming the third consecutive year of recession . |
| 8 | But although change is ever-present , some periods seem to see greater and more significant shifts than others . |
| 9 | THE past few decades have seen an astonishing growth in road traffic almost everywhere . |
| 10 | Once women have reached senior management , for instance , where they are the only woman among 20 or 50 men , some companies tend to see them as the token woman singlehandedly proving that the company is encouraging and supporting women to reach the top . |
| 11 | Indeed , some participants have seen this interference as legitimate and necessary . |
| 12 | A recognition of the need to maintain that sector and through it the full diversity of recorded music in Britain is one reason why the last few years has seen a new interest in the record industry from public bodies concerned with culture and with employment . |
| 13 | The past few years have seen a hardening of presidential arteries . |
| 14 | The last few years have seen a tremendous amount of' reconstruction , both internally and externally , some parts of the building having been perilously close to collapse . |
| 15 | The last few years have seen the age of the fitness fanatics — those who rush headlong to join in the latest craze whether it is jogging , aerobics or weight training . |
| 16 | The last few years have seen widespread damage to homes through storms , floods , extreme cold and subsidence caused by drought . |
| 17 | The past few years have seen the development of continuing education programmes for trained staff . |
| 18 | This has already happened in microelectronics and the last few years have seen a revolution in this respect . |
| 19 | The last few years have seen quite a shake up in the leasing market . |
| 20 | It may not be too extreme to suggest that the last few years have seen a quiet revolution in the direction taken by our thinking about writing development and the teaching of writing in schools . |
| 21 | In a reaction , therefore , to these problems the last few years have seen two major changes in approach . |
| 22 | These past few years have seen a sharp decline in morality . |
| 23 | Whereas the last few years have seen women such as Liz Fraser , Kristin Hersh and Mary Margaret O'Hara shred the conventions of writing and performance , marrying impressionistic , ‘ illogical ’ words with disturbed vocalising , Lambert 's songs are still very much stuck in the singer-songwriter tradition of narrative and description . |
| 24 | The last few years have seen significant developments in this direction , as the different European Affairs committees in national parliaments study one another 's methods of scrutiny , control , and influence in order to improve their own , and work together more systematically to promote informed and transparent law-making by the Community . |
| 25 | However , the last few years have seen a major closure programme of deep mines in Wales as elsewhere . |
| 26 | The last few years have seen many manufacturing companies suffer from recession . |
| 27 | The past few years have seen an unprecedented number of attempts to find new ways of training teachers , by reforming existing routes to Qualified Teachers Status and developing new ones . |
| 28 | Whereas the last few years have seen women such as Liz Fraser , Kristin Hersh and Mary Margaret O'Hara shred the conventions of writing and performance , marrying impressionistic , ‘ illogical ’ words with disturbed vocalising , Lambert 's songs are still very much stuck in the singer-songwriter tradition of narrative and description . |
| 29 | The past few years have seen increased interest in the various alternative energy technologies based on solar , wind , wave , and tidal energy . |
| 30 | The last few years have seen unauthorised clothes going all round the world . |