Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] seen [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Austen Chamberlain , despite his limitations , was an ally of a staunchness rarely seen in politics . |
| 2 | The crag rat , or Rattus lithographus , is a strange specimen rarely seen in limestone hitherto because of the friable nature of the rocks , until now usually preferring Lakeland granite or Pennine gritstone . |
| 3 | The distinction just seen with noun objects is also applicable to examples with the infinitive and will allow us to account for the distribution of to with cause and make . |
| 4 | One of the most spectacular sights ever seen by man must have been the mile-high fiery cascade when a lava flow poured into the Grand Canyon in Arizona . |
| 5 | The other types of leather corals usually seen in dealer 's tanks are the various species of Lobophytum . |
| 6 | ‘ Cut out middleman 's profits — buy direct from the manufacturer ’ is a phrase often seen in newspaper advertisements , implying that the retailing and wholesaling functions are otiose , or at least inefficient . |
| 7 | Contemporary dedications at Rome reflected the growing trend of relatives of military commanders to glorify their illustrious ancestors , a trend also seen in portraiture ( see chapter 2 ) . |
| 8 | The appointment of Mr Stürmer , a friend of Chancellor Kohl and a man often seen on television , made some of the staff fear they were going to be ‘ politicised ’ . |
| 9 | It implies that 90% of the universe is composed of something other than everyday atoms — swarms of exotic particles never seen on earth . |
| 10 | In recent years , however , the canine colon has become a standard model for colonic motility studies and , although it displays some kinds of contractile activity not seen in man , it has been useful for investigating neuropharmacological interactions . |
| 11 | A prominent feature was the surviving aggregates of endocrine cells marking the former position of glandular bases where colonic crypts had been destroyed ( Fig 2B ) , a feature characteristically seen in graft v host disease . |
| 12 | A vet has borrowed medical technology normally seen in maternity hospitals and is using it on farms to bring more certainty to lambing . |