Example sentences of "[noun] have seen a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ACES HIGH at North Weald have seen a burst of activity with ex-Swiss Air Force Vampires , having handled four aircraft in six weeks .
2 In contrast with North Tyne side , all sectors have seen a downturn since 1981 .
3 The years since the 1978 Act have seen a succession of inner city initiatives .
4 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 ) .
5 Full-time employed workers in Spain have seen a rise in their living standards .
6 But the last three weeks have seen a turn-down in numbers .
7 Recent years have seen a revival of popular faith in America among Britons and Germans .
8 The past 10 years have seen a revival in interest .
9 But instead , recent years have seen a resurgence and the spotlight is once again on vaccination .
10 It says that recent years have seen a transformation in Britain 's manufacturing base , and it condemns those who do not recognise it and continue to run down the achievements of British industry .
11 This has already happened in microelectronics and the last few years have seen a revolution in this respect .
12 Recent years have seen a succession of second-rate political memoirs illuminated by the self-serving clarity of hindsight , stashed with dutiful acknowledgements to dreary constituency agents , padded out with hack accounts of official visits to one foreign country or another .
13 The last two years have seen a growth in awareness of many environmental issues , but none so obvious as the campaign to reduce harmful vehicle emissions , in particular lead .
14 Recent years have seen a multiplication in the number of TV channels and of communications media other than traditional terrestrial television — government pressure on broadcasters is perforce less effective than when there was only one channel .
15 Recent years have seen a move away from regimented package holidays as travellers start to assert their independence .
16 The past few years have seen a hardening of presidential arteries .
17 Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that those farmers have seen a decline in their incomes and an increase in their costs , and are worried about their capacity to invest in the future ?
18 At Barclays de Zoete Wedd , whose report on the sector is due out this week , analyst Jane Anscombe points out that there are currently some worries on the advertising revenue front , and that some television people have seen a bit of pressure .
19 Well , people have seen a ghost .
20 On waiting lists , he points out that these only measure the time spent waiting patients have seen a hospital consultant and not the period leading up to that appointment .
21 Recent times have seen a catalogue of complaints against the teaching profession ; standards of spelling , arithmetic and reading have come under attack from the government and in the media .
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