Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] see the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the kitchen the fire was burning low but there was light enough to see the steam rising from the bedclothes as they held them out to air . |
| 2 | In practice , however , the Church lost little — the suppression of the ‘ alien priories ’ by Henry V merely saw the conversion of resources to other ecclesiastical establishments , and the disappearance of a small number of decayed religious houses in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries was caused by the transfer of their endowments to other houses or to colleges at universities ( 218 , ii , 163–5 , iii , 157–8 ) . |
| 3 | 1801 also saw the publication of his classic book Disquisitiones Arithmeticae . |
| 4 | ‘ It is across this sea and in summer on a good day it is easy enough to see the island where the sacred site is . |
| 5 | Those traders were relieved yesterday to see the Bundesbank had held the 8.25 per cent rate unchanged . |
| 6 | It is appropriate therefore to see the state and its actors as facing strategic choices within constraints . |
| 7 | We have been lucky enough to see the Minister of State ; he has been very kind and we have had really good discussions with him . |
| 8 | It is argued that the year 1960 also saw the recognition of Le Duan as second in the hierarchy to Ho , representing the new generation of leaders . |
| 9 | 1990/91 also saw the Record of Education and Training ( RET ) extended to include Higher National and Workplace Assessed Units and Group Awards . |
| 10 | The late 1970s also saw the initiation of the questioning of the value of educational growth . |
| 11 | I say ‘ in theory ’ because the 1970s also saw the introduction of the ‘ Special Procedure ’ under which undefended divorces are dealt with on the basis of written evidence , without the parties even having to attend court . |
| 12 | 1992 also saw the award of an important five year contract with BP for integrated design and engineering services on the Magnus , Thistle and Miller platforms . |
| 13 | 1992 also saw the establishment of two new aggregate businesses serving the European market with the opening of the new Wimpey Fleming joint venture coastal quarry in Bantry Bay , Ireland and the acquisition of a controlling interest in Severokamen , the first state owned quarrying business in the Czech Republic to be privatised . |
| 14 | All however see the link between the local health situation and the plight of health workers and the national and international situation . |
| 15 | Both are out of print and according to his publisher ( the wacky John Muir of Todmorden ) are unlikely ever to see the light of day again . |
| 16 | This in its turn was so successful that , within four months of its introduction in 1949 , the available places for the next four years had been booked , so that no new applications could be considered for admissions before 1953 ! 1949 also saw the introduction of Rugby football in place of Association , " to make better use of the space " , a decision then and since deplored and regretted by the Old Stopfordians ' Football Club . |
| 17 | The year 1912 also saw the beginning of the Marconi campaign , in which he attacked a group of Liberal cabinet ministers , including the attorney-general , Sir Rufus Isaacs ( later first Marquess of Reading , q.v. ) , who had profited on the Stock Exchange through illegal inside knowledge . |
| 18 | Mergers between giants such as GE and RCA ( 1985 ) and between Sperry and Burroughs ( 1986 ) inevitably forced smaller competitors also to consider growing by merger ; 1987 duly saw the start of a fresh wave of European electronics mergers . |
| 19 | The truth of the matter is that it 's difficult enough to see the difference between a 32k colour rendition of a picture and a 24 bit one ( 16 million colours ) , so it 's all but impossible to see any difference between a 32k and a 64k colour image . |
| 20 | The 1850s also saw the establishment of schools for the physically handicapped and the ‘ mentally defective ’ . |
| 21 | November 28 also sees the close of Michael Biberstein 's exhibition of recent landscape paintings at the Montenay . |
| 22 | 1907 also saw the introduction of the famous and spectacular trains which were comprised of completely new twelve-wheel coaching stock . |
| 23 | But pay the bottom price of £10 for the Latvia match and you will only pay the same again to see the Republic . |
| 24 | Stand close enough to see the column form and you will probably be pelted with near-boiling water . |
| 25 | If you want to get in close enough to see the detail of his beautiful body markings , you wo n't be able to include much of his neck which will be mostly sticking out through the top of the frame . |
| 26 | His smile might be a little self-conscious , but she was close enough to see the glint of real satisfaction in his pale blue eyes . |
| 27 | 1773 also saw the composition of Mozart 's first original piano concerto , a medium he was to make uniquely his own . |
| 28 | Although born mainly out of an attempt by the British government to gain control of the curriculum , the 1960s also saw the establishment of the Schools Council , a quango whose role was to advise the government on curriculum and examinations . |
| 29 | The late 1950s and 1960s also saw the accession of one venerable institution , the Public Record Office , and the creation of a new one , the Law Commission . |
| 30 | Mrs Thatcher was cute enough to see the need to cultivate the backbenchers who made up her lobby fodder and the knighthood became once again the reward for wrecked marriages and broken health caused by sitting up all night to vote as the whips instructed . |