Example sentences of "[adj] see the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1991 saw the first time that the Open School was able to run a summer holiday programme which culminated in the performance of dance , music and drama work done by the children . |
| 2 | MONDAY September 7 saw the last flying Vulcan formatting with an RAF Hercules over Stamford , Lincs . |
| 3 | You see , sometimes you turn these over , it puts ideas into your head , you see you 're not supposed to see the next card . |
| 4 | The 1990s are likely to see the last days of the political baronets . |
| 5 | Armistice day 1921 saw the first poppy day appeal , sponsored by the British Legion . |
| 6 | The Agua Caliente Handicap at Tanforan , Mexico , in March 1932 saw the last racecourse appearance of a horse who was beyond dispute one of the greatest horses that ever raced — Phar Lap . |
| 7 | The war brought , however , a number of naval victories and 1740 saw the first performance of Rule Britannia , which soon acquired the status of a second national anthem . |
| 8 | You should of all saw the last Synod papers received this . |
| 9 | You were looking at the beetle world in such a way as to be able to see the third dimension . |
| 10 | Granted his education and career it is not surprising that Sidonius , both in his panegyrics and also in his letter-collection , was able to see the last days of the imperial court within a traditional perspective . |
| 11 | Though the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies were largely insulated from the full impact of the Great War , the 1920s saw the first stirrings of contemporary nationalism in Indonesia and the young Sukarno responded . |
| 12 | 1982 saw the first publication of the autumn statement , which can be taken to refer to both the publication and the Chancellor 's oral statement ( see Economic Progress Report 153 , HM Treasury , January 1983 ) . |
| 13 | The last week in August 1939 saw the 1st Bucks Battalion , still members of the 145th Infantry Brigade and part of the 48th Division , just returned from the annual camp at Lavant , near Chichester . |
| 14 | It is plausible to see the first point as spelling out the root problem for a philosophical account of knowledge , and the second as linked to Peirce 's anti-naturalism . |
| 15 | When this happened we had to wait until it was repaired , and if it proved impossible we were entitled to see the next film the following Sunday , for nothing . |