Example sentences of "see [noun pl] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was to see houses on expensive sites rise constantly higher , the consequent birth of the ‘ lift ’ or ‘ elevator ’ , and in the 1880s the construction of the first ‘ skyscrapers ’ in the United States . |
| 2 | The CTO will often ask to see copies of relevant correspondence between the parties and the legal advisors subject to any privilege rights . |
| 3 | GEORGE Wimpey , Britain 's second-biggest house-builder , yesterday joined the growing chorus of businesses seeing signs of economic recovery , despite unveiling huge losses for 1992 . |
| 4 | I remembered seeing pictures of German prisoners carrying what was described as their emergency Red Cross clothing in Tate and Lyle sugar boxes through London . |
| 5 | Day after day , they watched the north road with muskets at the ready , expecting to see columns of blue-uniformed men marching towards them , but they never came . |
| 6 | It could be , or I 'm just wondering if it 's actually squirrels , because although the , the excreta contains berries erm a squirrel will eat berries , it will also eat nuts and of course they do bury their nuts and I 've actually seen squirrels in other parts of the country digging holes and starting a bit of a larder and of course there are a lot of , of erm squirrels in Croydon so I think unless you actually see the animal you can only speculate that it is something small like a vole or , or a squirrel . |
| 7 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his comments about the policies that we have been pursuing and economic prosperity in the Province , where we have seen advances in recent years . |
| 8 | The preceding week had seen days of heavy downpour and we came prepared for floods . |
| 9 | At night , at certain seasons , it glowed like fire , sometimes it seemed but the portal of a well-lighted hall ; and one old stone-breaker declared he had heard wonderful music issuing therefrom , the like of which he had never heard before ; while on one occasion he had seen troops of gaily-dressed elfins repairing thither , some on foot and some in carriages , and they all went into this mysterious hall . |
| 10 | THE Law and its administration have seen changes in recent years and there are more to come . |
| 11 | This may be the first piece of half-good news in three years for defence manufacturers who have seen orders for new equipment shrink even faster than national defence budgets ( chart 1 ) . |
| 12 | I 've seen salamanders in green woods north of New York , with Jeff . |
| 13 | I have seen photos in German books , and it is a real stunner . |
| 14 | Although we have seen benefits in recent years , there is lots of mileage left in Magnus . |
| 15 | The Commission also considered the obligations of the state to the citizen , a subject which as we have seen advocates of active citizenship have tended to neglect . |
| 16 | Why , for example , have Scottish cities been exempt from the urban riots which , every year since 1981 , have seen parts of English towns and cities literally torn apart ? |
| 17 | In both Russia and Prussia , though much more in the former , can be seen struggles between competing ministers for royal favour and support . |
| 18 | And she had said she wanted to see places of historical interest . |
| 19 | It is a common sight to see bands of penniless zealots whipping and beating themselves as they travel from village to village , begging scraps of food and preaching their own nightmare vision of doom and despondency . |
| 20 | Hunter ( 1980 ) sees parallels with other pressures for change : ‘ arguments for participation in the classroom can be seen to be linked with the growing agitation for community participation in politics , industrial democracy and the feminist and anti-racialist movements ’ ( pp. 231 — 2 ) . |
| 21 | In the courtyard between the Reptile House and the Aquarium , you will see groups of Mediterranean species of tortoise . |
| 22 | He would see loads of young people who are trying to learn how to make sense of life , trying to sort out what is right and what is wrong , trying to understand who they are and how to get on with people around them . |
| 23 | They show that we can see patterns of similar markings . |
| 24 | InfoCorp sees shipments of multi-user systems with an average selling price between $15,000 and $1m to grow from 509,000 units in 1992 to 643,000 units in 1997 — a compound annual growth rate of 6% . |
| 25 | They sleep during the day , and you will sometimes see flocks of little birds mobbing a sleeping owl in broad daylight . |
| 26 | Go into any TV studio any time of day and you will see mountains of tabloid newspapers being molested by researchers and producers desperate for an idea . |
| 27 | But although he could see areas of hewn stonework that seemed to close him in , and although he could certainly see barred windows through which light streamed , there were no gaolers , and there were no other prisoners . |
| 28 | I can see applications for square-section PVC piping , for instance . |
| 29 | At other windows she could see tables with folded paper napkins and nickel plated cruets . |
| 30 | Look at any newspaper or magazine , and you 'll see advertisements for personal computers . |