Example sentences of "seen a [noun sg] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We will continue to increase the Special Constabulary , which has seen a rise in recruitment this year of 10 per cent . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | This stands in contrast to most consumer specialised magazine titles which have seen a fall in sales . |
| 4 | The past 10 years have seen a revival in interest . |
| 5 | other BES companies , we have seen a school in St John 's Wood , and a company proposing to use investors ' money to breed pedigree mohair producing Angora goats , and to produce an Angora " super goat " through cross-breeding . |
| 6 | Prior to erm Uruguay round negotiations , agriculture was always excluded from the negotiations right , whereas manufactured goods have been in there from the start , and as a result we 've seen a reduction in tariffs right , on manufactured goods that 's not to say that erm , protectionism on manufactured goods has fallen , it has in certain cases but not in all cases . |
| 7 | The economic recession during which this book has been written has seen a reduction in merger mania but one can almost guarantee that this will be a temporary blip in the inexorable progress towards higher and higher profits . |
| 8 | I have n't seen a team in Europe that 's a great deal better than England . |
| 9 | But the last three weeks have seen a turn-down in numbers . |
| 10 | Jed had seen a street in Westwood that was called Success Avenue , and he 'd told Mitch about it . |
| 11 | I 've certainly never seen a horse in Dublin . |
| 12 | ‘ Better image ’ — Increased police presence in Darlington market place has seen a decrease in crime . |
| 13 | We are one of the few companies in the pet food industry not to have seen a decline in sales during this period as wholesalers and retailers reduce stocks to compensate for the high interest rates . |
| 14 | Absence of such deposits in the late 1980s has not seen a decline in Eurocurrency . |
| 15 | I have never seen a hunt in progress , although I recall vaguely as a child being taken to watch a Meet when I was visiting relatives in Piercebridge . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The war years had seen a boom in cocoa prices : in 1938 cocoa earned £5½ million for 300 000 long tons ; by 1948 , because of disease , production had fallen to 200 000 tons but earnings had increased to £41 million . |
| 18 | ‘ I have never seen a cut in education spending , ’ he said . |
| 19 | She keeps two hunters here all the year round as well as the grey and I have n't seen a penny in livery in all of five years . |