Example sentences of "see [noun] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was in fact somewhat of a surprise to see cadet editions of a few of the Hornblower novels published for readers in the early and mid-teens , since neither Forester 's open , smooth narrative style nor his approach to sex and violence could be considered exacting or improper where young readers were concerned . |
| 2 | The Trustees include widely experienced people and it is good to see Jim Hunter of Skye — crofting expert , historian and author of the definitive book The Making of the Crofting Community — heading the management committee for Torrin , which also includes the energetic national director , Terry Isles of Dundee . |
| 3 | Maybe it was because I 'd seen Ronnie Lane of The Faces — who was my hero at that age — wearing a pair on TV . |
| 4 | The houses looked completely different from those in Trieste , most of which were grey and severe , and although I had seen picture postcards of Venice nothing could have prepared me for what I now saw for the first time from the steps of the railway station . |
| 5 | ‘ We have so far switched around 250 cars to diesel and we have seen fuel savings of 30–40 per cent . |
| 6 | I had seen newspaper photos of him since his release from the psikhushka , but they had n't prepared me for his gauntness , pallor , baldness . |
| 7 | By this stage , most of the pupils had seen news footage of the Gulf War at home on television . |
| 8 | Having seen taxis north of Adrar , and then a couple of days ago , a convoy which had not so much as a compass , I had begun to think the desert not so terrible after all . |
| 9 | Popular inter-urban lines , as between Glasgow and Edinburgh or across the Pennines , have seen growth rates of up to 40 per cent . |
| 10 | Frontline bidders were Quelle and Kingfisher — which had the edge of being a domestic buyer in a market that had already seen Otto Versand of Germany buy Grattan and the French Redoute group carry off Empire Stores . |
| 11 | For a second Sharpe 's heart leapt , thinking that a battalion of Riflemen had arrived , then he saw the yellow crossbelts over the green coats and he knew he was seeing Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar 's force of Nassauers . |
| 12 | You wo n't see Donna Karan of House Of Style . ’ |
| 13 | ( We shall see oscillograms characteristic of the latter type in Figs. 18.11 and 18.12 . ) |
| 14 | In particular he asked in advance of his visit to see Brig Verney of 1st Guards Brigade and two of his battalion commanders , including Col Rose-Price of 3rd Welsh Guards . |
| 15 | Who would not thrill to see Alderman Foodbotham of Bradford rise at last from the mountain tomb at Northowram , where he lies awaiting the summons of destiny , to assume the united crown of Deira and Elmet , and soon , in his irresistible advance , the crown of all Northumbria ? |
| 16 | I turn to see Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare standing theatrically on the mezzanine above , barking into a mobile phone . |
| 17 | The moderator will normally expect to see documentary evidence of the circumstances cited and samples of the students work at the time of moderating the assignments and/or examination scripts . |
| 18 | The hon. Gentleman might like to know that last year saw record levels of exports from this country and that our share of manufactured exports in world trade has been rising since 1984 . |
| 19 | Some years ago I saw Sister Gemmell of the Church Army on television . |
| 20 | I went to the Market in the Central part of the town and saw Harry Dolphin of the Forge Tavern on Albert Hill , one of the old Cricketers I used to play with at Darlington Cricket Club . |
| 21 | The ladies recurve section saw S Romain of Racketts first with E Lamb of Deben second . |
| 22 | Last year saw attendance figures of 32,000 , the highest for any fair world-wide with the exception of Maastricht ( 35,000 in 1992 ) . |
| 23 | Years later when I saw John Sayers of West New Houses for the last time before he unfortunately died , I mentioned that I was planning to start riding my bike again , and he was most amused . |
| 24 | There were over 5,000 in the Volunteers when they were at their greatest strength and although future years were to see Glasgow regiments of men who fought and died in many lands , the old Volunteers who fought a dog and lost , were soldiers too . |
| 25 | The Kiwi coach has done very well to help the game reach communist China ( see July issue of RW&P , pages 56 and 57 ) where there are hopes that rugby might be introduced to the Chinese armed forces . |
| 26 | For details about opening times see diary page of the Reporter . |
| 27 | The Employment Appeal Tribunal has recently held that employees may be fairly dismissed because they refuse to accept an offer of new terms and conditions of employment ( see St John of God ( Care Services ) Ltd v Brooks and Others [ 1992 ] 458 Industrial Relations Legal Information Bulletin 12 ) . |
| 28 | We restrict the language of expressions to the comparison and boolean operations ( including unc see example b of this section ( , + and - . |
| 29 | Documentary evidence exists to show that the umpiring in Pakistan in 1987 — particularly in the Lahore Test which preceded the infamous Faisalabad Test — was quite appalling ( see Wisden Book of Test Cricket , Vol II , p 292 for easy reference ) . |
| 30 | We see newsreel footage of cavalry , blazing buildings , war planes — from revolutions , civil war , world war . |