Example sentences of "see [art] last [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Possessed of such , and revelling in the distance set between them and miserable ‘ pragmatism ’ , Mrs Thatcher 's Conservative Party can still persuade itself to see the last decade as a period when undeviating conviction wrought a miracle in the land . |
| 2 | It is easy — too easy , perhaps — to see the last decades of the 1700s as a time of unalleviated misery for a large part of the population of the British Isles . |
| 3 | Roland lives long enough to see all his followers die , and also to see the last remnants of the Saracen army void the field in confused rout , and then he dies . |
| 4 | One drawback of the Masters for married men , who want to see the last putt in , is that it requires them to creep to bed as if they were returning from a night club . |
| 5 | PATRICK was back at Royal St. George 's in time to see the last couples finish their rounds . |
| 6 | The 1990s are likely to see the last days of the political baronets . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But in that case the expression " I was alone " would have been banal : it is only after we have felt the isolation of the speaker in all its particularity , and have seen the last vestige of human life disappear over the horizon , that we can understand the force of the simple statement . |
| 9 | Clearly er , it 's er , again in , in paragraph four , under future budget of er , the services is going to be critical , if you 've seen the last couple of years that are defined in the pay , and that 's going to continue . |
| 10 | He wondered if Gilbert White had seen the last edition of the Dictionary ( the seventh , 1756–59 ) where he had incorporated all the latest improvements in the culture of the cantaloupe melon . |
| 11 | Before us , in a sort of alcove brilliantly lighted … was a long table set out as one sees the Last Supper pourtrayed at Milan or elsewhere , with no one on the near side of the table … |
| 12 | Can I just mention that nobody 's read that but you 'll see the last sentence says that whatever you put on that tape the dictionary keep the copyright you see and that 's all right when you 're on conversations , but if you were to read in an and it was a short story , if that 's you know i if they reserve |
| 13 | January 14 will see the Last Train to Medicine Hat , to Moose Jaw , Locust Hill , Swift Current and Indian River ; to Antigonish , Merigomish and Hectanooga ; and — because Canadian placenames reflect a variety of influences — to Weymouth , Berwick , Peterborough and Pontypool . |
| 14 | Who did we see the last time we were here ? |
| 15 | ‘ I envy you , my son , ’ Two-Dogs had told him yesterday , ‘ you will see the last pictures . ’ |
| 16 | To take one last example , when we read in Canto 101 ( and many other places ) about ‘ Mont Ségur ’ , the gloss we need is in the Michelin Guide to the pyrenees , where we learn that the Château of Mont Ségur saw the last stand of the Cathars or Albigensians , another heretical movement of the Middle Ages which is mysteriously connected with the quest of the grail . |
| 17 | You should of all saw the last Synod papers received this . |
| 18 | Looking back at that period , the crucial difference in Conservative politicians was between those who thought that the last twenty or thirty years had not been too bad , and who were sceptical that anything better could be achieved , and those who hoped that something better could be won and saw the last quarter of a century as a slow but steady decline . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | There was no miracle , although across Western Europe Sunday morning saw the last throws of ‘ the diplomats and the last prayers of the people who believed . |
| 21 | MONDAY September 7 saw the last flying Vulcan formatting with an RAF Hercules over Stamford , Lincs . |
| 22 | then I had another I had another wee problem that I 'd been , I had been to see , and it was Doctor I had been , and the doctor that I saw the last time er I had three big bruises on my back , and she |
| 23 | We also sold some copies of Mrs Janet Preshous 's book Bishop 's Castle Well-Remembered ( see the last issue of the Journal ) . |
| 24 | Erm see the last couple of years it 's changed again . |
| 25 | Anderson ( 1977 ) has used systematic point sampling from the Ministry of Agriculture 's Land Classification maps ( see the last section of the chapter for a commentary ) to produce land use estimates very similar to Best 's as shown in Table 8.2 , and in the uplands , Parry et al . |
| 26 | Not only does Tony Porter , Service Technician with Hygiene Leeds , renovate old motorcycles ( see the last edition of Environmental Issues ) he also carries out his job above and beyond the call of duty . |
| 27 | Some commentators see the last group mainly in terms of the process of the diffusion of technology , but this would seem to be too narrow a use of the concept since spread or diffusion is an essential , and probably the most important , element in all forms of technological change . |
| 28 | ‘ within the limits of an uncontrolled zebra crossing ’ See the last point for the meaning of ‘ limits ’ . |