Example sentences of "this [noun] saw [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The days that followed this discovery saw a steady increase in activity , with the town of St Pierre now being showered with light falls of ash and subjected to unpleasant wafts of sulphurous fumes . |
| 2 | On the whole , however , this period saw a steady expansion in support for science , and the emergence of the modern system of scientific education in the English-speaking world . |
| 3 | This month saw a special range of squeaky toys for dogs designed with the 1992 Barcelona Olympics in mind . |
| 4 | This week saw the second of their massive Kinnockathons , which set out to prove at vast length and with exquisite tedium what Punch first established in May last year , to wit : that both Hansard and the cuttings files are full of daft remarks uttered in the days when the windbag was still a firebrand . |
| 5 | Shortly before the publication of this report saw the successful appeal against the Legal Aid Board 's refusal to allow potential Halcion claims to be investigated where applications for legal aid were made after the deadline of Oct 20 , 1991 . |
| 6 | The end of the second decade of this century saw a marked change in the sexual climate . |
| 7 | This year saw the biggest ever event with fifty six teams competing for the open , ladies ' , youth , junior and new veterans ' titles . |
| 8 | GPs in this country saw no effective action until the August 1982 MIMS — a nine-month , apparently leisurely , gestation period at CSM , during which patients suffered and died . |