Example sentences of "century [vb -s] see [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And what are we to make of the claim that the twentieth century has seen no philosophical achievements on the scale of Locke and Descartes ? |
| 2 | This century has seen a great growth of scholarly interest in Hobbes ' writings in all these fields . |
| 3 | The 20th century has seen a steady decline to the present total of 31,801 ( 1981 census ) with particular areas showing local reversals e.g. Benbecula with the advent of the rocket range in South Uist . |
| 4 | This century has seen a steady increase in the powers of the Prime Minister who is now in a very strong position . |
| 5 | The past century has seen the standard form of family trust change from the old strict settlement based on successive limited interests and designed to keep specific land in the family , to the discretionary trust of personalty designed to give no interest to anybody for inheritance tax purposes . |