Example sentences of "it saw the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It saw the continuation of a number of tendencies already visible in the reign of Louis XIV — a growth in the size of armies , a formalization of tactics , a rise in the importance of the technical branches of the service , an increase in the effectiveness of State control .
2 In general , people not actually involved in it saw the Council as the beginning of a new ecclesial era rather than a way of concluding some long-standing issues and leaving it at that , yet the Council 's documents remain for nearly all Catholics the most authoritative Church teaching of this century , beside which even papal encyclicals have comparatively slight standing .
3 The year 1890 was also a very significant year in deaf history for it saw the birth of the British Deaf and Dumb Association .
4 It was notable in one respect , in that it saw the development of Nicholson 's romance with the stunningly attractive former model , Mimi Machu , who appeared in Psych-Out well down the list of credits under the pseudonym of I.J. Jefferson .
5 It saw the development of a Modular Humanities Degree then DipHE , at Middlesex .
6 It saw the signing of a contract worth £15.5million with Westinghouse Brake & Signal Company for the construction of a new power signalbox at Three Bridges as part of a £45million scheme for resignalling the whole of the Brighton main line .
7 Last year in particular , it saw the introduction of TV into Fiji as an opportunity to redouble its efforts to ensure that the medium is a positive influence in the country , rather than a threat to culture and moral standards .
8 Last year in particular , it saw the introduction of TV into Fiji as an opportunity to redouble its efforts to ensure that the medium is a positive influence in the country , rather than a threat to culture and moral standards .
9 It saw the introduction of new arms , tactics and methods of organization , which made the armies of the 1780s appreciably different from those of the 1700s .
10 It saw the defeat of Adlai Stevenson whose demand for a suspension of tests brought an off of immediate agreement from Prime Minister Bulganin … to which Eisenhower responded by accusing the Russians of ‘ internal interference ’ in his re-election campaign .
11 Elizabeth 's reign is now seen to be of crucial importance because it saw the completion of the Protestantization of the English people and witnessed the creation of a uniquely English style of Protestant church which was later to be labelled Anglicanism .
12 The Industrial Revolution changed all that — it saw the start of mass production and , with it , the rotary printing press enabled newspapers to extend their circulations .
13 The year 1927 was a good year from several viewpoints , although it saw the death of Sir Anker Simmons ( knighted in 1920 ) , one of the Club 's quartet of founders .
14 In 1787 it saw the première of Mozart 's Don Giovanni , with Mozart conducting , and in 1791 his La Clemenza di Tito , commissioned for the coronation of Leopold II as king of Bohemia .
15 Erm , my only view is that , er , the reason is that , by the time it saw the light of day , because remember , the manuscript was in the , the manuscript was physically in the possession of the Bullitt family not the Freud family .
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