Example sentences of "saw [art] [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others on the right saw the fearsome prospect of a Kenneth Clarke leadership . |
| 2 | This is not to say that the twentieth century saw the total disappearance of open opposition to democracy . |
| 3 | Holly saw the blackened uniforms of the guards as they moved amongst the debris of the office that they had retrieved . |
| 4 | The Kennedy round of cuts in the later sixties saw the average level of tariffs on manufactures falling by one-third , and by half on machinery and vehicles . |
| 5 | Joint stock companies found it possible to grow larger by issuing new shares to increase their capital , and mergers and takeovers saw the average size of firms grow . |
| 6 | She saw the chunky figure of a child in vest and knickers , neck red from scrubbing , eyes red from weeping . |
| 7 | As the couple approached him , George could not hear what remarks were passed but saw the dull flush of anger suffuse the shepherd 's face , as the farmer picked up his wrist and spanned it , passing his hands up the man 's arms to judge his muscles . |
| 8 | The scientific age saw the new phenomenon of the instantaneous transmission of thought across vast distances . |
| 9 | Freud , as Smith points out , saw the new kinds of collective social controls as suppressing basic natural desires , and , as a result , these instincts were being channelled into other more harmful forms such as aggression . |
| 10 | Trixie saw the black cliff of the freighter bludgeoning its way towards them . |
| 11 | As they rounded another bend she saw the lighted windows of the Swan Inn , relief swept through her . |
| 12 | Graham and Slater walked down the narrow alley formed by the seedy , decaying stonework and the painted wood ; Graham saw the grimy glass of cracked windows ; fading political posters flapped in a slight breeze . |
| 13 | Several times she thought she saw the tall figure of the guide , only to be disappointed . |
| 14 | In the motorway restaurant I asked for tea and wholemeal toast , and saw the usual look of incomprehension on the face of the girl behind the counter . |
| 15 | His compassion intensified when he saw the other inhabitant of the bed — a small , shabby teddy-bear . |
| 16 | Andrew also saw the other side of Kenneth Williams , Williams the depressive . |
| 17 | Hilary Frome glanced politely in its direction , and saw the two bottles of sherry left over from the last staff festivities , one of them half empty , the other two-thirds empty . |
| 18 | Prost , starting from a record seventh successive pole position at the start of a season , was beaten off the grid by Hill in a startling getaway which also saw the two Ferraris of Berger and Jean Alesi of France surge through from the third row to take third and fourth places . |
| 19 | The responsibility which the aristocracy took most seriously was that of political life , and the eighteenth century saw the virtual elimination of the fierce independence shown by Stuart gentry and townsmen , particularly in East Sussex . |
| 20 | Technical and financial improvement saw the virtual elimination of live performances ( regretted by some people ) ; immeasurable increases in the quality of settings , costumes and production generally ; the commissioning of plays written specifically for TV ( much encouraged by Sidney Newman 's ITV ‘ Armchair Theatre ’ in the 1960s and BBC series such as ‘ Play for Today ’ and ‘ The Wednesday Play ’ ) ; and the discovery , with the Forsyte Saga , that audiences would happily get hooked on serialization of literary classics ( and not-so-classics ) . |
| 21 | In the nine years between the previous attempt at a historic compromise and this one Poland saw the virtual collapse of the party , the imposition of martial law , the banning of Solidarity and relentless economic misery . |
| 22 | When he saw the blue uniforms of the New York police , did Buddeke show them some sort of identification or did he just leave ? |
| 23 | Sharpe peered into the gloom and saw the affable face of the Baron Jean de Constant Rebecque . |
| 24 | Some socialists but not on the whole the Fabians saw the continued decentralization of government to the municipalities as a desirable feature of future socialist society , providing a permanent check upon the growth or abuse of central authority . |
| 25 | Indeed , the inter-war years saw the continued decline of the Liberal Party and the persistence of factionalism . |
| 26 | Dinner guest : Tuesday night saw the annual dinner of the area British Legion Club with members meeting for a meal at the Stanwick Arms . |
| 27 | ‘ In the fort I saw the finest set of buildings in the world — but no one was caring for them . |
| 28 | Frederica saw the long ridges of dusty grey-green lavender leaves and imagined violet spikes . |
| 29 | Raoul turned and saw the long face of the Persian under his black hat . |
| 30 | In Britain the other terms referred to by Miller , ‘ society ’ and ‘ culture ’ , have been familiar at least since the 1950s , which saw the early work of Hoggart and Williams and the cultural climate of the New Left , which in turn drew on Scrutiny and the Victorian debates on the Condition of England . |