Example sentences of "have seen a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This century has seen a remarkably rapid secularization of British society ( with the exception of Northern Ireland ) which has had some effect upon the decline in voluntary action . |
| 2 | And I 'd seen a most delightful villa — do you know St-Tropez , Jean ? |
| 3 | Each year the amount has gone up by inflation , and yet we see something approaching thirty thousand underspent on previous years , and here we are looking in the first year of this council to a , a , at least a five percent overspend and er , I wonder if we 've erm , excluded the time when there were n't many meetings at the beginning if we would n't have seen a considerably larger overspend . |
| 4 | Over the past few months we 've seen a far higher proportion of our own borrowers being first time buyers , okay at very low levels , but er a much higher proportion being first time buyers . |
| 5 | We 've seen a very controlled and steady growth over the thirteen years that we 've been in business and I think as you can see there year on year we have consistently increased turnover and increased profitability . |
| 6 | The Pretender nearly gave the game away by holding his skirts too high crossing a stream : ‘ some women whom they met reported that they had seen a very big woman , who looked like a man in woman 's clothes . ’ |
| 7 | Since the publication of the first edition of this book , I have seen a remarkably similar rock of the same age — the Cupido Limestone — dominating the Mesozoic scenery in north-east Mexico . |
| 8 | The six months since Britain left the ERM have seen a more complete U turn in British economic policy than at any time in recent memory ; and over the last two years the deterioration in the nation 's finances has also been spectacular . |
| 9 | The six months since Britain left the ERM have seen a more complete U-turn in British economic policy than at any time in recent memory ; and over the past two years the deterioration in the nation 's finances has also been spectacular . |