Example sentences of "be witness to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am witness to the very hard graft of both my parents , namely fish and chips and confectionery , over many years . |
| 2 | Their different solutions to the question of marriage , neither of which was in any way adequate , are witness to another , even more serious . |
| 3 | The scraps of handwritten messages from survivors huddled in the Carpathia ( Lot 9 at Christie 's , £6,000/8,000 ) ; a letter written in the Titanic and posted at Queenstown ( Onslow 's , £1,500/2,000 ) are witness to the greatest maritime disaster of modern times . |
| 4 | We are witness to a disaster , a word which means ‘ a fault in the stars ’ ( dis-aster ) . |
| 5 | It is clear that we are witness to a deeply sardonic vision of an industry that , despite its sugar-coated exterior , is both corrupt and cannibalistic . |
| 6 | Referring to the " past tragedy of another people " as it affected the " present existence " of the Palestinians , and addressing " the Israeli people , with whom we have had a prolonged exchange of pain " , the speech noted that " the occupier can hide no secrets from the occupied and we are witness to the toll that occupation has exacted from you and yours " . |
| 7 | The inspired stroke of telling Othello that he has been witness to one of Casio 's incriminatingly erotic dreams is here popped into Iago 's head because Casio does , at one point , actually hug him in his sleep . |
| 8 | Why had he been witness to these events ? |
| 9 | We all like to feel we have been witness to something out of the ordinary , preferably unique , and that is why the unprecedented sight of 33 catches in a Test match was titillating . |
| 10 | He began to say all the prayers to the Blessed Virgin and the saints which he had been taught at his mother 's knee , and all the while , as he prayed , he was aware that under a mile to the west lay Gribbin Head , where murder had been done eleven months before : murder he had been witness to and had profited by ; murder he had known full well was mortal sin for which , at the Judgement Seat , he would have to give account to God . |
| 11 | But there was more to it than that : as the only daughter and elder sister to Nathan and Matthew , she had become far more involved in the running of the household , and had been witness to her mother 's frequent pregnancies , miscarriages and confinements . |
| 12 | ‘ When Constanza got there she was told that her mother had made a mistake with her sleeping pills , her maid had been witness to that . |
| 13 | Both had worked closely with Laker ; been witness to — and victims of — his downfall ; both had much to say about the pitfalls Branson should , at all costs , avoid . |
| 14 | ‘ Go up ! ’ he hissed anxiously , hoping he 'd not be heard ; horrified that she had been witness to Gosse 's death . |
| 15 | The fifty pence went unclaimed and all had been witness to the head 's control of events . |
| 16 | He too had seen Alfred departing with Beatrice , but unlike Alice he had followed them , and had been witness to Alfred 's humiliating rejection . |
| 17 | Apart from the large numbers of tennis fans expected on day one of the 1991 Federation Cup , millions more around the country will be witness to the day 's proceedings , courtesy of the BBC 's Radio I Roadshow . |
| 18 | We could n't help but notice that some of the coverage following whatever it was we were witness to at UniForum referred to it as ‘ Unified Unix . ’ |
| 19 | We could n't help but notice that some of the coverage following whatever it was we were witness to at Uniforum referred to it as ‘ Unified Unix . ’ |
| 20 | A branch of science , organic chemistry , is witness to their complexity . |
| 21 | The vast amount of medical research devoted to the early detection and treatment of foetal abnormalities is witness to the fact that society would prefer that there were no retarded babies born . |
| 22 | However , on three occasions I was witness to CAMRA members complaining loudly that they should not have to queue as long as non-members to get in , or that only CAMRA members should be allowed to attend . |
| 23 | The memorial service at St Helen 's Bishopsgate , when 200 or more gathered , was witness to the wide circle of his interest and special gift of making and keeping friendships alive and fresh . |
| 24 | I travelled down to Gateshead for the big meeting there , Great Britain versus the Commonwealth , and was witness to one of the most amazing come-backs in British sprinting history made by , who else , that old war-horse Allan Wells . |
| 25 | So , on the evening of June 28th , a packed Hammersmith Odeon was witness to three hours of the best in blues . |
| 26 | She was , in fact , somewhat ashamed that Edna was witness to so many things which , coming from a large , poor but loving family , must surely be incomprehensible to the girl : Liza 's aversion to picking up her child , never attempting to play with Celia , her obvious relief when Edna performed such tasks which any normal mother might have been expected to undertake willingly . |