Example sentences of "have seen a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I have seen a few busy streets in my life , ’ Shae said quietly , sure she was being baited , but refusing to let herself rise to it . |
| 32 | And the 1980s have seen a determined rejection of imported fashions , the British novelist or dramatist speaking to his people in the confident expectation that the world at large , too , will insist on taking notice and asking for more . |
| 33 | The Alton office , based in Paper Mill Lane , have seen a marked increase over the past six months in the number of adults looking to change careers , either as a result of job loss , reduction in promotion prospects , or a desire to retrain in a different field . |
| 34 | Recent decades have seen a remarkable flourishing of Spanish-American fiction . |
| 35 | The last two decades have seen a remarkable expansion in quantitative history relating to Ireland . |
| 36 | Recent years have seen a dramatic increase in research and publications on post-war British history . |
| 37 | IT 'S a long time since I have seen a finer performance than Tom Courtenay is giving at the Traverse . |
| 38 | In the 27 years I have worked at the airport , sixteen of those in the fire service , I have seen a huge increase in the number of flights . |
| 39 | Recent years have seen a growing awareness that most of these assumptions about rape are myths . |
| 40 | Nevertheless , with the acquiescence of successive Home Secretaries , but without the support of Parliament , we have seen a growing centralization of police conduct in recent years . |
| 41 | The post-war decades in Britain have seen a growing emphasis upon community as opposed to institutional provision for those groups in society requiring long-term care . |
| 42 | It may not be too extreme to suggest that the last few years have seen a quiet revolution in the direction taken by our thinking about writing development and the teaching of writing in schools . |
| 43 | Cheque and banking frauds have seen a massive increase in Frankfurt , Berlin and Hamburg . |
| 44 | The LVA claim that pubs converted to management in Winchester in the past have seen a rapid turnover of staff and a substantial decline in trade . |
| 45 | In the past 20–30 years , most parts of the Third World have seen a rapid destruction of their architectural heritage , combined with a total indifference to local cultural traditions , building materials and environmental conditions . |
| 46 | First , we have seen a rapid growth of horrendous proportions in the incidence of this crime . |
| 47 | The regions of the north have seen a faster deindustrialization in these terms than have the regions of the south . |
| 48 | ‘ I have seen a green car , ’ he said . |
| 49 | The last seven years have seen a considerable expansion of the museum 's activities but have been coloured by the drama and eventual scandal surrounding the controversial restoration by Daniel Goldreyer of one of the museum 's principal paintings , Barnet Newman 's monumental ‘ Who 's afraid of red yellow and blue III ’ which had been vandalised in 1986 ( see p.15 ) . |
| 50 | The past ten years have seen a considerable increase in laboratory facilities . |
| 51 | I have seen a disengaging contestant step forwards straight into the path of an incoming technique . |
| 52 | The last thirty years in Britain have seen a significant cultural change in respect of women working . |
| 53 | The 1980s have seen a significant change in the fortunes of the major executive search firms in London . |
| 54 | Over the past year we have seen a significant change in the Company 's shareholder base with approximately 13 per cent of our shares now held by US investors . |
| 55 | As a practising canine behaviourist , I have seen a steady increase in behaviour problems relating to these two factors : geriatric anxiety and problems with the second dog . |
| 56 | ‘ We have seen a steady rise with figures just over three times what they were in September for adults seeking advice , ’ Mr. Barnes added . |
| 57 | This is undoubtedly the main reason why the last twenty years have seen a steady increase in controls over the mass media , either by government takeover or by censorship and suppression . |
| 58 | The years since 1981 have seen a steady transformation in the campesinos ' lives . |