Example sentences of "[adv] seen for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The housing market is the worst seen for 25 years , and a 15 per cent base rate and rising mortgage rates can not help . |
| 2 | Mr. Major said that the inflation figure was remarkable in a way not seen for many years . |
| 3 | In Tokyo , the Nikkei share index continued its nosedive into depths not seen for five years , despite government efforts to stimulate the slowing economy and the maudlin market . |
| 4 | He will , however , not make up his mind whether to fly out Sam Torrance 's father , who he has not seen for six months , until after today 's final round in New Orleans , where he is also the defending champion . |
| 5 | In this new atmosphere the legislature displayed a determination to defend itself against executive encroachment , not seen for some years . |
| 6 | At Warrington , a deaf man decided to pay a visit to a relative he had not seen for some time , and set off to cycle there . |
| 7 | D'Arcy recognised the faces of several ex-special forces personnel whom he had not seen for some time . |
| 8 | When the Secretary of State was enjoying himself for about 10 minutes claiming that a large number of us supported CND , he offered some rays of hope and sunshine that I had not seen for some months . |
| 9 | These authors found that whereas enhanced platelet function ( increased aggregation to ADP ) was detectable as early as three days following induction of diabetes , elevated levels of the Factor VIII components were not seen for 14–28 days . |
| 10 | GORDON Turner has launched a search for the pal he has not seen for forty years . |
| 11 | Some parts of the house he had not seen for twenty years . |
| 12 | Holden 's story contains no suspense , while Lucy 's grips the reader totally ; for example she ‘ forgets ’ to inform the reader for six chapters that ‘ Dr. John ’ is in fact her cousin whom she has not seen for ten years ! |
| 13 | She had more Christmas cards than I 'd ever seen for one person ; every surface was a forest of them . |
| 14 | The one she had n't seen for twelve years , had been ranting about , who never raised a finger to help and left it all to Nancy ? |
| 15 | As the crews tied up for the last time in Southampton , watched , and waited for by families and friends they had n't seen for eight months , many of them agreed getting back to a routine , going back to work , might by tough . |
| 16 | That we would wait for our mother to come home from work with ‘ Lucky Packets ’ full of sherbet , that most of our childhood had been outdoors and here we were inside , with our dad home again , our dad who we had n't seen for four years , here we were having crossed the equator with nine suitcases , where flying fish leapt from the sea , to be in this place . |
| 17 | What we are saying there are other emergencies and I get down to the word loneliness now is there any reason why senior citizens should n't have the facility whereby they can make telephone calls if those , they so desire , to members of the family who in many instances they have n't seen for long periods of time ? |
| 18 | There 's only Mary and the sisters you have n't seen for ten years , if you can count them . |
| 19 | Rose sends greetings to all those Medau friends she has n't seen for some time . |