Example sentences of "[be] see [prep] a time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was established as a lecturer in natural philosophy at Edinburgh University for many years , but it was not until the age of fifty-eight that his first publication is recorded , when his work on the structure of crystals culminated in his report ‘ on a method of so far increasing the divergence of the two rays in a calcareous spar that only one image may be seen at a time ’ ( Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal , vol. vi , 1829 ) . |
| 2 | Such information implies a distance of 16 thousand million light years and that the galaxy is seen at a time 83% of the way back to the Big Bang . |
| 3 | By contrast , the present day is seen as a time when people 's sense of duty and responsibility is much weaker , so that they are less prepared to acknowledge obligation or to take responsibility for kin . |
| 4 | A great deal of importance is attached to planning and administration as it is seen as a time for problem-solving as opposed to task allocation . |
| 5 | The New Year holiday lasts for three days and is seen as a time of fresh starts , new resolutions and auspicious omens . |