Example sentences of "has seen a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though the last twenty years has seen a major step forward in our understanding of the Scottish Reformation and of Scottish society in the sixteenth century , there is still an extraordinary gulf between the personality and the reign of Mary Queen of Scots . |
| 2 | The past decade has seen a major increase in the number of aspiring musicians wishing to incorporate the rigours and discipline of formalised training into their playing . |
| 3 | The last twenty years has seen a major effort , theoretical and observational to understand the evolution of animal societies . |
| 4 | So , while the Western world has seen a major shift , for a variety of reasons , in preferred manager 's styles away from autocracy towards a belief in more participative , reduced dependency styles in which individuals are treated as adults and empowered to act , there are other parts of the world where this would be considered inappropriate because dominance and dependency are effective styles . |
| 5 | This century has seen a great growth of scholarly interest in Hobbes ' writings in all these fields . |
| 6 | The postwar period has seen a great rise in ethnicity ; starting in the 1950s with areas peripheral to France and Spain and continuing in the 1960s with Britain 's ‘ Celtic Fringe ’ . |
| 7 | It is no coincidence that since Sir Peter became Commissioner in 1987 , the relationship between Scotland Yard and London 's 13 Labour authorities has seen a new detente . |
| 8 | THIS election has seen a new phrase enter the common language : ‘ The fabled C2s ’ . |
| 9 | A recognition of the need to maintain that sector and through it the full diversity of recorded music in Britain is one reason why the last few years has seen a new interest in the record industry from public bodies concerned with culture and with employment . |
| 10 | Tim has seen a new specialist and is going in to have his tubes drained . |
| 11 | Recent success has seen a new temperature control product designed in conjunction with Marks & Spencer . |
| 12 | Since March 1990 Mid Glamorgan 's community drug team has seen a progressive increase in the number of users of anabolic steroids attending general needle exchange clinics and has therefore set up a separate service for these users . |
| 13 | The year has seen a packed agenda for club members including excursions for pub lunches and trips throughout the UK . |
| 14 | He has seen a certain facility in my work for grading and assembling the facts . |
| 15 | Anyone who has seen a recent Konitz performance wo n't argue with this ; taste , attention to tonal delicacy and a striving after melodic inventiveness are his hallmarks . |
| 16 | Anyone who bought before the 1988 boom has seen a good return on their investment . |
| 17 | And the outstanding debt which excludes mortgages has seen a three-fold increase to £40 billion . |
| 18 | And the outstanding debt which excludes mortgages has seen a three-fold increase to £40 billion . |
| 19 | The closing of a station intangibly but significantly diminishes the spiritual life of a country and its people , for it brings down the curtain with devastating finality on a stage which has seen a thousand dramas , comic and tragic , played out and has mirrored the changing moods of the nation , has etched itself into the working lives of some , the emotional lives of others . |
| 20 | Thames Valley Police says Mr. Clarke has seen a professional and efficient service . |
| 21 | As annual consumption of wine has risen from five to 11 litres per head in the decade between 1977 and 1987 , the high-street off-licence has seen a golden opportunity snatched from under its nose by the supermarkets . |
| 22 | However , the job itself , as we have already noted , is rarely the cause of disenchantment with agriculture — indeed , in a decade that has seen a renewed interest in the countryside among young people and a growing desire to escape from the urban rat-race , agriculture could have much to offer . |
| 23 | The grip of the brewing giants is still powerful ; the late 1980s has seen a worrying return to takeovers and mergers and the intensification of lager promotion . |
| 24 | The longer term has seen a greater willingness on the part of the judiciary to challenge the exercise by Ministers and civil servants of their discretionary powers . |
| 25 | In common with most other professional bodies the Institute has seen a substantial increase in the rate of growth of complaints against members in recent years ; in 1991 , we received 20% more complaints than in 1990 . |
| 26 | The period since the end of the Second World War has seen a substantial increase in the proportion of married women engaged in paid work . |
| 27 | This freight line has seen a limited summer weekend passenger service to a temporary station at Coalbrookdale for the Ironbridge museum since 1987 . |
| 28 | As Donald J. Olsen has written : ‘ With the possible exception of Canada , Britain has seen a closer relationship between railways and hotels than any other country . ’ |
| 29 | This period has seen a sharp fall in the average rate of growth as compared to the earlier post-war experience . |
| 30 | So far , such encouragement has seen a small but significant increase in the numbers of acrylic courts being laid . |