Example sentences of "and in [art] past few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , the model has inspired much detailed historical research — indeed it has contributed substantially to the progress of economic and social history — and in the past few decades , partly as a result of the publication of previously inaccessible manuscripts of Marx , there have been some valuable contributions to Marxist scholarship addressed to the kinds of problem that I have indicated , concerning modes of production , tribal ( that is , primitive communal ) societies , historical sequences , and the relation of political power to forms of society . |
| 2 | The Colonel always sought her out on the Thursday of her visit , and in the past few years he had , in the most circumspect manner , pressed his suit . |
| 3 | He is entirely right about the British contribution to Europe , both in the long term and in the past few years when much of the present shape of the Community has arisen from initiatives by this country . |
| 4 | And in the past few years we 've had to go into clearing as most other universities would do . |
| 5 | Plus this means that the strike committee can go public with it 's grievances , and in the past few days , the farmers and the authorities have been debating the issues on local television . |