Example sentences of "in [art] past few years [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | The major British companies have all suffered considerable loses in the past few years with the cancellation of Proxicromil ( Fisons ) , the halting of research on Tiotidine ( ICI ) and questions surrounding other drugs such as Ranitidine ( Glaxo ) . |
2 | We 're particularly aggrieved because we suffered very badly from the storm in 1987 and we 've been struggling in the past few years of drought to replant , ’ said Mr Myers . |
3 | So in the past few years since Big Bang we have seen dealers chasing every hare , especially since dealing volumes declined and firms have been more desperate to do business . |
4 | It concerns privatisations that have taken place in the past few years under processes and with measures of regulation which the Government said were more than adequate , dismissing all our criticisms . |
5 | An investigation undertaken in the past few years by the United Nations found that ‘ … in the majority of reporting agencies , computer staff … have chief responsibility for management policies relating to e-mail communications … |
6 | ‘ In addition , ’ said Dr Palmer , ‘ the meat industry needs to counteract , through better marketing and promotion , the negative image generated in the past few years by food activists and by media sources . ’ |
7 | This had begun to develop significantly in the past few years in terms of quality . |
8 | We have been most successful in the past few years in attracting investment from 18 countries . |
9 | In my local hospital in Withington , the number of beds for the elderly has decreased in the past few years from 140 beds to barely 20 . |