Example sentences of "has been [verb] [adv] [prep] recent " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prison population at Pentonville has been cut sharply in recent years , from more than 1,000 to about 600 , and most inmates now have their own cells . |
| 2 | It has been increased twice in recent months . |
| 3 | The motility of the left hemicolon in its normal position has been studied only in recent years . |
| 4 | An important policy matter which has been aired occasionally in recent years is the size of academic library collections , compared with the amount of use they receive . |
| 5 | Among the canonist collectors and commentators at Bologna ( and probably also in Rome from time to time ) were the Englishmen , Gilbert and Alan , whose importance in canon law scholarship has been recognized only in recent years . |
| 6 | MANKIND 'S eternal quest for knowledge about the Universe has been fired afresh in recent years by the spectacular revolution brought about by new astronomy and space technology . |
| 7 | That is a helpful and positive scheme which has been developing successfully in recent years . |
| 8 | However , the chasm between the pluralist and Marxist views has been narrowing encouragingly in recent years ( McLennan , 1999 ) . |
| 9 | Such a financial obstacle would send most people looking for an easier option , but Dreamflight has been helped enormously in recent years by Spar supermarkets who have raised £350,000 . |