Example sentences of "[art] last few [noun pl] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1877 a book was published entitled Switzerland 's Development into a Unitary State , so the trend is long term ; yet in the last few decades the country has undergone large-scale centralisation . |
| 2 | Managers should never be administrators Over the last few decades the distinction between leaders , managers and administrators has become increasingly blurred , to the detriment of profit and people alike . |
| 3 | In the last few decades the interest shown by social scientists in such evolutionary schemes has waned , notwithstanding the growing attention paid to problems of ‘ development ’ ; for the latter notion is not usually incorporated into any general conception of the history of human society , and despite first appearances is largely unhistorical . |
| 4 | During the last few years the Printing Division has been able to offer photosetting via its P.E . |
| 5 | During the last few years the notion of ‘ citizenship ’ has been increasingly and widely discussed amongst different constituencies addressing different aspects of the topic , with somewhat confusing consequences . |
| 6 | Over the last few years the members allowances have been reduced , er , er have been underspent quite considerably on the amount that 's been allowed . |
| 7 | In the last few years the courts have contrived in effect to extend the substance of a right of occupation to a mistress who has lived on an originally permanent basis with a man , but who has now lost her partner either through death or as a result of some form of desertion . |
| 8 | Over the last few years the landscape had changed . |
| 9 | In the last few years the volume of literature concerned with gender and mathematics has grown apace , both at home and abroad . |
| 10 | Over the last few years the number of public television groups within the PBAA has grown steadily , and extensive technical expertise has been developed as more than twenty test broadcasts across Australia have taken place . |
| 11 | I am encouraged that in the last few years the number of cyclists I see commuting to and in Edinburgh has increased . |
| 12 | Over the last few years the Department of Trade and Industry ( DTI ) has been active in consulting with British industry and encouraging it to be competitive in the European market . |
| 13 | For the last few years the sum has been £1 0 . |
| 14 | During the last few years the EMS has become a central plank of EC policy , and Economic and MOnetary Union has become the linchpin of the project for European Union constitutionalized in the Treaty on European Union . |
| 15 | Over the last few years the house has changed hands many times . |
| 16 | Over the last few months the republic had been buoyed by waves of euphoria . |
| 17 | For the last few weeks the baby inside her had been making itself felt . |
| 18 | Over the last few weeks the villagers had noticed how his moods changed from wild despair to feverish excitement . |
| 19 | But in the last few days the food supplies from CARE alone have fed at least 150,000 people . |
| 20 | Yet in the last few days the Romanians have started underplaying the role of Timisoara in sparking off open opposition to Ceausescu , highlighting instead the undoubtedly fearless role of the citizens of Bucharest . |