Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] recent [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the longer term self-help groups may emerge , where librarians can pool views about recent publications , or library suppliers may see openings for a more active approach . |
| 2 | It was n't good enough for Mr Lamont alone to apologise to the Germans for recent attacks . |
| 3 | Unconfirmed reports said that other issues discussed and left unresolved were the question of the sale of Chinese missiles to Pakistan and Indian misgivings about recent proposals for a South Asian nuclear-free zone . |
| 4 | From Moscow , Mr Gorbachev is believed to have given personal orders that his troops should stay firmly in their East German barracks during recent demonstrations and not respond to local provocation . |
| 5 | According to analysts , Souto had been forced to take responsibility for recent revelations that several high-ranking officers were deeply implicated in a vast network dealing in stolen cars from Brazil and Argentina , most of which were being passed on for sale in Bolivia . |
| 6 | ‘ Who is the most important person in a school ? ’ a governor asked candidates during recent interviews for the headteacher post in a large primary school . |
| 7 | Wolfgang Rosch , the deputy commander of the Leipzig worker 's militia , which had been out in force during recent demonstrations , admitted that members ‘ had the same concerns as the people who were on the streets ’ . |
| 8 | In The New Age of 5 November , for example , she complained of the influence of Les Chants de Maldoror ( the book that was Modigliani 's constant companion ) : ‘ No one would deny the mischief done by Maldoror during recent years ’ . |
| 9 | Closed ranks would be USL 's pay-off for recent concessions made to the Open Software Foundation 's most important technologies . |
| 10 | Such a comparison must be made with caution , however , as some early counts of large numbers were made from boats some way off shore , for example by E. T. Booth ; similar data for recent years are not available . |
| 11 | Last night he played for a hand-picked team of personal friends against the national side after recent appearances to help out injury-hit Bayern Munich . |
| 12 | This perspective offers a useful corrective to the historical perception of recent levels of crime and disorder as utterly foreign and novel in British experience . |
| 13 | The terrace parterre is to be restored to match its appearance during its heyday before the First World War , and an extensive programme of tree planting is under way to replace the losses of recent years . |
| 14 | A succession of recent graduates from the Medau Schule came to England ‘ au pair ’ ( backed up by English leaders until their work permits were valid ) , and joined Molly to teach and demonstrate — Christa , Usch , Elke , Ingrid , Maric , and Toxi are all fondly remembered . |
| 15 | Certainly , if there was a degree of hostility to the Danes in London the anniversary of Ælfheah 's death on 19 April would have been a time when feelings ran particularly high , for Cnut 's England was clearly conscious of anniversaries of recent events , as awareness of the dates of the battle of Assandun in 1016 and the death of Edmund Ironside indicates . |
| 16 | As a result of recent changes in the copyright laws , if you can not see the application at the council 's offices then you can ask the planning department to send you a copy of the application and the drawings . |
| 17 | As a result of recent changes in the law , employers are required to treat men and women equally with regard to retirement and pension issues . |
| 18 | However , SERPs has become a more marginal system as a result of recent changes in the legislation relating to pensions . |
| 19 | The ‘ democratic-participant ’ media theory is also the result of recent debates on media issues though this theory is ‘ difficult to formulate , partly because it lacks full legitimation and incorporation into media institutions and partly because some of its tenets are … to be found ’ elsewhere . |
| 20 | Staff costs at £671,194 are anticipated to reduce significantly next financial year as the result of recent retirals and the Council 's current policy of non-replacement when staff resign . |
| 21 | His best result of recent days was to win a tie-break set in the course of losing to Nicolas Pereira . |
| 22 | There are ‘ hidden ’ factors about which we can only speculate , such as the direct effects on sand-eel stocks from the greatly increased shoals of herring and mackerel which are the result of recent bans on fishing for these species . |
| 23 | It involves a comparative study of recent developments in mortgage finance in Britain , the USA , Denmark and the Netherlands . |
| 24 | In his day he was regarded as one of the principal authorities and his books : The Hereford Earthquake of December 17 , 1896 ( 1899 ) ; A Study of Recent Earthquakes ( 1905 ) ; The Origin of Earthquakes ( 1912 ) ; A Manual of Seismology ( 1921 ) ; A History of British Earthquakes ( 1924 ) ; The Founders of Seismology ( 1927 ) ; The Japanese Earthquakes of 1923 ( 1931 ) ; and Great Earthquakes ( 1936 ) remained useful sources of reference . |
| 25 | ‘ I have to confess that I find nothing in the current stock of recent coursebooks to compare in originality or methodological advance with the vastly popular Headway series … ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I have to confess that I find nothing in the current stock of recent coursebooks to compare in originality or methodological advance with the vastly popular Headway series … ’ — Coursebooks for the '90s , EFL Gazette |
| 27 | But then only Showaddywaddy , or perhaps Blondie , or especially Tony Stevens and his band , with their crazy covers of recent chartbusters could convert this isolated Irish apathy into something slightly lively . |
| 28 | They 've also come up with an amendment to the English battle hymn of recent years : ‘ Swing low , sweet chariot , coming for to carry me home — wards to think again . ’ |
| 29 | The risk ratings of recent failures are also provided in Table 1 . |
| 30 | There 's little point either in conjecturing as to whether this is the best England side of recent times . |