Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] [prep] [art] last few " in BNC.
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| 1 | As communication between Chinese Christians and Christians from around the world has grown over the last few years , the need for a regular English language update of information on Church life in China at all levels has been expressed in many quarters . |
| 2 | ‘ I am delighted that they are doing so well in Darlington and that the company has expanded over the last few years . ’ |
| 3 | County clubs , meanwhile , can help by welcoming former players , be they great or small , and in particular by forming old player associations , as Somerset has done in the last few seasons , as some have been doing for decades . |
| 4 | Fergie was not , strictly speaking , Diana 's type ; she was certainly not like her old friends , nor indeed many of the friends she has made in the last few years . |
| 5 | To maintain the advances that it has made in the last few years , Unix needs not only a ‘ viable ’ desktop environment , argues UI , but an attractively sized market for developers to aim at . |
| 6 | It will show you how far our technology has advanced in the last few years . |
| 7 | ‘ This means a colossal amount of ozone has disappeared in the last few weeks , ’ Bill Jeffries , New Zealand 's Minister in charge of the Meteorological Service , said yesterday . |
| 8 | I mean if we look at erm the large number of single parent families , mainly who are headed by women , the position of Social Security for these women has deteriorated in the last few years erm both in terms of the real value of the money received ; Child Benefit has been frozen for the last three or four years ; regulations such as you used to be able to offset your child care expenses when you were claiming income support have been changed , women can no longer can now only earn erm fifteen pounds a week of they 're a single parent and they can not offset their child care costs . |
| 9 | Lafaille , a 26-years-old professional guide from Gap , has emerged in the last few years as a climber of unique all round ability . |
| 10 | Unlike most manufactured goods , however , the real price of most services has increased over the last few decades . |
| 11 | One of the reasons why the range of special paints has diminished over the last few years is that ordinary paints and primers are so good . |
| 12 | Look what has happened in the last few days . |
| 13 | I have a high regard for Foresterhill and what it has achieved in the last few years under this Government . |
| 14 | The House should listen to what the Minister has to say in the last few minutes of the debate . |
| 15 | The fresh , country look has evolved over the last few years as people have begun to paint wooden units and replace solid doors with glazed doors to create a lighter atmosphere . |
| 16 | In some areas the precise details of the ban coverage has changed over the last few years and climber are requested to check that they re aware of these updates . |
| 17 | Announcing the decision , Defence Under-Secretary Lord Cranbourne said : " The culture and climate has changed in the last few months … |
| 18 | Simon Griffiths , a hospital spokesman , said last night : ‘ Mrs Barnett 's general condition has improved over the last few hours and her liver is functioning well . ’ |
| 19 | After all , this hundred young women have all benefited from the open , healthy , society that 's developed over the last few decades , or have they ? |
| 20 | This is the kind of thing that we really ought to be addressing because this actually addresses the safety of people in this county , not only the safety of people , this addresses the safety of property as well and there 's no disagreement about the fact that this enormous development that 's happened over the last few years in an area where you 've got a regular traffic snarl-ups mean that you have got a potential disaster there on your hands and we 're jolly lucky we have n't any more serious incidents than we 've had already and so I can see no reason why these two mo these two amendments should n't both happily be accepted though I 'm very cynical about the number of times we 've spent the airport money already and sooner or later we 've obviously got to actually seriously address that but the important thing is that we do all take it seriously and it seems that we all do now take it seriously . |
| 21 | And if I may Mr chairman , something that 's happened in the last few days , that 's er evident that er the been the first satellite survey in this country ever which is now beginning to show to the nation , just in fact the damage that roads have been doing and that there 's in fact now some suggestion from government that they may be rethinking some elements of these roads , because the environmental impact has not really been taken into account as effectively before . |