Example sentences of "of recent [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Following the popularity of recent competitions we have run offering riding clothes as prizes , we have arranged another super , easy-to-enter competition this month with fabulous riding gear from Hydrophane . |
2 | Reminded once more of recent liberties he had taken with her person , she flushed scarlet and , not deigning to answer , turned abruptly on her heel . |
3 | The Report began by identifying some 130,000 part-time teachers in further and adult education who were at that time employed by local authorities and although nobody knows how many are employed over the country as a whole at present , even after the severe reductions of recent years they are likely to number more than 100,000 . |
4 | The person who decided this was almost always the vicar ; though of recent years he could not make elaborate changes without the support of a majority in his church council . |
5 | We were going to run that tape you made after the planning-committee meeting , but in the light of recent events it seems unwise . |
6 | ‘ However , in view of recent events I do intend to get it electronically protected . ’ |