Example sentences of "[noun pl] in [art] [adj] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After reading some of the criticisms from readers in the past few months I felt that it was about time I wrote in . |
| 2 | However , because of the increased numbers of applicants applying to polytechnics in the past few years , it will most probably decide to implement such a scheme . |
| 3 | Some of the more broadly-based share indices have suffered sharper losses in the past few weeks and analysts believe the Dow could soon match these declines . |
| 4 | A spokesman said there had been several raids on homes in the past few days by sneak thieves . |
| 5 | We have been one of the foremost supporters of the United Nations , and the Government have played the prime role in enhancing the position of the United Nations in the past few years . |
| 6 | As I have said , we have seen enormous changes , but I advise my right hon. Friends on the Treasury Bench and all hon. Members who will continue to serve in Parliament in the coming years that the changes that have taken place in those countries in the past few years could well be repeated on an enormous scale in other countries . |
| 7 | It is to be hoped that her business is now sufficiently stable to realise the opportunity , for she has clocked up three managing directors in the past few years . |
| 8 | Violence between Muslims and Hindus in India is reported to have claimed some 300 lives in the past few months . |
| 9 | Many people have made substantial personal fortunes in the past few years , Mr Palumbo writes in the council 's annual report , and having inherited the mantle of the great patrons of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries , they should acknowledge their responsibilities by returning a portion of their good fortune to the community . |
| 10 | The Daily Mail , the Sun and many other such papers have contained a series of unpleasant , vituperative stories against individuals in the past few months . |
| 11 | His whole life had become a series of unanswered questions in the past few days . |
| 12 | We have considerable success with all the teams in the past few years , and even when not winning , the boys enjoy their football . |
| 13 | Recent ice core studies from Antarctica show temperature changes in the past few years far greater than any in the past 400 years . |
| 14 | We are looking forward to ever-increasing production from our huge investments in the past few years and therefore , even if the oil price remains flat , to ever-increasing cash flow . |
| 15 | of the cases in the past few years have been found to be genuine asylum seekers in United Nations terms . |
| 16 | That is worrying in view of the way in which the Government have handled the purchasing grant — the acquisition grant — of the galleries in the past few years . |
| 17 | Context made the meaning clear for the following words with multiple meanings in the previous few paragraphs : book , original , form , still , familiar , type , tends , well , lost , sounds , can , found , links , present . |
| 18 | He said the buy-out had been a possibility for some time , but the two sides had only got down to serious discussions in the past few months . |
| 19 | Remember the ground improvements in the past few years too . |
| 20 | I 've heard that play so many times in the past few days , I knew the lines was n't right . |
| 21 | Schools , temples and churches have been hit too many times in the past few weeks to be the victims of mistakes . |
| 22 | The Park Off-Licence in Faringdon Road in Swindon has been raided several times in the past few months . |
| 23 | Fifth , class action suits mean that a shareholder with just one share can sue on behalf of the entire body of shareholders and , finally , the widely misused Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organisations Act allows any firm that has been charged with fraud more than three times in the previous few years , whether or not it is found guilty , to be perceived as a corrupt organisation and therefore liable for triple damages . |
| 24 | There 's been no shortage of excuses in the past few weeks for getting thoroughly ratted , for going down to The Lamb , finding a spot in the corner and spending the entire evening doing nothing more intellectually taxing than sinking five pints of Special . |
| 25 | There have been a couple of announcements in the past few months which should be of interest to us . |
| 26 | KENNY Colbert , George Robinson , Richard Smyth , Peadar Hurson … all Ulster drivers and all Irish national rally champions in the past few years . |
| 27 | Leeds have bought so many players in the past few months that it is tempting to call the club New Leeds — although the fans are calling them Dad 's Army because they have bought so many stars over 30 . |
| 28 | Another model of Sgr A takes into account the latest observational evidence : the radio emission from Sgr A results from a supermassive black hole accreting from the winds of HeI emission-line stars in the central few arcseconds . |
| 29 | When the Liberation came , the French dealt with the open collaborators in a brutal few weeks of epuration — a purge in which some innocents suffered . |
| 30 | The General Health Questionnaire ( GHQ ) is a 30-item psychiatric screening instrument which collects data about symptoms in the previous few weeks . |