Example sentences of "[noun pl] in [art] [adj] few years " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | We have considerable success with all the teams in the past few years , and even when not winning , the boys enjoy their football . |
| 7 | Recent ice core studies from Antarctica show temperature changes in the past few years far greater than any in the past 400 years . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | of the cases in the past few years have been found to be genuine asylum seekers in United Nations terms . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Remember the ground improvements in the past few years too . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | KENNY Colbert , George Robinson , Richard Smyth , Peadar Hurson … all Ulster drivers and all Irish national rally champions in the past few years . |
| 14 | As a result of these various pressures there has been a proliferation of community care schemes in the past few years ; schemes to improve on the services already available , to fill gaps , and to provide a less fragmented service to the elderly mentally frail . |