Example sentences of "in recent [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This will lead me to take seriously some of those attributes of professional work which have perhaps been dismissed too lightly in recent work as mere political rhetoric . |
| 2 | One consequence of this is that the sharp rise in the proportion of young couples in the owner-occupied sector over the post-war period ( and the even greater number who aspire to this sector ) must have had some effect in reinforcing fertility decline in Britain in recent decades although , of course , many developed countries have also experienced declines over this period , so it would be naive to emphasize this ( or indeed any single cause ) as the sole or primary explanation . |
| 3 | So we see that all the problems of correlation are just as real in recent history as they are in the stratigraphical record , once we have lost the advantage of the date at the top of the newspaper or letter . |
| 4 | Studlar ( 1984 ) has remarked that all established institutions in Britain have been the objects of critical attack in recent times except for the monarchy : ‘ Only the monarchy seems safe from challenge , secure in its substantive weakness ’ ( p. 5 ) . |
| 5 | My first shot was ‘ Incomes policy and exchange rates ’ which rather reveals perhaps the track upon which I find my own mind has been running in recent months if not years . |
| 6 | Although market researcher Market Assessment suggests charge card usage could increase by 43 per cent by 1995 , charge card companies , particularly American Express , have suffered from poor publicity in recent months as retailers spurn their cards and their associated high margins . |
| 7 | The brewery sector as a whole has underperformed the stockmarkets in recent months as the recession has deepened within the pub trade . |
| 8 | Troubles had been piling up in recent months as the owners struggled to restore the house 's reputation . |
| 9 | Tension had mounted throughout the country in recent months as each side accused the other of failing to fulfil the terms of the peace agreement [ see p. 38809 ] . |
| 10 | This marked the recommencement of the peace process which had been under serious threat in recent months as both the FMLN and the government accused each other of not abiding by the conditions laid down in the January peace treaty [ see pp. 38716 ; 38809 ; 38906 ] . |
| 11 | There has in fact been a good deal of legal commentary in recent months as to the effectiveness of warranties , but it would be advisable for a tenant to take up warranties ( in a standard and acceptable form ) if they are available . |
| 12 | I congratulate them all on the quiet dignity and courage that they have displayed in recent weeks while vile , vicious and baseless allegations were made by a proven liar . |
| 13 | Both phrases have been much invoked in recent weeks as in : ‘ Mulroney has driven the Last Spike into our National Dream . ’ |
| 14 | How does he reconcile that with the rather desperate hints given by the Secretary of State in recent weeks as he vainly tried to rally his troops in the recent by-election ? |
| 15 | I draw his attention to the fact that we are now net exporters of televisions whereas we were net importers under the Labour party and to the fact that motor output has been expanding in recent years whereas it was declining under Labour . |
| 16 | Distribution problems have probably caused more deaths from starvation in recent years than an actual shortage of food . |
| 17 | The severity of this rule has been the more acutely felt because the existence of a partnership , which needs no special form for its creation , has often been inferred — less often , it is true , in recent years than formerly — from the fact of the receipt by a person of a share of the profits of a business . |
| 18 | Statistics collected by the Advertising Association show that the cost of TV production has risen even faster in recent years than that of TV airtime . |
| 19 | In general , however , the concept of an academic curriculum has been less well explored in recent years than that of a professional curriculum , and what follows here will reflect that fact . |
| 20 | Not only has the British government and its agencies borrowed less in recent years than other European governments , it is also the case that , until recently , the private bond market was narrow . |
| 21 | Opponents alleged that police powers had dangerously expanded in recent years while police accountability had diminished . |
| 22 | Lochranza has been ignored in recent years since the only crossing to Arran is now at Brodick . |
| 23 | Here the NHS has made considerable progress in recent years since the introduction of the Appraisal of Options Procedure . |
| 24 | In large scale industry ( such as the Automotive Industry ) the use of cordless tools has been steadily increasing in recent years so it is by no means novel technology . |
| 25 | A spokeswoman for Mersey Docks and Harbour Company said : ’ They are now quite old and have not been in regular use in recent years so it was decided to dismantle them to improve the appearance of the area . |
| 26 | HOME ownership increased by a fifth and average prices trebled between 1979 and now but the story has turned sour for many homebuyers in recent years as mortgage arrears and repossessions soared . |
| 27 | They have become commoner in recent years as business executives and their employers have sought a means of solving disputes without recourse to courts of law . |
| 28 | We noted the omission of any mention of meat and asked her particularly about this , as there have been so many debates among anthropologists in recent years as to the origins of hunting and meat-eating . |
| 29 | These have grown in number very rapidly in recent years as renewing the attractiveness of the centre through environmental improvement , including pedestrianisation , has been adopted as a competitive response to the growth of out-of-town shopping . |
| 30 | This is an area that has come to prominence in recent years as new kinds of instruments such as auction market preferred shares ( AMPS ) , convertible debt with premium put options and convertible capital bonds have appeared . |