Example sentences of "of [art] [num ord] few [noun] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The economic system of the last few decades has failed , ’ he said . |
| 2 | Environment Minister David Maclean told an audience at Tory Central Office : ‘ The rain of the last few days goes some way to replenishing the reservoirs . |
| 3 | In general , however , Haycocks III has been regarded as the least important of the three reports and the difficult financial climate of the last few years has meant that its recommendations have been given a low priority . |
| 4 | The house price collapse of the last few years has been a terrible dose of cold turkey for the home owning classes , but has it been a long enough agony to drive out the idea that there 's something inherently beneficial about rising house prices . |
| 5 | Perhaps one of the most important developments of the last few years has been a steady but widespread trend towards protectionism . |
| 6 | The sharp fall in turnover of the last few years means that many people who might otherwise have entered the housing market currently remain outside it . |
| 7 | Each of the next few slides has the same format . |