Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] recent [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were going to run that tape you made after the planning-committee meeting , but in the light of recent events it seems unwise . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The former Soviet international has established herself as the world 's leading female middle distance runner in recent years she won the 1500 metres and 3,000 metres at the inaugural World Championships in Rome in 1987 and finished third and first respectively in the same events at the Seoul Olympics a year later . |
| 4 | Because there 's been a dramatic increase in traffic in recent years we need to assess the impact on the river 's special environment . |
| 5 | Having come from a country afflicted by the worst drought in recent memory it should have come as no surprise that the Namibians were able to handle the Sicilian heat . |
| 6 | FOLLOWING our business success in recent months we welcome these new staff and wish them every success in their careers with CCG . |
| 7 | I like big heads that are flat at the back , not pointed , and for that reason in recent years it is Korean males who have attracted me most , with their rich , straight black hair laid perpendicularly on that square-backed skull — always , to me , the sign of a male good at mathematics , the sexiest science . |
| 8 | After attending Sunday Mass in several parishes in recent years I have experienced attempts in some churches to get the people singing . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ However , in view of recent events I do intend to get it electronically protected . ’ |
| 11 | It is the first time in recent memory she has missed the ceremony . |
| 12 | Gorbachev disclosed that " for the first time in recent years we laid quite a strong stress on what our economic relations should be like " , although he failed to provide details on the precise content of the talks . |