Example sentences of "[art] last few [noun pl] the " in BNC.

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1 In 1877 a book was published entitled Switzerland 's Development into a Unitary State , so the trend is long term ; yet in the last few decades the country has undergone large-scale centralisation .
2 Managers should never be administrators Over the last few decades the distinction between leaders , managers and administrators has become increasingly blurred , to the detriment of profit and people alike .
3 In the last few decades the interest shown by social scientists in such evolutionary schemes has waned , notwithstanding the growing attention paid to problems of ‘ development ’ ; for the latter notion is not usually incorporated into any general conception of the history of human society , and despite first appearances is largely unhistorical .
4 Over the last few years the house has changed hands many times .
5 In the last few years the courts have contrived in effect to extend the substance of a right of occupation to a mistress who has lived on an originally permanent basis with a man , but who has now lost her partner either through death or as a result of some form of desertion .
6 For the last few years the sum has been £1 0 .
7 Over the last few years the landscape had changed .
8 During the last few years the Printing Division has been able to offer photosetting via its P.E .
9 Over the last few years the number of public television groups within the PBAA has grown steadily , and extensive technical expertise has been developed as more than twenty test broadcasts across Australia have taken place .
10 In the last few years the Conservative government has instituted a programme called ‘ Next Steps ’ .
11 Until the last few years the entire auto industry was so fixed in its opposition to small cars as to leave the market for them to foreign firms .
12 Over the last few years the Department of Trade and Industry ( DTI ) has been active in consulting with British industry and encouraging it to be competitive in the European market .
13 In the last few years the volume of literature concerned with gender and mathematics has grown apace , both at home and abroad .
14 During the last few years the notion of ‘ citizenship ’ has been increasingly and widely discussed amongst different constituencies addressing different aspects of the topic , with somewhat confusing consequences .
15 During the last few years the EMS has become a central plank of EC policy , and Economic and MOnetary Union has become the linchpin of the project for European Union constitutionalized in the Treaty on European Union .
16 Over the last few years the t Tory government has reduced the amount of wages inspectors .
17 Over the last few years the members allowances have been reduced , er , er have been underspent quite considerably on the amount that 's been allowed .
18 I am encouraged that in the last few years the number of cyclists I see commuting to and in Edinburgh has increased .
19 Over the last few months the republic had been buoyed by waves of euphoria .
20 He was n't yet quite in the Michael jackson class , but for the last few months the little boy had been difficult in the extreme .
21 It may interest them that within the last few months the European parliament has agreed to press for a bill of rights for the citizens of Europe and for a written constitution for Europe .
22 For the last few weeks the baby inside her had been making itself felt .
23 Over the last few weeks the villagers had noticed how his moods changed from wild despair to feverish excitement .
24 Well obviously the last few weeks the eastern Mediterranean has been hit very badly erm but even as from yesterday places like Cyprus are starting to come back very quickly .
25 Yet in the last few days the Romanians have started underplaying the role of Timisoara in sparking off open opposition to Ceausescu , highlighting instead the undoubtedly fearless role of the citizens of Bucharest .
26 But in the last few days the food supplies from CARE alone have fed at least 150,000 people .
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