Example sentences of "have [prep] recently " in BNC.

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1 Materialism has until recently been virtually unknown in Confucian societies .
2 Yet the power of the press within sport has until recently been severely circumscribed .
3 Indeed , while she produced some poems of distinct merit , she , like most labouring poets of her time , has until recently been forgotten .
4 Timeliness has until recently ( see below ) been a serious defect of British national bibliography ( BNB ) entries .
5 Much current research in quantum physics , immunology and genetics seems to come together in the ultimate basis of homoeopathy and helps to throw light on what has until recently been an inexplicable mystery .
6 Three general changes are now modifying what has until recently been described as a ‘ binary ’ system of higher education .
7 Producing such material has until recently been the preserve of highly skilled individuals using methods which effectively date back to Caxton and Gutenberg .
8 Despite widespread agreement that opencast coal mining is among the most environmentally destructive activities carried out in Wales , the Government has until recently tried to increase output from this method .
9 Computer programming in schools has until recently been largely limited to the use of ‘ imperative ’ languages such as BASIC .
10 Most of this has until recently come from a grant from the CTC , but that has now been reduced to £300 .
11 Most of this has until recently come from a grant from the CTC , but that has now been reduced to £300 .
12 Most of this has until recently come from a grant from the CTC , but that has now been reduced to £300 .
13 This phenomenon in individual psychopathology has an exact and illuminating parallel in early agricultural societies which has until recently gone unnoticed .
14 We are not in the position of North America where IBM has until recently been a de facto standard and a unifying force .
15 However , whereas there is a well-established and substantial body of legal writing dealing with the drafting of other , perhaps more formal , legal documents , there has until recently been relatively little material which seeks to deal with the practical drafting of commercial contracts in general and with standard terms in particular .
16 The jail , part-Victorian , part-Georgian has until recently been home to overspill prisoners from Wormwood Scrubs and Cardiff .
17 In the leader column last week , on the same day Young Group 's shares were suspended , the newspaper felt sufficiently confident of Mr Young 's expertise to write : ‘ He is a man who has until recently made a great success of his business and it would be sad for the North-East if he did not continue to have a part to play . ’
18 While we know of certain special cases ( the sonnets of Michelangelo to Tommaso Cavalieri , for instance ) , it is now clear that this was not at all customary , and that the imputation of homosexuality in the Renaissance could have as destructive an effect on a man 's life as it has had until recently ( if , indeed , there has been any real change of English attitudes in these supposedly liberal times ) .
19 The KPNLF , which has about 7,000 men , had until recently been dismissed by military analysts as a badly organised force more interested in black-market activities across the Thai-Cambodia border than military operations .
20 He had until recently presided over a cautious freeing of expression and politics .
21 This Renaissance castle had until recently served as a children 's home .
22 On good soil he could probably plough two or three acres in a day , but on the more difficult land that had until recently been forest he would be lucky to manage half of this .
23 However , a number of ministers had until recently been members of the UDF.The UDF leadership described the new government as " the product of a shady political deal " between the MRF and the BSP .
24 Polls had until recently shown support for Mr Patten but now a majority wants him to back down .
25 Thus , as ambassadors who had till recently expressed total loyalty to him " rallied " across the world to Khomeini , he expressed bewilderment .
26 Also , CIP entries have until recently contained less information and less accurate information than other entries .
27 Here , such programmes have until recently been largely undertaken by the Forestry Commission ( FC ) which was established in 1919 as a result of the Forestry Act .
28 Employers have until recently been kept at arms ' length and away from sensitive areas of involvement within academic institutions , including management .
29 Method-oriented reforms like Bem 's have until recently been the feminist psychological initiatives with the broadest influence in both psychology and feminism .
30 Insurance benefits , being linked through contributions to the level of wages , have until recently kept pace with inflation better than other benefits .
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