Example sentences of "last few weeks " in BNC.
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1 | Because Britain has been covered , during the last few weeks , with record levels of toxic and other dangerous substances . |
2 | ‘ This means a colossal amount of ozone has disappeared in the last few weeks , ’ Bill Jeffries , New Zealand 's Minister in charge of the Meteorological Service , said yesterday . |
3 | He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature : his last few weeks before his death from cancer , which he fought uncomplainingly and with great courage , were spent in devising an entertainment , ‘ The French Revolution through British Eyes ’ , for the RSL . |
4 | ‘ David has done a great job over the last few weeks but he still has playing ambitions . |
5 | Mr Mitterrand praised the people of Leipzig for ‘ having written the history of Europe and Germany in the last few weeks ’ . |
6 | Mr Maxwell said that the postponement was agreed in the last few weeks , following a decision to spend heavily next year on unspecified initiatives to increase Mirror Group 's market share . |
7 | About how Mr Harker was going out of business , which was why they 'd all been pushed harder than ever the last few weeks . |
8 | In his acceptance speech Mr Kinnock paid an emotional tribute to his wife , Glenys , for her support under the pressure of the last few weeks . |
9 | Miss Bowes said : ‘ There has been an upward trend in rates in the last few weeks because it looked like Labour were going to win . |
10 | United have shown signs of nerves in the last few weeks as the First Division title race approaches its climax . |
11 | Babies put on a lot of fat in the last few weeks before they are born , so looked a poor little skinny scrap of a thing . |
12 | This only occurs if the mother has developed a primary attack in the last few weeks of pregnancy . |
13 | Never mind , the dates were going in and the last few weeks of the tour in the Eastern states were coming up . |
14 | There 've been a lot of valuable plants and bulbs stolen from the Botanical Gardens during the last few weeks . |
15 | There have also been one or two apparently motiveless murders in Vienna these last few weeks which could be his work , though it 's less certain . ’ |
16 | In case anything noteworthy has happened in Vienna these last few weeks , relevant to our enquiry , that is . ’ |
17 | Confining ourselves to Vienna and the last few weeks alone , it seems he may also have been responsible for a couple of recent murders of prostitutes in the Altstadt . |
18 | Our largest vole , the water vole , is very active at the moment as its breeding season will have just started in the last few weeks . |
19 | For the last few weeks the baby inside her had been making itself felt . |
20 | It had become increasingly claustrophobic in the last few weeks . |
21 | All right , just for these last few weeks I 'll enjoy my obsession . |
22 | In the last few weeks loads of newt tadpoles have hatched . |
23 | As harvest time was drawing to a close and autumn would soon be upon them , Tamar admitted what she had tried to deny for the last few weeks . |
24 | ‘ What I 've been doing in the last few weeks , long overdue , is to match up these various components . |
25 | ‘ He 's changed quite a bit in these last few weeks . ’ |
26 | But in the last few weeks , John Major has given us two particularly staggering examples . |
27 | For , whilst we all wish to see democratic government in South Africa and recognise the role played by the restoration of sporing links in achieving those aims , events of the last few weeks confirm that the country is still very unstable . |
28 | This mood has changed drastically in the last few weeks . |
29 | The couple made the decision ‘ in the last few weeks ’ . |
30 | ‘ Whatever the uncertainties the last few weeks may have brought I want you to be certain of this — our work together will continue unchanged , ’ she told the 40 charities of which she is patron . |