Example sentences of "[noun] have been [verb] [prep] recent " in BNC.
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| 1 | 7.2.1 At present , general practitioners are free to refer to the hospital and consultant of their choice , although in practice this freedom has been restricted in recent years , partly because of health authorities ' reluctance to accept cross-boundary patients . |
| 2 | To some extent this latter advantage has been eroded in recent years by the tendency to go for late bookings , at least by the ‘ experienced ’ holiday-maker . |
| 3 | Early television cameras were large and the image of poor quality , but much progress has been made in recent years . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , much progress has been made in recent years . |
| 5 | Thus research into colonic motor function remains a challenging and potentially rewarding area where progress has been facilitated by recent technological advances . |
| 6 | 'You are sure there is no marker … no signs that the grave has been tended in recent months ? ’ |
| 7 | Much thinking has been given in recent years to the use of instruments as well as voices in worship . |
| 8 | My first shot was ‘ Incomes policy and exchange rates ’ which rather reveals perhaps the track upon which I find my own mind has been running in recent months if not years . |
| 9 | A good deal has been written in recent years about Primitive Catholicism , the tendency apparent even within the New Testament period itself to domesticate the Holy Spirit , to make him the perquisite of the Church . |
| 10 | However , a great deal has been achieved in recent years and I shall always be proud of the Department and more importantly its employees . |
| 11 | Lochranza has been ignored in recent years since the only crossing to Arran is now at Brodick . |
| 12 | Much of the research and theory which has informed our educational methodology has been superseded in recent times both in psychology and linguistics . |
| 13 | There is sixteenth-century orthographic evidence , which we shall further discuss in chapter 5 , that suggests some distribution of low vowel realizations for /Ε/; in London English of the period : it seems possible that this pattern of lowering of historic short vowels has been overtaken in recent standard English and Central Scots by a pattern of raising and ( in the latter case ) lengthening . |
| 14 | I can certainly agree with my hon. Friend — that incident was most regrettable , particularly in light of the fact that the human rights record of Indonesia had been improving in recent years . |
| 15 | The content and blend has been improved over recent years , but I do n't think that there has been a fundamental change . |
| 16 | The Wales-based artist Alex Beleschenko has been working in recent years on large-scale architectural commissions for stained glass . |
| 17 | A children s adventure playground has been built in recent years , and the field is well used by the village football and cricket teams . |
| 18 | England had been swamped in recent years by publications of every sort on birds , and Gould was not the only one to feel the pressure of increasing competition . |
| 19 | Numerous counts of winter flocks have been recorded in recent years , and gatherings of several thousands have been found regularly in most of the main areas of permanent grassland in the county , and in many coastal areas . |
| 20 | Mr Steisel says annual savings of over $100m have been achieved in recent years . |
| 21 | Much attention has been given in recent months to the provision of accommodation for nurses . |
| 22 | Considerable attention has been given in recent years to policies directed at training young people ( YTS , apprenticeship reform ) and the need to invest more as a nation in training in the interests of increased productivity . |
| 23 | Considerable attention has been paid in recent years to the psychology of women , to the development of feminine gender identity and to the conflicts involved in women 's dual roles as carers and workers . |
| 24 | The therapeutic potential of these genetic advances has been indicated by recent gene transfer experiments by Woo in an inbred strain of mouse with phenylalanine hydroxylase deficiency ( S L C Woo , paper delivered at annual meeting of European Metabolic Group ( Milupa ) Copenhagen , May 1991 ) . |
| 25 | The Scottish National Party deputy leader , Allan Macartney , said that Highlands and Islands needs had been accentuated by recent job losses , and forecast : ‘ The UK will never press our case for regional funding as effectively as we could . |
| 26 | As we have seen , the civil and political elements of citizenship have been eroded in recent years . |
| 27 | Considerable advances have been made in recent years in using computer models to understand the intellectual aspects of the human mind . |
| 28 | As you embark on the F-Plan you might have to work quite energetically to convince yourself that the supposed virtues of the old low-carbohydrate method of dieting have been disproved by recent research . |
| 29 | Few salmon are encountered in Loch Doon these days , but brown trout abound and some huge fish have been caught in recent years . |
| 30 | I draw his attention to the fact that we are now net exporters of televisions whereas we were net importers under the Labour party and to the fact that motor output has been expanding in recent years whereas it was declining under Labour . |