Example sentences of "[noun] in [art] past few years " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , because of the increased numbers of applicants applying to polytechnics in the past few years , it will most probably decide to implement such a scheme . |
| 2 | We have been one of the foremost supporters of the United Nations , and the Government have played the prime role in enhancing the position of the United Nations in the past few years . |
| 3 | As I have said , we have seen enormous changes , but I advise my right hon. Friends on the Treasury Bench and all hon. Members who will continue to serve in Parliament in the coming years that the changes that have taken place in those countries in the past few years could well be repeated on an enormous scale in other countries . |
| 4 | It is to be hoped that her business is now sufficiently stable to realise the opportunity , for she has clocked up three managing directors in the past few years . |
| 5 | There are two views of what has happened in Russia in the past few years . |
| 6 | Estimates of the Higgs 's mass can be made from the standard model , and the huge amount of data produced at LEP in the past few years has sharpened such estimates up . |
| 7 | This , however , could soon be put right as investors begin to focus on changes which have taken place in the past few years . |
| 8 | It concerns privatisations that have taken place in the past few years under processes and with measures of regulation which the Government said were more than adequate , dismissing all our criticisms . |
| 9 | Many people have made substantial personal fortunes in the past few years , Mr Palumbo writes in the council 's annual report , and having inherited the mantle of the great patrons of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries , they should acknowledge their responsibilities by returning a portion of their good fortune to the community . |
| 10 | The main reason for many Opposition Members feeling more warmly towards the European Community now than they did in the past is the record of the Community in the past few years and the contrast between what has happened elsewhere in the Community and what we have seen take place in Britain . |
| 11 | We have considerable success with all the teams in the past few years , and even when not winning , the boys enjoy their football . |
| 12 | ‘ Glasgow 's had a facelift in the past few years but it 's no more than that . |
| 13 | Recent ice core studies from Antarctica show temperature changes in the past few years far greater than any in the past 400 years . |
| 14 | ‘ Having been so close to winning the title in the past few years I thought this was going to be my chance but the draws have just dried up and I ca n't seem to get near fish , ’ said Dave from Hednesford , Staffordshire . |
| 15 | We are looking forward to ever-increasing production from our huge investments in the past few years and therefore , even if the oil price remains flat , to ever-increasing cash flow . |
| 16 | of the cases in the past few years have been found to be genuine asylum seekers in United Nations terms . |
| 17 | That is worrying in view of the way in which the Government have handled the purchasing grant — the acquisition grant — of the galleries in the past few years . |
| 18 | He has been on nearly two dozen foreign trips on behalf of LA in the past few years and some of his questionable financial dealings have been investigated . |
| 19 | Remember the ground improvements in the past few years too . |
| 20 | This also applies to the Cheesewring Quarry , which seems to have had a higher than normal accident rate in the past few years . |
| 21 | The fortunes of manned space travel have had a rough ride in the past few years , with the United States finally joining Europe in questioning the costs of such programmes in times of recession . |
| 22 | KENNY Colbert , George Robinson , Richard Smyth , Peadar Hurson … all Ulster drivers and all Irish national rally champions in the past few years . |
| 23 | Membership of the European Community since 1973 has helped attract foreign companies in droves , while better management of a virtually strike-free economy has transformed its performance in the past few years . |
| 24 | Petr Pithart ( 49 ) , hitherto spokesman of the Civic Forum co-ordinating centre , was appointed Prime Minister of the Czech Republic on Feb. 6 , replacing Frantisek Pitra , who had resigned on Jan. 31 , referring in his letter of resignation to the " justified criticism " levelled against those like himself who had worked in political life in the past few years . |
| 25 | Even though child abuse — mainly the sexual variety — has been a more open subject in the past few years , I have not seen many articles of this nature in professional magazines . |
| 26 | What follows is just the tip of the legislative iceberg which has affected local government in the past few years . |
| 27 | that , as a man whose responses are so dulled by routine that he can recall only 2 hr 17 min of unambiguous happiness in the past few years , I am not happy . |
| 28 | It has not been a characteristic of the Department of Education and Science in the past few years — The Minister seems not to accept that , but if he talked to teachers about one or two recent arbitrary changes in education provision , he might well hear the view that there could have been more consultation . |
| 29 | The biggest developments in men 's fashion in the past few years — the explosion of sportswear in everyday clothes , the return of knitwear and the gradual softening of the suit 's construction — are more than likely to stay with us for a good few seasons yet . |
| 30 | But politicians always speak in terms of percentages and real terms so let's look at the total tax which was demanded from people in the city in the past few years . |