Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [art] previous few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is common for patients to appear for their first out-patient appointment with one or other of these problems , which has been going on for the previous few weeks . |
| 2 | Interethnic relations , Gorbachev conceded in his speech to the 28th Party Congress in July 1990 , had deteriorated since the congress before it , and especially over the previous few months . |
| 3 | All that can sensibly be said is that , given everything capitalism had gone through over the previous few years , a collapse of confidence was to be expected at some point . |
| 4 | According to official statistics , between 1980 and 1987 30 million primary and middle-school ‘ dropouts ’ had been recorded with the numbers rising more rapidly during the previous few years ( CD 7.12. 88 ) . |
| 5 | The higher income of married couples and men living alone was the combined result of the continued involvement of men in the labour market after the statutory retirement age , although this had decreased sharply over the previous few years , and of the receipt of occupational pensions . |