Example sentences of "[adv] in [art] past few years " in BNC.

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1 So in the past few years since Big Bang we have seen dealers chasing every hare , especially since dealing volumes declined and firms have been more desperate to do business .
2 So in the past few years , I have given a speech which has has drawn attention to the the deficit on our General Fund and our need for continued care , to reduce the deficit .
3 Rio Tinto has bought into all the mines only in the past few years ; and it has its sights set on expansion .
4 It is only in the past few years that a good understanding of these types of collision has emerged , and it is only a year since Tiesinga et al .
5 ‘ She has worked harder than all the others put together in the past few years .
6 Action has been taken , not just in the past few years but consistently by successive Governments since 1904 , to inhibit tobacco consumption by children .
7 ‘ The whole system of national training has improved enormously in the past few years , ’ Marshall said .
8 Will my hon. Friend confirm that it is often precisely those authorities that complain most about not being able to use capital receipts which have used the most in the past few years ?
9 ‘ The truth , about which we spoke so often in the past few years , has been reaffirmed once again — where there is a delay in dealing with overripe problems , excesses are inevitable , ’ Gorbachev said in the Tass transcript of his speech .
10 This is a formidable task even for a human navigator , but as we have found out in the past few years , the bees ' trigonometric adjustments are perfectly mindless , depending only on a memory of the Sun 's azimuth relative to the bee 's goal on the previous trip ( or day ) and an extrapolation of the Sun 's current rate of azimuth movement .
11 However , the world had " changed radically in the past few years " and there was an increased demand , felt throughout the UN system , for " intervention in response to local crisis , often at the expense of long-term development " .
12 Our understanding of the natural occurrence of Bt has been revised dramatically in the past few years .
13 Hatfield has become a bl black spot because of the closure of , er the aerospace industry in the County has suffered gravely in the past few years and I think you will agree , the closure of at .
14 Such obscurantism has badly damaged the NUT , which has seen its membership fall steadily in the past few years , while the more moderate AMMA 's has gone up .
15 Yet in the past few years long term nursing care beds in the NHS have been progressively reduced and district health authorities have made little effort to improve their remaining accommodation .
16 Zeolite chemistry has made remarkable strides forward in the past few years .
17 The discussion has intensified again in the past few years .
18 Indeed , Lindsell regards this as virtually a twelfth business — and one which has also returned to profit after losing money heavily in the past few years .
19 However , we should not assume that a great deal has not been achieved quite spectacularly in the past few years .
20 This had begun to develop significantly in the past few years in terms of quality .
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