Example sentences of "[art] past few [noun pl] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Yes , I welcome the substantial orders that have been received and I was pleased to see that in the past few days a number of them have come here .
2 Over the past few weeks a clutch of American oil companies has reported markedly better results .
3 However some employers must have moved more quickly , since the Scotsman for the same day carried the following report : The masters say they have engaged workmen from England who have proved equal to the occasion , while for the past few weeks an experiment was made with educated females at the case .
4 In the past few weeks the government has once again blocked an attempt to give disabled people legal protection against discrimination .
5 Would it have any grass at all ? he wondered , for over the past few miles the grass had become scarce , huddled together in tiny clumps or hiding behind rocks for shelter .
6 During the past few months the change to End Product Duty has made Stretton a Customs & Excise Bond , and Albany 's extensive experience in bonded warehouse operations came in useful .
7 In the past few months the Executive Committee has been considering most carefully a proposal of the Membership Working Party that in future all teachers , in addition to their membership subscription , should be asked to pay an Affiliation Fee .
8 But in the past few years a phoenix has risen from the flames of Lakehurst .
9 However , in the past few years a class of antigens has emerged that does not conform to this conventional pathway of antigen presentation .
10 During the past few years a number of different models for hospital services for attempted suicide patients have been developed .
11 In the Past few years a number of small streets have been closed to traffic , and car-parking has been prohibited from the four central reservations in Avenida Arriaga .
12 Over the past few years the Institute , under statute , has started to regulate its members ' insolvency , financial services and auditing work .
13 Sir , Over the past few years the tide of public opinion has been turning strongly against smoking , but this tide of public opinion was stemmed somewhat , albeit inadvertently , by the valiant efforts by tobacco companies .
14 The report noted that over the past few years the government departments had introduced competitive fee bidding for the appointment of consulting engineers leading to lower fee rates .
15 In the past few years the advent of AIDS has introduced a number of parasitic , bacterial and fungal diseases , some previously little known , that have proved to be highly pathogenic in immunocompromised patients .
16 In the past few years the advent of AIDS has introduced a number of parasitic , bacterial and fungal diseases , some previously little known , that have proved to be highly pathogenic in immunocompromised patients .
17 Over the past few years the pace of his acquisitions would make Rupert Murdoch blush .
18 But in the past few years the trend has been in the opposite direction .
19 Inevitably with the rapid expansion of the past few years the University is experiencing difficulties in providing sufficient academic as well as residential accommodation .
20 Over the past few years the market has boomed : Dataquest expects portables to account for around half of PC sales by 1995 .
21 Over the past few years the bourgeoisie has taken probably £10bn of completely untaxed , totally unearned capital profit from selling their houses .
22 In the past few years the appeal system has been successfully used to overcome the resistance of reluctant local authorities , and development has tended to proceed on an ad hoc basis with new centres sited where developers can acquire land easily rather than on the basis of any strategic plan .
23 On the other hand , in the past few years the number of students in further education colleges in Wales has increased very considerably .
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