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

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1 But in the past few years a phoenix has risen from the flames of Lakehurst .
2 However , in the past few years a class of antigens has emerged that does not conform to this conventional pathway of antigen presentation .
3 During the past few years a number of different models for hospital services for attempted suicide patients have been developed .
4 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 .
5 Over the past few years the Institute , under statute , has started to regulate its members ' insolvency , financial services and auditing work .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 Over the past few years the pace of his acquisitions would make Rupert Murdoch blush .
11 But in the past few years the trend has been in the opposite direction .
12 Inevitably with the rapid expansion of the past few years the University is experiencing difficulties in providing sufficient academic as well as residential accommodation .
13 Over the past few years the market has boomed : Dataquest expects portables to account for around half of PC sales by 1995 .
14 Over the past few years the bourgeoisie has taken probably £10bn of completely untaxed , totally unearned capital profit from selling their houses .
15 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 .
16 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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