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 . |