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

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31 Does the Minister recognise that the people of Wolverhampton do not regard the Secretary of State for the Environment as environmentally benign , certainly over the problems that they face with the new standard spending assessment announced in the past few days
32 In my local hospital in Withington , the number of beds for the elderly has decreased in the past few years from 140 beds to barely 20 .
33 In his April review AB , while remaining loyal to the Walter and Klemperer versions , summed it up as ‘ the most compelling and most spontaneous of performances recorded in the past few years , and I shall want it by my for the sheer beauty of the sound , often in that respect surpassing any other version ’ .
34 The evidence that such a reaction does actually occur in humans , most markedly in individuals with low stomach acidity , has strengthened in the past few years .
35 The impression has been strengthened in the past few years that macro-economic developments and policies are now essentially international in character .
36 The essentials of the problem have been thoroughly analysed in the past few years ; the difficulty has been to obtain international agreement on solutions .
37 Will my right hon. Friend confirm that this is not something that has arisen in the past few days , but has been carefully negotiated by the Government over many weeks ?
38 Will he give an assurance that he will sustain the generous funding of Northern Arts that he has managed in the past few years ?
39 Sorting machines incorporating microprocessors have been ordered in the past few weeks to upgrade rice , coffee and groundnuts .
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