Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] the past few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The island 's isolation and woodsy beauty have made it wildly popular in the past few years ; prices for many single homes have jumped above $300,000 . |
| 2 | As reports from the Select Committee on Defence have made clear over the past few years , defence cuts are proceeding at such a pace that , if a future Labour Government continued in the same way , we would be left with Securicor and Group 4 to defend our shores and a steamship company to provide us with a substitute for the Royal Navy . |
| 3 | In fact she had been feeling tired and queasy for the past few days ; and that night , when the leading man laid her on the sofa , suddenly turned her head and , without letting the audience see , vomited quietly down the sofa back . |
| 4 | She was worried about her husband ; it had been obvious for the past few days that something was preying on his mind . |
| 5 | It was my own experiences with herbal treatments , due to being ill over the past few years , that convinced me that there was more than just a placebo effect at work . |
| 6 | German genre subjects have been flat for the past few seasons , so it was a pleasant surprise that Franz von Defregger 's ‘ Tyrolean zither player ’ ( est. $70–90,00 ) sold for $105,000 ( £70,000 ) . |
| 7 | Although conservation measures are understood to have been rigorously applied and economic growth has been sluggish or negative over the past few years , neither energy consumption nor oil consumption has fallen in any significant way in Eastern Europe . |
| 8 | It has proved extremely effective over the past few years . |
| 9 | ‘ I really believe that the design of p.o.s. has got much more professional in the past few years , ’ he said . |
| 10 | But theorists have already been busy for the past few years working on schemes that incorporate a third force , the strong nuclear force , with electroweak theory . |
| 11 | We have been most successful in the past few years in attracting investment from 18 countries . |
| 12 | The outlook for Ukraine has been more cheerful in the past few weeks . |
| 13 | Anyway , everyone knows that training shoes have gone a bit crazy in the past few years . |
| 14 | ONE important women 's issue has gone unnoticed in the past few weeks — the hemline question . |
| 15 | Things have been very difficult over the past few months , because of the way my boyfriend treats Liam . |
| 16 | Paul Davison , director of strategic development at Rosyth , said he had become increasingly optimistic over the past few weeks . |
| 17 | I have n't been too bad over the past few years but I 've certainly been left with the legacy of my habit . |
| 18 | Neither can the fact that the bagpipes of the various regimental associations and lobby groups were remarkably silent over the past few weeks . |