Example sentences of "last few years [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There have been some significant developments in the last few years including the introduction of full-time DATEC courses , which are provided for South Wales by the West Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education . |
| 2 | Lafaille , a 26-years-old professional guide from Gap , has emerged in the last few years as a climber of unique all round ability . |
| 3 | Although the numbers of part-time teachers have declined in the last few years as a result of financial stringency , their contribution to the colleges remains important . |
| 4 | This aspect of the work has been phased out over the last few years as the UK content in most projects has risen to more than 70 per cent , leaving OSO to concentrate on its other roles in encouraging research and development into new offshore technology and using UK expertise to gain export orders on the back of North Sea achievements . |
| 5 | With improved personal relationships , however , steps have been taken in the last few years towards closer links . |
| 6 | I have a high regard for Foresterhill and what it has achieved in the last few years under this Government . |
| 7 | For the browsers there is Golf : The Golden Years , a pictorial anthology by Sarah Baddiel celebrating the last few years of the 19th century and the first 40 or so of the 20th . |
| 8 | This trick has been used since the last few years of the Vietnam war , and does not rely on any particularly outlandish circuitry . |
| 9 | It 's impossible to say which city Bashlachev belonged to because he was raised in the northern town of Cherepovets , studied at Sverdlovsk University and spent the last few years of his life wandering between Moscow , Leningrad and Siberia . |
| 10 | Michael Mason , editor of Capital Gay newspaper and involved in the gay movement for more than 20 years , said : ‘ There have been enormous changes but there is evidence in the last few years of an increase in queer-bashing by men aged 15–23 who have difficulty coping with their own sexuality . ’ |
| 11 | These programmes were identified by the government ( HMSO , 1977 ) as central to urban regenerative strategies , but neither programme was redirected successfully towards the cities in the last few years of the 1974–9 Labour administration . |
| 12 | The fact that the consultative process described serves to enhance , rather than hinder , the task of school management is borne out by the school 's successful introduction over the last few years of development planning . |
| 13 | The emergence over the last few years of education as a matter of national priority has occurred largely in response to our economic situation and our performance in the international market place . |
| 14 | Mary Ann was blind during the last few years of her life , and it had the quite understandable effect of making her very emotional ; she only had one set of grandchildren , and she made such a fuss of them : ‘ My Siddy ’ , she would say , as she stroked her young grandson 's cheek with tears in her eyes . |
| 15 | There was something approaching a ‘ moral panic ’ taking place in China during the last few years of the reform decade , exacerbated by the ‘ falling in love craze ’ and some of its unhealthy results . |
| 16 | Again I was personally involved because I was one of White Waltham 's Commanding Officers during the last few years of my Service career . |
| 17 | There is the ever-tightening noose in the last few years of Thatcherism and all its implications . |
| 18 | In the last few years of his life William 's grandad had finally found employment in a growth industry — he was a volunteer with the Victims Support Scheme , and a lot of the mourners were people from the office , or victims of muggings and burglaries that he 'd helped to put on their feet again . |
| 19 | But it is also a consequence of the academic stagnation over the last few years of much that is called industrial archaeology in England . |
| 20 | He had his own rooms and spent the last few years of his life reading and receiving a stream of aristocratic visitors , including the princess of Wales , venturing forth occasionally for trips to the theatre organized through the actress Madge Kendal [ q.v . ] . |
| 21 | He was a fan of the BCR though he came to know it only in the last few years of its life . |
| 22 | Now Congress , I believe that we must adapt the considerable changes which have taken place in the last few years of Tory terrorism . |
| 23 | of course , erm , James Hunt , but er , yes , it 's rather sad as well that , you know , the last few years of erm , Danny 's life were , were , were , he was so crippled with Alzheimer 's and , and really not er , er shade of the sort of happy , er person , that , that he had been . |
| 24 | She knew she had been brought up these last few years with her Aunt Alice and Uncle Stan because of the instability at home . |
| 25 | You 've worked in the last few years with Prince . |
| 26 | Just as the rewards for European golfers have increased dramatically over the last few years with a circuit worth nearly twenty million pounds , so have they for caddies . |
| 27 | America has bought six machines over the last few years with two going to the Wellco Corporation and the remainder to Shaw Industries , the world 's largest carpet manufacturer with turnover in excess of $1.25 Billion . |
| 28 | She well be reviewing the foundation 's programme over the last few years with the aim of identifying any gaps or areas where new initiatives might be needed . |
| 29 | I mean he he spent a lot of money on the last few years on the hotel cos he had six extra rooms built on did n't he ? |
| 30 | These days he has plenty of time to run the legs off his dog Quintus in nearby Richmond Park , just outside London , to indulge his hobby of stamp collecting and just to read novels , something that went by the board during his last few years at the Foreign Office , familiarly known as the FO . |