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

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1 The sale , to be announced within days , will be the Scottish group 's second deal in the past few weeks .
2 Some of the more broadly-based share indices have suffered sharper losses in the past few weeks and analysts believe the Dow could soon match these declines .
3 The suggestion is he has topped up his stake in the past few weeks when Grand Met 's shares have been weak , falling from 658p .
4 I guess that in referring to that issue in the past few weeks we have been guilty of understating the size of the problem .
5 The oldest Classic has come in for its usual share of criticism in the past few weeks , largely due to the disappointing number of entries .
6 About 1,500 East Germans who managed to reach Bonn 's embassy in Warsaw in the past few weeks have been sent to the West in two special trains .
7 Following the pattern of local elections in France and Germany in the past few weeks , Italians have delivered a vote of no confidence in the parties that have governed since the war , notably the Christian Democrats .
8 Schools , temples and churches have been hit too many times in the past few weeks to be the victims of mistakes .
9 There 's been no shortage of excuses in the past few weeks for getting thoroughly ratted , for going down to The Lamb , finding a spot in the corner and spending the entire evening doing nothing more intellectually taxing than sinking five pints of Special .
10 As we have had some rather rough news in the past few weeks , it is a real shot in the arm and the country will be grateful for the announcement .
11 Enough has been revealed about the antics of the Monarchy in the past few weeks to suggest that people in palaces should not be trying to tell the rest of us how to behave .
12 WITH all the generation of hot air in the past few weeks , one might ask what effect this will have on the ozone layer ?
13 Does my right hon. Friend agree that the opinion poll improvement in the past few weeks reflects not only our excellent policy range but the fact that the election is getting closer and the best is yet to come ?
14 Only current captain David Platt and Chris Woods come close to Walker with 29 and 27 caps under the beleaguered English boss and the Wednesday goalkeeper has also suffered an alarming dip in form in the past few weeks .
15 It is the end of October and the water temperature has dropped several degrees in the past few weeks , the minnow shoals are less numerous and the chub are fighting fit .
16 My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary have talked with housing authorities throughout the country in the past few weeks and we have been interested to find out that many local authorities have land banks which they are not prepared to make available to housing associations .
17 Like , I 'm sure that child 's seen enough policemen in the past few weeks , you do n't know what goes through kids ' minds .
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