Example sentences of "the uk [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition there are parallels between the marked short run fluctuations in the UK since the 1970s and interwar cyclical movements . |
| 2 | Inevitably , in such a well-established industry — modern-style factoring has been in existence in the UK since the 1960s product improvement has come at the margins . |
| 3 | Although the proportion of GNP taken in tax has risen in the UK since the early 1970s , the UK is , in comparative terms , only a middle-ranked country in terms of tax-take , with tax ( excluding community charge ) amounting to 35.2% of GNP in 1990 . |
| 4 | The condition , which is relatively common in continental Europe , has not been seen on this scale in the UK since the 1920s . |
| 5 | By 1979 energy consumption was almost back to the 1973 level but this trend was abruptly curtailed by the second oil shock which contributed to the worst recession in the UK since the Second World War . |
| 6 | Although directors and officers ' liability insurance has been available in the UK since the 1930s , it has only come into wide use in the last few years . |
| 7 | The tension between the rights of parents , of their children , and of the state , which attracted increasing legislative attention in the UK during the nineteenth century , continues to be demonstrated in the concerns of pressure groups in recent years . |
| 8 | The arrival of skiffle in the UK during the mid-'50s also added to blues awareness , Lonnie Donegan even nicking his stage name from New Orleans ' blues giant Lonnie Johnson . |
| 9 | It was estimated that the gang had probably managed to shift about forty tons of high grade cannabis resin into the UK during the four years of operating the Guiding Lights . |
| 10 | The French consumers ' demands for quality of manufacture and their desire for a fun approach to dressing remain the hallmarks of a label which has enjoyed a cult following in the UK during the past few years . |
| 11 | There were also several differences between the profile of known Wirral heroin users and the ‘ new ’ heroin users described by the surveys in other parts of the UK during the 1980s . |
| 12 | Design consultancy was one of the fastest growing sectors in the UK during the 1980s . |
| 13 | It is possible that they have had some influence upon the Government of the UK during the 1980s , which has been markedly less disposed to intervene as directly in industry than its predecessors . |
| 14 | As we saw in section 2.5 , the sectoral spatial division of labour was already beginning to break down in the UK during the post-war years when Fordism is supposed to have been at its height . |
| 15 | This project extends previous research on the office development cycle to investigate all sectors of building and construction in the UK during the post-war period . |
| 16 | Renault has played an important role in this change , with the popularity of Renault diesel engines reflected in the way diesel versions accounted for 16% of all Clio sales in the UK during the last quarter of 1992 . |
| 17 | Last year , Sean was the envy of thousands of stand-up comedians when he toured the UK with the raunchy female strip show the LA Centrefolds , playing to packed houses . |
| 18 | My children 's cousins are in the US or the UK with the best education facilities open to them . |
| 19 | ‘ If the killings go on , there 's going to be a big rethink in the UK about the whole question of sporting links with South Africa . ’ |
| 20 | Trade and Industry Secretary , Peter Lilley , announced that Britain will still be able to down a pint after 1992 , despite some attempts by Brussels to bring the UK into the metric system . |
| 21 | These cases highlight the need for vigilance in patients at risk and suggest that the epidemic of parvovirus in the UK over the latter part of 1992 is still continuing . |
| 22 | ZOMAX , a new pain-killing drug given to a million people in the UK over the last two years is being withdrawn by the manufacturers , pending changes in the prescribing information issued to doctors . |
| 23 | About half the companies set up in the UK over the last 10 years are no longer with us . |
| 24 | Some 20 people have died after taking E in the UK over the last two years . |
| 25 | The Government 's rationale for introducing such radical legislation was to curb the enormous rise in asylum application in the UK over the last few years . |
| 26 | Mainly purchased by Mr Schroder in the UK over the last two or three years , the pieces include crumb spoons , sorbet servers , fish knives and forks , butter spades and other Victorian inventions , produced in a range of styles from neo-Gothic to rococo revival . |
| 27 | Have sales of religious books matched the growth in ethnic minority groups in the UK over the last 10 years and the related interest in the religions of the Middle and Far East ? |
| 28 | This three year study will explore empirically and theoretically the changing structure and significance of the linkages between corporate R&D and academic research in the UK over the last decade . |
| 29 | Much of the growth achieved in the UK over the past year can be attributed to the consultancy division , but worldwide , Andersen Consulting 's growth has slowed . |
| 30 | Incidences of sun-induced skin cancer — have doubled in the UK over the past five years . |