Example sentences of "in recent [noun pl] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While a broad historical trend was noted towards the limitation of the once near-absolute rights of parents over children by state agencies , with the declared objective of protecting the child 's interests and welfare , it seemed that in recent policies a number of different themes could be identified , involving potentially conflicting values and assumptions about children , parents , the state and the rights and roles of different parties in the child care situation . |
| 2 | Psycholinguists and AI researchers have both contributed toward theories of word meaning , and in recent decades a number of distinct theories have evolved . |
| 3 | In recent months a parcel of galleries have sprouted on the streets between Spring and Grand in SoHo — not an area previously gallery-intense . |
| 4 | John has owned some new cars , firstly an Escort XR3i and in recent months a Mercedes . |
| 5 | Observers speculated that it offered Gorbachev 's conservative opponents probably their last chance to influence policy as a credible force in the central committee : in recent weeks a grassroots party revolt had toppled the conservative leaderships in several regions and cities , including Tyumen in West Siberia , Chernigov in the Ukraine , and Volgograd in southern European Russia , while conservatives were facing a rout in the forthcoming local soviet ( council ) elections ( in which party leaders had been encouraged to stand ) and in elections to party posts ahead of the 28th CPSU congress . |
| 6 | After the failed June 1953 uprising , crushed by Soviet tanks , ‘ people shut their eyes and looked away ’ , said Heiko , a 19-year-old factory worker , after a packed service in the Gethsemane church , in recent weeks a centre of opposition . |
| 7 | Already , said station manager John Moares , 130 people had applied for early retirement in recent weeks a situation which he considers to be partly connected with the station 's uncertain future . |
| 8 | In recent years a road in Funchal has been named after Sister Mary Jane Wilson . |
| 9 | However , in recent years a blitz on such companies has been mounted with the result that there has been some improvement . |
| 10 | In recent years a number of working reconstructions of de' Dondi 's clock have been made . |
| 11 | In recent years a number of microcomputer software packages have been written to assist the searcher in carrying out online information retrieval . |
| 12 | In recent years a number of unbonded , non-ABTA Coach Tour Operators have gone into liquidation leaving their clients without holidays or protection . |
| 13 | While it remains to be seen which , if any , of these options is adopted , it is not very encouraging that in recent years a number of offers of adoption have apparently been made by national bodies , only to be discouraged by the DES . |
| 14 | In recent years a number of attempts to integrate and coordinate these functions has come to be called Physical Distribution Management . |
| 15 | In recent years a number of economists have developed models which make price stickiness and the ensuing failure of markets to clear central to their analysis . |
| 16 | In recent years a number of theatre-in-education groups have made an important contribution to the teaching of history ( see Box 20 ) . |
| 17 | In recent years a policy of discharging long-stay psychiatric patients into the community has been introduced . |
| 18 | In recent years a bypass was built , considerably lessening the load of traffic which passed through the village , and a period of comparative peace was enjoyed . |