Example sentences of "in recent [noun pl] [pers pn] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Republicans this was a particularly rewarding set of results ; in recent decades they had enjoyed considerable success in presidential elections , but the victories of Eisenhower and Nixon had not , with the fleeting exception of 1953 — 55 , been flanked by success in Congressional elections . |
| 2 | While it is true that in recent decades it has been made more , rather than less , difficult for elected assemblies to exercise control over public expenditure ( Robinson 1978 ) , it is equally true that political controllers are not completely starved of information about bureaucratic activities . |
| 3 | Er and so er although in security struggles in the event of war we find er that these wars tend to become total wars , and we 've had two of these in the present century , historically speaking in recent times we had another one , anyone know what it was ? |
| 4 | In recent times I have been able to go down to the hostel , where my good friend Richard Megson gives me the opportunity to wash in lovely hot water . |
| 5 | The Bank of England used to be the City 's leader ; in recent times it has seemed content to be its cheerleader . |
| 6 | The Jet project is formally er continuing until the end of 1992 but in recent months we 've had some very great successes in Jet , the work we 've done is of very high quality and , and certainly world leading , and we can see the way ahead to building an experimental reactor after Jet but there are some very important experiments that need to be done before then . |
| 7 | In recent months we have had to review the law in relation to the medical treatment of children : see In re R. ( A Minor ) ( Wardship : Consent to Treatment ) [ 1992 ] Fam. 11 and In re W. ( A Minor ) ( Inherent Jurisdiction : Consent to Treatment ) [ 1992 ] 3 W.L.R. 758 . |
| 8 | Of course , unemployment brings great difficulties in its train and no one regrets that more than I. That is why in recent months we have put in place the widest range of measures that we have ever had to help unemployed people get back to work . |
| 9 | In recent months they have begun to tear loose from this platform . |
| 10 | In recent months they have even hinted at getting the Russians — who supply much of Ukraine 's oil dirt-cheap — to raise economic barriers that would force it to give way . |
| 11 | In recent months he has made two major speeches in Parliament on the subject . |
| 12 | In recent months I have had the opportunity to go to Kashmir by arrangement with both the Pakistani Government and the Indian Government , and I have seen the profound suffering among Kashmiris of both religions — Hindu and Muslim . |
| 13 | In recent months it had been widely reported that Saw Maung , who had chaired the SLORC since the army assumed power in 1998 , had suffered a mental breakdown . |
| 14 | In recent months it has been expanding its market research activities while offloading its education publishing division and other subsidiaries in a bid to slash debt . |
| 15 | The Citroen BX has long been Britain 's most popular diesel-engined car but in recent months it has been overtaken by another model from the same French stable the ZX . |
| 16 | In recent weeks they had mounted attacks on a French aid convoy and against European tourists , four of whom were seriously injured on Jan. 25 near the uranium centre , Arlit , some 1,200 km north-east of Niamey , the capital . |
| 17 | In recent weeks we 've been taking a look at our Sussex heritage , and asking questions about conservation and preservation in our county . |
| 18 | Just in recent weeks we have had public reports of a cardiologist who has had to turn seriously ill patients away because of the budget system — I am telling the truth about the health — |
| 19 | , writes : TWICE in recent weeks I have heard of a character which sounds like Notre Dames and they say he was played in a film by Orson Welles . |
| 20 | Twice in recent weeks I have asked John Bryan if he is having an affair with Fergie . |
| 21 | For example The Sunday Times has asserted that , ‘ In recent years we 've experienced a new , aggressive , liberated criminality in women ’ ( 30 March , 1980 ) . |
| 22 | Now , er , before I hand over to Frank er , a word about the dividend er , in recent years we 've paid an interim dividend which was half the total of the previous year 's dividends and so , er , had a built-in increase . |
| 23 | And in the 70s , we were again working in Appalachia ; and in recent years we have expanded our program to again include the entire south . ’ |
| 24 | Additives : In recent years we have been made more aware of the danger of excessive artificial additives in our food and drink . |
| 25 | In recent years we have seen great efforts being made at all levels to ensure that children learn effectively . |
| 26 | In recent years we have been witnessing an attempt to place more emphasis on the first two purposes of education to redress what is considered an imbalance in favour of the third in the three decades following the 1944 Education Act . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , in recent years we have been moving , albeit slowly and hesitantly , towards the view that the primary school should regard itself as one element in a united national service to children . |
| 28 | In recent years we have learned much about the internal anatomy of cephalapsids and galeaspids which had a bony skeleton surrounding the brain and gills . |
| 29 | In recent years we have seen the most thorough pursuit ever carried out to find partners in responsibility for the ailments to which we are subject . |
| 30 | In recent years we have devoted substantial resources to reorganising our education systems in the UK and we see this continuing . |