Example sentences of "has recently [vb pp] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 The bookshop chain has recently gone through a period of rapid expansion and now has 42 sites .
2 may be delayed when dementia sufferer lives alone , or is not well known in the community ( eg crowded city areas ; living in multi-storey blocks , or has recently moved to a new area ) .
3 Eleanor Driscoll , a working-class housewife who has recently moved from a two-room slum into a local authority house , puts it like this :
4 Evidence has recently emerged of a new gene that confers resistance on some bacterial to one of the most widely used synthetic antibiotics , trimethoprim .
5 For , as part of that restructuring , local government has recently emerged as a major issue , and arena , of political debate and conflict .
6 But a more historic example has recently emerged from a conservation programme to preserve it in first class static display condition for many years to come , this is Mk 1 Z2033/G–ASTL of the Skyfame Collection owned by the Imperial War Museum ( IWM ) and part of the collection of the historic aircraft at Duxford .
7 The senior lichenologist , Dr. B.J. Coppins , is also involved with lichen nomenclature through the International Association for Plant Taxonomy , and has recently contributed as a major author to the Lichen Flora of Britain and Ireland , published in 1992 .
8 As Klama has recently observed in a penetrating critique of the literature on ‘ aggression ’ , there is a close correspondence between certain popular conceptions of human nature in our society and a number of influential scientific theories to do with the ‘ biological basis of human behaviour ’ ( Klama 1988 : 52 ) .
9 Pam Murphy has recently enrolled as a postgraduate student in experimental physics , and Carol Wallis , having got a degree and a postgraduate degree at Cambridge , and taught in various places , is now working as a Research Fellow in biochemistry at the university .
10 However , the replacement of the Community Programme by Employment Training threatens many of these initiatives and the Commission has recently called for a special environmental task force under the auspices of the new Training and Enterprise Councils .
11 The Institute itself has recently reopened after a five year refurbishment which included the installation of a new metal and glass roof and the conversion of the former tapestry gallery into one suitable for displaying pictures .
12 Surface anaphors typically involve the omission of a second occurrence of material that has recently occurred in a text , for example :
13 Llangoed Hall , a most romantic house built in 1912 by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis , in a wonderful setting beside the River Wye in Powys , lay empty for fifteen years but has recently opened as a first-class country house hotel .
14 He or she has been eating a very large quantity of food and has recently embarked on a calorie-counting slimming programme .
15 The line-up was impressive , featuring Pops Staples , literally the founding father of the gospel band the Staple Singers and who has recently embarked on a solo career at the tender age of 77 !
16 As adjunct to its education policy the BDA has recently embarked on a youth policy for reasons spelt out in a resolution passed by the Rothesay Congress in 1986 : This Congress recognises that the future development of the deaf community requires the full participation of deaf children and young people .
17 She has recently returned from a journey in Romania to see the conditions of at least 1,000 children under the age of one , who had contracted AIDS through injections with dirty needles or contaminated blood .
18 Peter Dimond , a Director of the Tangmere Military Aviation Museum has recently returned from a trip to the USSR and reports he has seen five Hurricanes and at least one P-40 .
19 Charles Walker has recently returned from a world trip , during which he has been taking photographs in preparation for his next book .
20 Charles Walker has recently returned from a world trip , during which he has been taking photographs in preparation for his next book .
21 A GROUP of British students has recently returned from a trip to South America , where they have been researching into the flora and fauna of the Colombian Amazon basin .
22 But Prince Adam has a certain amount of clout , as he has recently brought off a resounding coup and made a grand gesture .
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