Example sentences of "[adv prt] in recent " in BNC.
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| 1 | The re-establishment of the Irish language as the first official language of the state became the national policy of the Irish government under de Valera and has only toned down in recent years . |
| 2 | But it has kept its head down in recent years because of a huge $4 billion corporate debt and a slide in sales . |
| 3 | I mean , ranking of the countries descending as business in the way it changes , and Japan comes first , Germany 's gone down in recent years because of that trouble , but America has consistently been the major investor in this country . |
| 4 | Lawrence said the team had to deliver for fans who had been let down in recent years . |
| 5 | The report stated that while the number of new settlements had levelled off in recent years , the Jewish population in the occupied territories was growing by as much as 10 per cent annually . |
| 6 | It is small wonder that the practice has grown up in recent years of referring , however inaccurately , to a mistress as a ‘ common law wife ’ . |
| 7 | This can be seen in the way in which the sides lined up in recent arguments about sabbatarianism in the DUP manifesto . |
| 8 | This is also true of some thirty private universities which have sprung up in recent years . |
| 9 | Local governments are thus not just caught up in recent political conflicts as some innocent or neutral part of the political machine , but are themselves crucial in interpreting and promoting social change . |
| 10 | Many support groups have sprung up in recent years , at national and local level , to support and advise families of those suffering from specific diseases or forms of disablement . |
| 11 | The Alumni Foundation concerts are a new and pleasant tradition which has grown up in recent years . |
| 12 | One of the reasons that Britain habitually trails in this sort of event is the culture of dogged amateurism that has grown up in recent years . |
| 13 | Not that Uttley was allowed to completely forget his rugby past — also competing is fellow ‘ crumbly ’ Andy Ripley who , after taking the Ergo up in recent months , almost overtook Uttley at a recent head-to-head in a London gymnasium . |
| 14 | Troubles had been piling up in recent months as the owners struggled to restore the house 's reputation . |
| 15 | The various African charters on human rights drawn up in recent years have all failed to capture the importance of the right to communicate and the right of free expression , according to a group of leading communicators who met in Cairo , Egypt , 16–17 October . |
| 16 | The various African charters on human rights drawn up in recent years have all failed to capture the importance of the right to communicate and the right of free expression , according to a group of leading communicators who met in Cairo , Egypt , 16–17 October . |
| 17 | The franchise is a form of business which has grown up in recent years and offers the would-be entrepreneur what may at first sight appear to be an easy way to start up in business . |
| 18 | Another important factor contributing to the lower-risk insurance element was that , quite simply , buildings that have been put up in recent years have been much more structurally sound than those constructed during the '60s and early '70s . |
| 19 | Can we be assured that those regional representatives will reflect the political majority in those regions and will not simply be Government nominees , as we have seen in so many quangos and regional bodies that have been set up in recent years ? |
| 20 | The move came amidst concern about the high levels of bad debt carried by the Nigerian banking system , particularly that held by some of the smaller banks set up in recent years . |
| 21 | Cambridge have picked themselves up in recent weeks . |
| 22 | I 'm amazed really how they slipped up in recent matches . |
| 23 | It had a cast of virtual unknowns and failed to score highly in the ratings , with average viewing figures of only five million — although it had picked up in recent weeks with about seven million . |
| 24 | In the face of this central problem , the valuable work that has gone on in recent years in narratology , and other aspects of fictional form , is curiously difficult to apply in practice . |
| 25 | The Lyric Theatre put on in recent years a fine production of the book dramatised by John Boyd and Louis Muinzer . |
| 26 | I say metamorphosing because it is our firm intention to continue the natural development process which has been going on in recent years , rather than make any radical changes just because we are now a university . |
| 27 | At Chessington attendances pretty well stood still , again a very good performance in my view and er , justification for the capital spending that 's gone on in recent years to bring that er , to bring Chessington to where we want it to be . |
| 28 | A few pupils have gone on in recent years to study Classics at universities including Oxbridge . |
| 29 | And have there been any specific breakthroughs in organic chemistry you can put your fingers on in recent years ? |
| 30 | Addressing the court before sentencing , and speaking in that confiding style whose quality of extreme directness made ordinary statements seem extraordinary , Gandhi took upon himself complete responsibility for ‘ the diabolical crimes of Chauri Chaura ’ and other disturbances which had broken out in recent weeks . |