Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] been [vb pp] [prep] recent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard Ryder is friendly , tactful and warm but has a ruthless streak which has been exposed in recent days . |
| 2 | The Cluanie Inn is a fine hotel in a splendid old building , which has been extended in recent years so sensitively , soon it will be difficult for passers-by to tell the old from the new . |
| 3 | This is partly due to the privatization programme which has been implemented in recent years and has reduced the number of public corporations . |
| 4 | Galbraith ( 1983 ) outlines the aims and methods of contact tracing which has been used in recent years in the UK in relation to sexually transmitted disease and tuberculosis , and during limited outbreaks of typhoid fever , diphtheria and Lassa fever ; and Brookbanks & Hampstead ( 1987 ) describe contact tracing related to hepatitis B. |
| 5 | BRITISH Telecom complains it has been plagued in recent weeks with claims that chairman Iain Vallance is resigning . |
| 6 | But the concept of mutual mate choice has remained untested experimentally , although it has been supported by recent modelling . |
| 7 | It has been rumoured in recent months that the Inland Revenue is seeking to attack the arrangements mentioned above either under the Furniss v Dawson doctrine or under the ‘ transactions in securities ’ legislation in s 703 , ICTA 1988 . |
| 8 | ( It has been republished in recent years with a preface by Sir Keith Joseph . ) |
| 9 | To put this into context it is worth taking a look at what has been achieved over recent decades in obtaining access agreements for canoes to pass along our rivers . |