Example sentences of "recent [noun] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recent calls by the Home Office Minister , John Patten , for those who are successful to give three hours a week to voluntary causes could be taken more seriously if overall government policy were not pushing people in the opposite direction . |
| 2 | There may be a tendency for courts to err on the side of caution , and for orders to be made for the full length of time , but the recent judgement by the High Court in relation to an appeal in North Yorkshire may encourage the courts to exercise discretion with greater confidence , and take advice from the GAL . |
| 3 | A recent decision by the Council 's Personnel Committee has established that non-smoking will be the norm for employees at work and the ban will mean : |
| 4 | Indeed all look at the recent decision by the and Allied Trade Union to the members who have amalgamated themselves Transport and General Workers . |
| 5 | The recent decision by the French Government to give in to their farmers on the lamb war only underlines the position . |
| 6 | This question has also been the subject of a recent decision by the Court of Appeal . |
| 7 | More recent investigations by the BGS using a gravity survey to define drilling targets found no indications of significant near-surface chromite mineralisation ( MRP 35 ) . |
| 8 | Moreover , the traces that are found can readily be accounted for by relatively recent contamination by the solar wind and by volatile-rich materials . |
| 9 | Well I think I do n't think it 's all that It 's not a recent bungalow by the sounds of it cos he 's had to have new plumbing |
| 10 | Until 2 May , Claude Bernard is showing paintings and watercolours by Giorgio Morandi , while the Galerie des Archives has opted for recent canvases by the American Lydia Dona . |
| 11 | Its original decoration was splendid , but the calibre of its collections was transformed in relatively recent times by the transfer of much of the contents of Montagu House , Whitehall , the successor to the first duke 's great mansion in Bloomsbury . |
| 12 | The ancient Penny Hedge ceremony , which dates from feudal times and has been promoted in recent times by the English Tourist Board , takes place in Whitby tomorrow . |
| 13 | Eugenists drew on recent research by the German biologist August Weismann to claim that the germ cells which controlled reproduction were distinct and independent of body or somatic cells . |
| 14 | More recent research by the Bristol team suggests that a more effective treatment would be a combination of the new drugs they are currently working on , together with a carefully planned exercise programme . |
| 15 | Recent research by the university of Warwick indicates that there are 3,024 undertakings in the United Kingdom with 1,000 employees or more . |
| 16 | Recent research by the Advertising Research Unit indicates that an adult-like perception of the imagery in cigarette advertisements develops over the years 10 to 14 ; certainly it is well established by 16 years . |
| 17 | Current proposals for changes in family law , recent criticisms by courts of changes in practice and varying standards , and recent research by the Conciliation Project Unit for the Lord Chancellor 's Department all raise important questions about how these services should be provided . |
| 18 | However , recent research by the same investigator suggests a rather large adverse effect on the demand for unskilled labour in developed countries . |
| 19 | Recent research by the federation showed that in 1990–1 only £18,000 of relief was granted , compared to a rates income of £15bn from the business community . |
| 20 | The report quotes recent research by the Transport and Road Research Laboratory which suggests that experienced drivers are more likely than newly qualified ones to make mistakes such as racing away from traffic lights , signalling with the car headlamps and speeding at night . |
| 21 | Representatives from over 25 courses and 20 hotels attended the recent demonstration by the Scottish Development Agency . |
| 22 | Many thousands of years of natural evolution and hybridization , helped in recent centuries by the bringing together of species from widely separate parts of the world , and in modern decades by the attentions of the human mind and hand , have produced a multitude of rose forms , shapes , colours , habits and abilities . |
| 23 | A recent study by the University of Michigan suggests that 90% of the parts in Japanese cars built in America come either direct from Japan or from Japanese manufacturers which have set up shop in the United States . |
| 24 | A recent study by the Centre for International Economics in Canberra suggests that it would cost the EC $52 billion a year . |
| 25 | A recent study by the North London Polytechnic shows that about 27 per cent of men have been victims of some unwanted sexual contact before they are 18 , compared to over 50 per cent for women . |
| 26 | But a recent study by the National Consumer Council ( NCC ) highlighted a number of problems with arbitration schemes . |
| 27 | , A recent study by the Environmental Investigation Agency ( EIA ) has revealed widespread abuse of the regulations governing the wild bird trade . |
| 28 | A recent study by the National Farmers ' Union of Scotland concluded : ‘ Major problems in the hill farming business could consign the valleys to excessive tree planting with the danger that uneconomic holdings would be left . |
| 29 | ( Recent demands by the Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education ( CATE ) will have ensured that these courses have been substantially revised since 1984–5 ) . |
| 30 | Since the revolution gas and electricity consumption had risen by up to 50 per cent because of the lifting of the draconian energy rationing imposed through all recent winters by the Ceausescu regime . |