Example sentences of "in the past [adj] years there " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the past 10 years there have been many suggestions of an increased incidence of cancer , or of clusters of cases , in the vicinity of nuclear installations . |
| 2 | I repeat that in the past 10 years there has been a devolution of power down into the regions right across Europe , not only inside the EC . |
| 3 | Whilst numbers of full-time farmers had fallen by 28% in the past ten years there had only been an 8% reduction in the number of part-time farmers . |
| 4 | In the past ten years there has been no major new investment in Kenya , a country previously regarded as an oasis of economic success in east Africa . |
| 5 | In the past few years there have been signs of its introduction and extension by manufacturing organisations experiencing increasing volatility in their markets , increasing inability to predict their manpower requirements and increasing pressures to minimise labour costs . |
| 6 | in real terms under the last Labour Government , whereas in the past 12 years there has been an increase of more than 19 per cent . |