Example sentences of "in the past [num] years [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ This is n't the first time in the past two years he 's stalked out of our house in a jealous rage , swearing that this time our relationship is over for good . ’ |
2 | Gail Rebuck commented : ‘ In the past two years I have witnessed Frances ’ excellent editorial judgement coupled with marketing flair and her consensus seeking management style that has helped secure so many important books … ’ |
3 | In the past two years I have stayed with my friends in another part of the country and we travelled together to an island , a famous hill and many other interesting places . |
4 | In the past two years my own views of mathematics , how people learn it , and how it should be taught , have changed . |
5 | In the past two years it has become much harder in America to use the private method of dealing with distress . |
6 | In the past two years it has grown by more than 35 per cent , and anyone who put in £3,000 when it was launched , in April 1988 , will have seen their investment swell to £4,267 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | In the past five years my Honda Accord would n't start in Scotland ( the earth wire from the battery fell off ) and my Honda Quintet quietly conked out on the M40 ( cause never found ) . |
10 | In the past six years he has represented himself before 34 High Court judges , 25 Masters , 14 Registrars , four stipendary magistrates , two Justices of the Peace , and four Scottish sheriffs Yesterday was his 239th court appearance . |
11 | After all , if anyone has flourished in the past 13 years it has been the supermarkets . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | It is perhaps worth pointing out that in the past three years we have spent some £350 million on the poorer pensioners . |
15 | ‘ In the past three years we have provided NSF with $600 million for the high-performance computing initiative ’ , says Kevin Kelly , an aide to Senator Barbara Mikulski ( Democrat , Maryland ) , who is chair of the appropriations subcommittee that controls the budgets of NSF , NASA , the Environmental Protection Agency and several other agencies . |
16 | In the past three years we 've adopted a three percent turnover . |
17 | In the past three years they have spent £1m transforming the former run-down pub on the banks of the River Severn into an attractive 34-bedroom hotel with restaurant and conference facilities . |
18 | ‘ In the past 50 years we 've done a great deal of abolition . |
19 | In the past 20 years we have gained enormously from our membership of the Community . |
20 | If we look into the history of Iraq I do n't think anybody can remember in the past twenty years they have contributed anything , neither in the terms of world economy , neither in the world of world peace , or any humanitarian |
21 | 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 . |
22 | In the past 25 years he has also been responsible for the construction of the mortality tables produced by the Continuous Mortality Investigation Bureau for use by the life offices and has also taken an active part in the development of a new method of analysing sickness insurance statistics . |