Example sentences of "has [vb pp] [prep] the past [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My legs are shaded by the dust which has gathered over the past few days , so that the contrast is like a Coppertone ad , with the puppy pulling a little girl 's knickers off . |
| 2 | ‘ All the money that Sheikh Osman has used in the past few weeks in his war against the Copts is money that you have given him . ’ |
| 3 | Interest has intensified in the past few years , encouraged by the scarcity of draughting skills , tough markets and the tumbling costs of CAD . |
| 4 | The rate of ozone depletion in the Antarctic has slowed in the past few years , but the researchers say that their model predicts " a return to more rapid depletion during the next four years as the solar minimum is approached . " |
| 5 | It was only recently a town that offered waged work for women , though much of that has disappeared in the past few years , and it was never a town that invited black workers . |
| 6 | ‘ Before I return to London , I 'd like to propose a strategy , should Elinor ever again be ill , to prevent the problems that Buzz has experienced during the past few weeks . ’ |
| 7 | In my local hospital in Withington , the number of beds for the elderly has decreased in the past few years from 140 beds to barely 20 . |
| 8 | It is perhaps because of an effort to buck the trend towards an insufferable and market-conscious cleverness that we are witnessing an attempt amongst more committed narrators to seek out a way of dealing directly with the emotions , without all the paraphernalia of intrigue and description that has accumulated over the past few years . |
| 9 | Will my right hon. Friend confirm that this is not something that has arisen in the past few days , but has been carefully negotiated by the Government over many weeks ? |
| 10 | The evidence that such a reaction does actually occur in humans , most markedly in individuals with low stomach acidity , has strengthened in the past few years . |
| 11 | Will he give an assurance that he will sustain the generous funding of Northern Arts that he has managed in the past few years ? |