Example sentences of "[pron] in the [adj] [adj] years " in BNC.
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1 | They put the emphasis where the emphasis ought to be : not on ‘ the syllabus ’ ( which in the upper secondary years has often deadened and stereotyped the teaching process ) but on the scheme of work . |
2 | There is also the distinct possibility that Joey could take the Regal 600 race , which in the past two years has proved to be the race of the day . |
3 | It covers much new material , including letters which have never before been published , a number of long lost works which in the past few years have resurfaced from museum storerooms in the former Soviet Union , and works newly discovered in international private collections . |
4 | SUPPOSE you have a print by Picasso , Dali , Miro or Chagall , or sold one in the past few years : you have a special interest in a Brooklyn courtroom this week . |
5 | Despite the many grumbles and adverse comments , 70 per cent of all employers interviewed claimed to have been satisfied with the standard of work of young people taken on by them in the previous two years , and only 14 per cent expressed dissatisfaction . |
6 | Now that the election has been announced , will the Minister take the opportunity to apologise to the industry 's workers and employers for failing to do anything to protect them in the past 13 years ? |
7 | On top of that , nine county court judgments and a High Court judgment have been made against him in the past two years , including £6,227 , still unpaid , owed to the Royal Bank of Scotland . |
8 | players had received it in the past two years as well , now four times overall since it was inaugurated in 1985 . |
9 | Its windows and doors had been sealed up with breeze-blocks but the Koranic inscription beneath the roof remained and someone had painted it in the past ten years . |
10 | and things like that and it only , it 's only become and really it 's only actually set up as a business school quite recently as well , I mean what in the past ten years or something |
11 | The hon. Gentleman should ask Neath borough council why , when money has been available , it has not applied for anything in the past two years . |