Example sentences of "[conj] for the past " in BNC.
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| 1 | But now the solar influence is beginning to turn around to contribute a further warming influence up to the year 2010 , boosting the greenhouse effect where for the past 30 years it has been counterbalancing it . |
| 2 | The area of Washington I know best lies around Dupont Circle , its streets now ablaze with pink , purple and white azaleas , the pavement cafes now opening up , and where for the past two decades the left think tank , the Institute for Policy Studies , has been loc-ated . |
| 3 | ‘ I tolerated her while Ma was alive to keep the peace for Ma 's sake , except for the past few months , but no more . |
| 4 | There have been doubts about the bank 's central aim of fostering the entrepreneurial spirit in countries that for the past 40 years , or longer , have been dominated by communism . |
| 5 | It just so happens that for the past sixty years it has been . |
| 6 | The one that for the past five years has brought us into crisis , anarchy , and economic decay ? " |
| 7 | Prof Sargent said that for the past five years , Croda Universal — the British company which has produced the oil — had funded research on ALD at the university . |
| 8 | United States unemployment is higher than for the past five years . |
| 9 | While the electoral strength of Communism was still infinitesimal in contrast to that of the Labour Party , it was greater than for the past decade . |
| 10 | And for the past few months , I 've been reading Viz. |
| 11 | Bartram 's Observations on the Inhabitants , Climate , Soil , River , Production : from Pennsylvania to Onodaga , Oswego and the Lake Ontario had been published in London ( 1751 ) , and for the past twenty years he had dispatched his boxes of seeds and plants to be disseminated amongst owners of noteworthy gardens who acknowledged his industry . |
| 12 | Cinestra offers a regular training programme , and for the past few years has operated a highly successful bursary scheme for new video makers which also offers practical production experience for the women they train . |
| 13 | The welfare of these hens has been a controversial issue for many years , and for the past five years we in the Department of Animal Husbandry have been conducting research into ways of improving their welfare . |
| 14 | Another interest is the light railways of France and for the past six years his holidays have been spent exploring them . |
| 15 | I have been growing them for ten years , and for the past two years I have been hybridising . |
| 16 | I am 23 and for the past three years I have been piling on the pounds without realising it until I finally took a good look at myself weighing in at 12st 3lbs ( 77.5kg ) at 5ft 4ins ( 1.6m ) . |
| 17 | In 1987 , I moved to Sheffield and formed Red Grape Cabaret , and for the past three years I have toured the country with fellow comedians Roger Monkhouse and Adam Cavaleri , telling jokes in a bewildering variety of circumstances . |
| 18 | In 1986 he became general manager for a private sector group 's residential and nursing homes and for the past year has been connected with the Bridge Hospital in Witham , involved with people with learning disabilities . |
| 19 | And for the past two years he has been holed up in London . |
| 20 | Her paternal family is opposed to the sect and some years before these events Miss T. had been reunited with her paternal grandmother and her father and for the past two years she had been living in circumstances which would not be approved by the sect . |
| 21 | I 'm 63 and for the past six years I have been taking two tablets each day for myxoedema of the thyroid . |
| 22 | I 'm a widow of 70 and for the past eight years there 's been a very persistent man in my life . |
| 23 | He had been trained in England , at Sandhurst , and for the past fifteen years he had been an officer in the Imperial Guard . |
| 24 | Cubby has been associated with the Dundee Club for over 30 years , and for the past 15 years or so has been football representative on the Regional Committee of the Sports Association/Staff Club . |
| 25 | The words ’ public service ’ are , and for the past 13 years have been , anathema to Conservative Members . |
| 26 | He is also a keen footballer and for the past 18 years has run the Johnstone United Boys Club , where Robert Hassan once played as a teenager . |
| 27 | She had a family of four , and for the past ten years or so she has worked voluntarily at the Citizen 's Advice Bureau . |
| 28 | A new one is made every year and for the past 25 years it 's been engraved at the same Birmingham workshop . |
| 29 | This is slightly up on the previous year but for the past five years there has been no substantial rise in the number of asylum-seekers . |
| 30 | But for the past few days there had been continuous rain , and the forecast was for more bad weather to come . |