Example sentences of "[art] past year [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Over the past year we noted an alarming 27 per cent increase in the number . |
| 2 | Within the past year we have seen coupe and cabriolet versions of its 200 range , an 800 coupe and , most recently , convertible bodies for the Metro and Mini . |
| 3 | Having identified who has joined the church in the past year we need to know what were the main influences which caused them to make their decision . |
| 4 | During the past year we have continued to play a full part for the UK government in the international research effort which pursues nuclear fusion as a long term energy option . |
| 5 | Over the past year we have seen a significant change in the Company 's shareholder base with approximately 13 per cent of our shares now held by US investors . |
| 6 | In Scotland during the past year we have witnessed the distasteful spectacle of Dounreay scouring the planet and touting for business as the nuclear prostitute of the world , seeking to sign as many contracts as possible to dispose of other countries ' spent nuclear fuel while the clock ticks away towards the 1994 deadline set by the Government when funding for the 250 MW prototype fast reactor will cease . |
| 7 | Not at first , but over the past year we have noticed weaknesses in most sectors in most countries . |
| 8 | In the past year they have lost a bishop in a love-child affair but over the past few days they had more faith in prayer than in their politicians when it came to saving the Digital computer plant . |
| 9 | Over the past year he has had eight sheep , one suckle-calf and a ram bitten by adders : the ram died . |
| 10 | In the past year he had been restraining the army and trying for a political settlement ; and there have been signs that Tamil extremists may be prepared to talk about autonomy rather than secession . |
| 11 | Unix System Laboratories Europe has appointed Irwan Owen as account manager for the UK and Ireland — for the past year he has been USL 's account manager for Italy . |
| 12 | Over the past year he had had more than a dozen screenplays rejected by The Little Magazine . |
| 13 | But in the past year he has slipped quietly into the background as team manager Micky Stewart and captain Graham Gooch have dominated selection . |
| 14 | If he was indeed the highwayman who had terrorised the area for the past year he had been responsible for the murders of a number of men and women already . |
| 15 | May I begin this afternoon by adding my thanks to those of previous speakers for all that you 've done to raise money for Save The Children during the past year you are tremendous . |
| 16 | If you have not paid Public Liability Insurance , for private classes , during the past year you will NOT be covered for this period . |
| 17 | Over the past year I 've been threatened and blackmailed by a gang of youths . |
| 18 | Over the past year I have heard Edberg , Boris Becker , Michael Smith , Andre Agassi and Jim Courier , to mention just a few , bitterly critical of the situation . |
| 19 | In the past year I have identified two cases of trisomy 21 in our screening district for which the regional cytogenetics centre was advised that the reason for requesting karyotyping was a suspected anomaly seen on ultrasonography . |
| 20 | In the past year I 've been invited by many of you to meet branch members and to make shop visits all over the United Kingdom . |
| 21 | In the past year she has won classes at Aldershot and Farnborough , Basingstoke and Woking Festivals and has taken part in a week-long performers ' workshop at the Edinburgh Festival . |
| 22 | Over the past year she had had various painful illnesses and eventually it had been diagnosed as a recurrence of cancer . |
| 23 | Sometimes over the past year she had wondered whether if Fernando had mentioned marriage it would have made any difference . |
| 24 | But for the past year she 's faced the very real possibility of losing the Inn that 's been her life because Whitbreads decided to sell it off along with other pubs to meet the demands of the Monopolies Commission , which had demanded it must get rid of half its tied houses . |
| 25 | In the past year it has set up outlets in Singapore and Taiwan . |
| 26 | During the past year it has more than doubled . |
| 27 | We are still passionately committed to our work in Africa , where over the past years we 've made 282 grants in 29 countries in support of both long term development and emergency work . |
| 28 | Over the past years we 've made well over 1000 grants to organisations all over the UK , some probably just round the corner from you . |