Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [vb pp] in the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to Prof Friel , who left home in 1968 to work in England , self-confidence among Derry people has only emerged in the last few years . |
| 2 | Of course the Scandinavians have been skiing for about 4,500 years , but they used it as a means of travelling across country , not as an activity in itself , that has only happened in the last hundred years . |
| 3 | The use of oils in the kitchen has greatly increased in the last few decades , influenced by foreign travel and the subsequent awareness of international cuisine . |
| 4 | Merson has not started in the last six games and his dramatic goal will not change Graham 's thinking overnight . |
| 5 | Falconer , who made an impressive start to his Ayresome Park career , has not figured in the first team since a knee injury in the Rumbelows Cup first round against Bournemouth . |
| 6 | The party has scarcely advanced in the last 20 years , and its brave new policy of ‘ independence in Europe ’ has proved a fine slogan , but not a convincing one . |
| 7 | Anatoly Guljaev , managing director of Novosibirsk-based Utilex CT , says the economic vitality of the Novosibirsk region has noticeably declined in the last three years . |
| 8 | The rain has really struck in the last six weeks . |
| 9 | And the price of big houses like that has really plummeted in the last year . |
| 10 | THE number of under-25s who have taken drugs in Britain has almost doubled in the last three years . |
| 11 | The study reveals that the numbers excluded for a fixed short period ( up to five days ) has almost doubled in the last three years . |
| 12 | Unemployment over the decade has been a disaster though the total has steadily fallen in the last two years . |
| 13 | Trooper Paul Martin from Durham City said : ‘ It was a bit harsh at 2am but we 've recovered and our drill has certainly improved in the last 24 hours . ’ |
| 14 | Specialisation becomes more pronounced in the third year . |
| 15 | But it 's only happened in the last five years . |