Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] [noun] [prep] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one who contemplates the brutal war that has racked Croatia over the last few months can do so without a deep feeling of sorrow and shame : sorrow that such devastation and misery should disfigure our continent in 1991 , and shame that we have been unable to do anything to halt the carnage and destruction . |
| 2 | The period of authoritarian rule has given way during the last decade or so to a democratic system that is still consolidating itself . |
| 3 | it is this ‘ discreditation ’ of the object which has dominated art for the last half century — it all goes back to Monet ! |
| 4 | The springtime air over the Arctic region has become cleaner in the last decade as a result of anti-pollution measures introduced in Europe , North America and the former Soviet Union , researchers have discovered . |
| 5 | The upsurge of interest in tachistoscopic laterality research which has taken place during the last two decades or so can be traced in part to the split-brain investigations and in part to an experiment conducted by Mishkin and Forgays ( 1952 ) . |
| 6 | A powerful surge in handheld games consoles has taken place during the last year . |
| 7 | According to Tory thinking , a successful economic miracle has taken place over the last six years . |
| 8 | ( 3 ) The merger has taken place within the last six months ( unless it has taken place in secret ) . |
| 9 | Maxton saw the Agreement as " the answer of the three most politically conscious and informed workers Parties in the country to a very widespread demand for unity that has been felt by every working class spokesman who has faced audiences during the last two years " . |
| 10 | Anyone who has read SMALLHOLDER over the last few years will know I love the Autumn . |
| 11 | That is why we feel justified in saying that Realism has held sway for the last forty years . |