Example sentences of "[been] [adv] [vb pp] [prep] the last " in BNC.

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1 A decrease in the incidence of gastric carcinoma has been widely reported over the last three decades .
2 So many people are having very hard things demanded of them , and our prisons have been vastly reformed in the last 30 years or so .
3 According to this neo-populist view , which was outlined before the revolution and developed in the 1920s but has been vigorously reasserted in the last two decades , the spread of the market was not having the expected impact on peasant society .
4 THE Scottish Football League programme has been badly affected over the last couple of weeks , not only by the injuries which might reasonably be expected at this stage in a crowded season , but , unusually , by a flu virus which has caused havoc in the playing staffs of some of the Premier Division teams .
5 The road into Ribeira Brava has been much improved in the last few years .
6 The property has been electrically rewired within the last twelve months .
7 It has been repeatedly applied for the last 300 years , most recently in Thomas v. University of Bradford [ 1987 ] A.C. 795 .
8 The economic growth figures have already been marginally trimmed in the last month and may be revised further in a review that will be carried out just before before the publication of the World Economic Outlook on April 23 .
9 The rule has been slightly relaxed over the last few years , although only in relation to secondary legislation ; it has also been breached from time to time by a number of judges , not least by judicial free spirit , the former Master of the Rolls , Lord Denning .
10 Although intonation has been extensively studied in the last few decades , detailed descriptions of all but a handful of well-known languages are few , and the wide variety of theoretical assumptions which underlie them makes comparison difficult .
11 Employee relations manager George Piechniczek said : ‘ This sensitive issue has been extensively debated over the last few years and whilst the trade unions support the principle of protecting non-smokers at work , it has proved difficult to find a practical solution that satisfied all parties . ’
12 The ground has been thoroughly explored over the last 250 years , which is one estimate of the span of art critical and art historical activity .
13 The projected increase this year is a further 25% over 1991/92 prices , and since the Library 's budget this year is the same as last year , drastic cuts in subscriptions were essential to avoid further damaging our bookfund , which has already been substantially eroded over the last three years .
14 The GOVERNOR manufacturers have always moved with us , and , for example , the cost of providing a supply from a Transmission main has been substantially reduced in the last few years , by use of skid mounted governor units using small diameter connections from the pipeline .
15 The arguments have been well rehearsed over the last year .
16 The melon beds had been virtually deserted for the last two or three days .
17 Full gas fired central heating is installed and the system has been fully overhauled within the last twelve months .
18 The company has been completely transformed in the last few years so that its environmental service now represents more than 80 per cent of its turnover .
19 The ( 348 GT ) Three Four Eight Gee Tee production model has been painstakingly prepared over the last seven weeks .
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