Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] [adj] years [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the past two years work on seven nuclear power stations has been halted , two existing ones have been closed , and the planned construction of four more has been cancelled . |
| 2 | Where have historians sought the causes of the so-called Hundred Years War ? |
| 3 | Although the dog-collar is but an innovation of a mere 100 years antiquity , the wearing of robes are more venerable . |
| 4 | Throughout the past 300 years racism has distorted Western thinking about other people and their cultures . |
| 5 | In the previous four years GNP had grown at an average rate of about 3 per cent per annum which was lower than the preceding years and unemployment had reached a peak of 8.3 per cent in 1970 . |
| 6 | When my hon. Friend returns to his desk after the next election has been won by the Conservatives , will he bear it in mind that in the past 10 years west Lancashire has benefited greatly from being a development area ? |
| 7 | In the past three years subject has been associated with at least two men other than her husband in circumstances giving rise to a strong presumption that the relationships were of a sexual nature … |
| 8 | In the expansion of academic legal scholarship that has taken place in the past 20 years family law was one of the first of the traditional areas of study to be ‘ broadened ’ . |
| 9 | On the debit side , over the past 10 years output reduced by 35 million tonnes or 28 per cent. , but the parallel decrease in consumption is much less . |
| 10 | Over the past 10 years AI has documented more than 4000 cases of ‘ disappeared ’ people in Peru , scores of summary executions and at least 15 massacres by the security forces . |
| 11 | Over the past 200 years turning has been one of the most highly skilled jobs to be found in engineering workshops . |
| 12 | Over the past fifteen years concern has been growing over the environmental effects and social costs of ‘ acid rain' . |
| 13 | Over the past 12 years immigration policy developed by the Government has become more restrictive and hurts many people . |
| 14 | Over the past ten years recruitment of nurses has been relatively ease Neither a great deal of effort nor man hours has been dedicated to the process . |
| 15 | But over the past few years fashion for men has experienced something of a silent revolution , with smoother lines and looser fits becoming ever more popular . |
| 16 | Over the past few years wind generators and solar panels have become cheaper . |
| 17 | Over the previous three years perestroika had become a reality ; the Soviet people themselves had changed , and were facing facts that had earlier been obscured from them . |