Example sentences of "[vb base] for the [num ord] [num] years " in BNC.
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1 | But you 've got to make a mental leap , because I mean for the last five years , things have been pretty horrible , since eighty seven really , I mean we 've only had the pick up in the last year . |
2 | I asked at the meeting of the city board and I asked on more than one occasion , and did n't get a proper answer , what the labour group intended to do with the three point two million pounds that will build up in reserve say for the next three years . |
3 | Unix , House believes , will dominate the open systems market for the next five years . |
4 | And these reduced payments continue for the next 3 years — as you can see from the chart below . |
5 | What you do for the first two years is you learn all the theory of being a doctor and you go and you have to between eight of you , learn all about a body you have one body between of you and you learn all about all the muscles and the nerves |
6 | Now , is it any wonder why American businesses in Singapore have for the last 5 years registered a remarkable 25% average rate of return . |
7 | One of the contexts in which we are exercising ministry is that we have for the last fifty years well I have n't personally ! |
8 | I have for the last two years been closely involved with an EEC forecasting study — The Forecasting and Assessment in Science and Technology ( FAST ) Biosociety subprogramme . |
9 | We will continue to protect its value against price rises , as we have for the last 13 years . |
10 | But I want you to understand that , in making up my mind , I did not forget the country or the Commonwealth which , as Prince of Wales , I have for the last 23 years tried to serve . |
11 | I have for the last ten years been writing software using Clipper database and would like to improve the front end on some of the software . |