Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] the last [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 | okay Why do you think that intra industry trade has risen , say over the last fifty years ? |
| 3 | But can you just give me , sort of , a brief overview of what 's happened to the composition of world trade right , say over the last hundred years or so . |
| 4 | Staff there have seen over 1,000 jobs dissapear during the last 3 years , but with millions of pounds worth of orders coming their way , tonight they 're in a celebratory mood . |
| 5 | I mean over the last two years it 's been shock horror headlines , you know , will endowments fail to repay the loan , are endowments good value and I ke some of the journalists I 've read bef over the last two years have actually completely reversed what they said t two years ago when P E Ps were declining because of poor share markets and bonuses were coming through quite nicely on the endowments , they said oh endowments are the thing to do . |
| 6 | ( He says : I 've seen four welders go in the last two years . |
| 7 | They date from the last ten years when an interest in colour , triggered by a visit to Egypt in 1982 , assumed a dominant position in her work . |
| 8 | His English texts which almost certainly belong to the last ten years of his life relate to his role as a spiritual counsellor , and they are consistent with what we know of him — their strength lying not in systematic exposition but in his skill with language to illuminate the goals of spiritual life and so awake his readers to their reality . |
| 9 | But as we leave the twentieth century and reflect on the last 100 years , we should expect more than a shallow gallery of designer fancies . |
| 10 | What with the new game of Guess the Election Date ( a thrill-packed pastime with no prizes ) and at long last the opportunity for change , we reflect on the last 12 years . |
| 11 | Now , is it any wonder why American businesses in Singapore have for the last 5 years registered a remarkable 25% average rate of return . |
| 12 | 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 ! |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | We will continue to protect its value against price rises , as we have for the last 13 years . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Words that have in the last fifteen years or so , become synonymous with the name of Hood Yacht Systems . |
| 18 | Maybe other industrialised Nations will affect European trade in the future , as the Japanese have over the last 10 years . |