Example sentences of "past [adj] years [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the past fifty years there has been a massive expansion in the extent and importance of fraud . |
| 2 | Furthermore , for the past fifty years there has been a more or less perpetual state of international crisis , with America constantly involved as a leading player . |
| 3 | Over the past eight years it has halved in size ( from 6500 staff in 30 institutes ) and simultaneously it has changed its entire research strategy . |
| 4 | I 'm a widow of 70 and for the past eight years there 's been a very persistent man in my life . |
| 5 | Over the past 2 years it has been subject to extensive repairs and its site to archaeological investigation . |
| 6 | During the past few years we have been almost suffocated under a pile of reminiscences . |
| 7 | In the past few years we have seen conservatories grow in popularity . |
| 8 | Over the past few years we have been working on such an account , and in this paper we focus on the implications of this account for a central tenet of the mental models approach : that the mental model of the text so far provides ( part of the context for the interpretation of the current sentence or clause . |
| 9 | Even so , during the past few years we have seen some large stores opening on Sundays , in apparent defiance of the law . |
| 10 | Over the past few years we have created a substantial oil and gas exploration and production company through a combination of exploration , development and acquisition . |
| 11 | But because of increasing restrictions over the past few years we have now bought a rack to carry the bikes on the back of a car . |
| 12 | But because of increasing restrictions over the past few years we have now bought a rack to carry the bikes on the back of a car . |
| 13 | Secretary Gordon Dixon explained : ‘ Over the past few years we have given cheques to various charities including Childen in Need and this year it was decided to send the proceeds of our charity drive to the Darlington and District Hospice . |
| 14 | And in the past few years we 've had to go into clearing as most other universities would do . |
| 15 | In the past few years they have done such a great job in establishing a platform to build on . ’ |
| 16 | Anglo 's problems have been exacerbated by the mild weather over the past few years which hit demand for solid fuel just as the recession clobbered other parts of the business . |
| 17 | ‘ Having been so close to winning the title in the past few years I thought this was going to be my chance but the draws have just dried up and I ca n't seem to get near fish , ’ said Dave from Hednesford , Staffordshire . |
| 18 | In the past few years I have been involved in a Seminar for senior administrators from the Third World studying at British Universities A group of 25 or 30 is gathered each year at Plockton in Wester Ross by the British Council , the ODA and the Highland Board . |
| 19 | During the past few years I have been fortunate enough to have a couple of RAF students each summer from the Royal Military College of Science at Shrivenham . |
| 20 | ‘ For the past few years I have built my life around rugby and I am happy to go on doing that until I ca n't go any further in the game ’ , he said . |
| 21 | Over the past few years I have read a great deal of specifically Christian literature in the field of economics and I have been impressed by one thing : while much has been said about the immorality of the modern corporation and the injustice of the structures of international trade and while a little has been said , especially in North America , about the role of government and the need for proper control of money and credit , very little has been written about trade unions . |
| 22 | In the past few years I have been amazed at the transformation of the zoo , to a very modern , progressive and caring institution . |
| 23 | Fortunately , over the past few years there have been attempts by social services and local authorities to review the value of care for young people . |
| 24 | Over the past few years there have been many reports in the national press advocating that all dwellings should be fitted with smoke detectors . |
| 25 | In the past few years there have been signs of its introduction and extension by manufacturing organisations experiencing increasing volatility in their markets , increasing inability to predict their manpower requirements and increasing pressures to minimise labour costs . |
| 26 | Within the past few years there have been developments that give rise to the hope that before too long we shall have a filly consistent quantum theory of gravity , one that will agree with general relativity for macroscopic objects and will , one hopes , be free of the mathematical infinities that have long bedeviled other quantum field theories . |
| 27 | It was a disgraceful affair and over the past few years there have been far too many riots in our prisons . |
| 28 | During the past few years there has been an upsurge of interest in the use of open ended investigative work in science with pupils of all ages . |
| 29 | Over the past few years there has been increasing interest in the biological characteristics of biliary and gall bladder epithelial cells in an attempt to enhance our understanding of diseases affecting the biliary tree . |
| 30 | Lisa might have responded that over the past few years she 'd endured more than her share of character-building challenges . |