Example sentences of "in the past [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here , all that is in the past we yearn for . ’ |
| 2 | A spokesman for Sarova Hotels said : ‘ In the past we have had a satisfactory working relationship with BCCI and the current situation has not presented problems . ’ |
| 3 | In the past we have had cup walks , not runs . ’ |
| 4 | In the past we have been able to help out when there have been settlement and clearing difficulties and are ready to do the same again . ’ |
| 5 | In the past we have thought of nature as simply ‘ out there ’ for our use . |
| 6 | In the past we 've always made it easy for you . |
| 7 | In the past we have also been able to show off our own fairytale Princess — the Americans worshipped Diana for her beauty and commitment to motherhood . |
| 8 | ‘ They run up and down the organisation carrying messages and information and in the past we 've had lots of them because it was the only way of passing information . |
| 9 | ‘ In the past we have used celebrities such as Stephanie Beacham , Jane Seymour and Joan Collins but now supermodels are the new celebrities , ’ says the spokesman . |
| 10 | In the past we thought we were ready to take on Europe and were a little ahead of ourselves . |
| 11 | Now , although the idea that whenever we see that someone is in pain we make an inference from behaviour to feeling is about as mythical as the idea that at some time in the past we made a Social Contract , the ‘ argument from analogy ’ line of reasoning seems much less implausible here than in the ‘ Afternoon on the Sun ’ case . |
| 12 | In the past we sought to monitor and control all the major variables in a business . |
| 13 | In the past we have suffered tremendously , because we have always had the whole of organised Labour against us . |
| 14 | In the past we 've used different terms have n't we ? |
| 15 | procedures were written is because in the past we had that foggy situation |
| 16 | In the past we maintained a central pool of expertise — a flying squad — available to help out on regionally based projects ; now the regions have that expertise permanently assigned to them . |
| 17 | Tom said : ‘ I think that in the past we worked efficiently , but it often depended on the competence of individual members of staff . |
| 18 | ‘ In the past we have taken too miserable a view of food , now we must say there is a glorious array of foreign cuisines which are associated with amazingly low risks to health . |
| 19 | So whereas in the past we may have been able to think of single user types and single solutions to meet those users . |
| 20 | ‘ Having had some experience of the workings of the FIM in the past we accepted the date granted to us . |
| 21 | In the past we have not always had sufficient feedback , or sufficient advance notice of policy changes , to provide these responsive services . |
| 22 | In the past we have had talks , films , refreshments . |
| 23 | So , while in the past we have been placing into the care of the private sector the management of predominantly physical activities , we are now privatising parts of the local authority that are direct holders and processors of information . |
| 24 | In the past we gave very detailed advice , and the legislation has now been changed to say that we merely identify any shortcomings or failings in the application . |
| 25 | In the past we had a lot more family structure and friends , a good neighbourhood network , but if you had problems er , you could go , you could talk about it |
| 26 | I would argue that in the past we should be doing much more to encourage people to go to and from erm regional airports and I , I think that is important , they do need to be expanded , but a lot of the evidence erm er there 's stacks of evidence which is founded in sort of er exercise is er in fact that there 's not a lot of unreprimand , I mean , I wished that there were . |
| 27 | In the past we 've had people like Leslie Crowther and the Beverly Sisters , and I 'm currently trying to arrange for Frankie Vaughan , Joan Regan or Paul Shane to come along . |
| 28 | In the past we have held a number of fund-raising events in the area . |
| 29 | In the past we have always proved that we can cope with difficult situations and with the help of our loyal band of teachers and members , we are sure that the present problem will be overcome . |
| 30 | As in the past we would like to share the profit with another charity and a member of the Executive Committee has offered to act as Promoter for us if we could donate enough to provide 10 holidays for handicapped and needy children where she works ( £600 ) . |