Example sentences of "for the last 20 " in BNC.
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| 1 | Engel is German by birth but has lived in Britain for the last 20 years , and this mixed background has been reflected not only in Melancholia 's plot but in its production history , as it has been co-financed by the British Film Institute and the Hamburg company Lichtblick . |
| 2 | Souza has lived in New York for the last 20 years . |
| 3 | For the last 20 years researchers have been able to calculate genome sizes and mutation rates . |
| 4 | In 1816 , the year Davy 's lamp was introduced , J. H. H. Holmes , a mining inspector , published a book containing ‘ accounts of the explosions from fire damp which have occurred for the last 20 years ; their causes and the means proposed for their remedy and for general improvements of the mining systems by new methods of ventilation . ’ |
| 5 | Dreams came true in many ways ; some made strokes which had not been played for the last 20 years , others took catches and some ran threes . |
| 6 | It 's been a hectic schedule , because for the last 20 years I 've been playing about 300 gigs a year , including trips to the Northern Territories and the South West . ’ |
| 7 | Mr Young , 77 , who directed the James Bond movies Dr No and From Russia With Love , has lived in Cannes for the last 20 years . |
| 8 | First , says Taylor , he should have sent on Aston Villa winger Tony Daley for the last 20 minutes against France . |
| 9 | But , he said , he 'd enjoyed eating in the restaurant for the last 20 years and he was pleased to see it revived . |
| 10 | For example , McCullough cites the failure of Sibelius to compose for the last 20 years of his life as in part due to his discomfort at the rise of a genre of music with which he felt no affinity . |
| 11 | The BBC 's film review programme is 21 years old today — and Barry , 59 , has been presenting it for the last 20 . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've had my greatest moments here on my birthday for the last 20 years and I do n't intend to stop now . |
| 13 | ‘ IT 'S been disappointing coming here for the last 20 years — so let's not get carried away with this defeat ’ . |
| 14 | They forgot that mainframe developers have worked on this for the last 20 years . ’ |
| 15 | She has been a friend of WACC for the last 20 years . |
| 16 | Yesterday publican John McKeague said that Mr McGarry had been drinking regularly in his bar for the last 20 years , but added that no one had ever asked about his movements . |
| 17 | Metcalfe and Richards point out that the strategic management literature has wrestled for the last 20 years with the problems of managing for results in unstable conditions , yet the lessons which emerge are just starting to be taken on board in the public sector . |
| 18 | For the last 20 years architectural historians have criticised the attribution of " rationality " to the Modern Movement in the sense of economic and technological determinism . |
| 19 | The drug has been around for the last 20 years , but this is the first time the research has been carried out over such a lengthy period . |
| 20 | He says asthma has been becoming increasingly common for the last 20 years for reasons we do n't understand . |
| 21 | To be solely a film actor over here for the last 20 years would be very hard . ’ |
| 22 | I am afraid that while this ban is in force my wife and I will not be trading in Darlington as we have done for the last 20 years . |
| 23 | Prior to her retirement she acted as the Society 's Liaison Officer for the Sports Council for the last 20 years . |