Example sentences of "past [adj] years [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Over the past 2 years it has been subject to extensive repairs and its site to archaeological investigation . |
| 3 | During the past few years we have been almost suffocated under a pile of reminiscences . |
| 4 | In the past few years we have seen conservatories grow in popularity . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Even so , during the past few years we have seen some large stores opening on Sundays , in apparent defiance of the law . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | And in the past few years we 've had to go into clearing as most other universities would do . |
| 12 | In the past few years they have done such a great job in establishing a platform to build on . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | In the past few years I have been amazed at the transformation of the zoo , to a very modern , progressive and caring institution . |
| 19 | Lisa might have responded that over the past few years she 'd endured more than her share of character-building challenges . |
| 20 | During the past few years she has been forced to endure : — A break-in at her home and the loss of £5,500 ; — A series of raids on her office which eventually prompted the company to move elsewhere in the town ; — Drunks breaking into the company headquarters to sleep off their drinking binges ; — Car theft and vehicle damage . |
| 21 | The Colonel always sought her out on the Thursday of her visit , and in the past few years he had , in the most circumspect manner , pressed his suit . |
| 22 | He wrote Leopold a philosophical letter which has since become famous , in which he said that over the past few years he had come to regard death as the ‘ true goal ’ of man 's existence , and that he had become so closely acquainted with this ‘ best and truest friend ’ that the image of death was no longer terrifying , but rather reassuring and consoling . |
| 23 | For the past few years he has been joined in aspects of his research and conservation work by Dr Jane O'Sullivan , an agricultural scientist with an interest in the relationship between humanity and the natural world . |
| 24 | In the past few years it has suffered from serious errors in planning and a lack of investment . |
| 25 | Critics of multimedia say that it is a solution looking for a problem , but during the past few years it has delivered many useful applications , some of them in the financial sector . |
| 26 | Over the past few years it has become increasingly evident that the UK is witnessing a transformation in dominant household forms . |
| 27 | In the past few years it has become clear that the small intestine is also damaged by NSAIDs . |
| 28 | ‘ Over the past few years it 's been your petal frilly or your heart-shaped frilly . |
| 29 | If we look at the development of computers over the past 30 years we see accelerated change of a phenomenal nature . |
| 30 | But now the solar influence is beginning to turn around to contribute a further warming influence up to the year 2010 , boosting the greenhouse effect where for the past 30 years it has been counterbalancing it . |