Example sentences of "year has [vb pp] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within a time span of two years has emerged an extensive network of education business practitioners using a variety of backgrounds and experiences in a variety of operating conditions . |
| 2 | Martell 's studies of the behaviour of radon decay products show that someone who smokes 20 cigarettes per day for 40 years has received a cumulative dose of about 100 rads at tissue sites in the lungs — a dose powerful enough to spark cancer . |
| 3 | A recognition of the need to maintain that sector and through it the full diversity of recorded music in Britain is one reason why the last few years has seen a new interest in the record industry from public bodies concerned with culture and with employment . |
| 4 | The last twenty years has seen a major effort , theoretical and observational to understand the evolution of animal societies . |
| 5 | Though the last twenty years has seen a major step forward in our understanding of the Scottish Reformation and of Scottish society in the sixteenth century , there is still an extraordinary gulf between the personality and the reign of Mary Queen of Scots . |
| 6 | The past 10 years has seen a dramatic improvement in Italy 's wine technology led by the latest generation of gifted wine-makers . |
| 7 | Sport & Recreation is a very small part of a huge leisure industry which over the last 20 years has seen a massive increase in both the provision of Local Authority facilities and in participation levels . |
| 8 | For interest shejoined the Southwark ordination course to study Theology and for some years has written a regular Bible commentary for her Parish Magazine . |
| 9 | But even Mr Papandreou , who in recent years has survived a brutal scandal , major heart surgery and a demanding new marriage , is now looking pretty frail . |
| 10 | Players on tour are normally paired together as room-mates , a simple organisational expedient that over the years has created an explosive chemistry of scandal and misbehaviour . |
| 11 | The economic restructuring of recent years has had a traumatic effect on the estates , with massive job loss and factory closure transforming them into increasingly isolated , state-managed ‘ subsistence communities ’ . |
| 12 | Although based in Cardiff , the Welsh National Opera tours extensively , and for the last twelve years has had a regular season in London too . |
| 13 | This has forced us to look afresh at the regular London days and , with the prompting of a number of the most regular attenders , we have decided to drop the June day , which in recent years has had a low attendance . |
| 14 | However , the growing number of students with instrumental proficiency in recent years has meant an increasing concentration on orchestral work . |
| 15 | The standard of play over the past few years has shown a considerable step-up and the cream of the local talent now face a daunting challenge in their bid to reclaim the title for ‘ home ’ keeping . |
| 16 | Print publishing over the past four years has shown an annual growth of some 8% but electronic ( non-print ) publishing over the same period has reached an annual growth rate of some 20% . |
| 17 | The rampant sexism of the climbing and walking fraternity over the last 50 years has left a whole generation of older women with the legacy of being expected to have the white-bearded , old sod 's tea ready for him on the table when he comes home from a fabulous day out on the hills . |
| 18 | A police force which shot a man dead last year has unveiled a new centre for teaching officers to use guns . |
| 19 | The year has seen a packed agenda for club members including excursions for pub lunches and trips throughout the UK . |
| 20 | The past year has seen a significant increase in our successful penetration of overseas oil and gas markets . |
| 21 | Although the next quarter is also expected to be bleak for Proteon — the near-collapse of the absurd European Exchange Rate Mechanism last year has had a poor effect on prices in Europe , causing them to rise — if Swan 's track record of success is anything to go by , Proteon 's results - at least in Europe — might well be expected to be turned round . |
| 22 | David Holford , the West Indies team manager , said : ‘ It seems that the strain of at last proving himself on English wickets last year has had an adverse effect on his form . ’ |
| 23 | A WOMAN who lost her husband and two small sons in a fire earlier this year has had an attempted break-in at her new home . |
| 24 | Improved budgetary control imposed after the unexpected deficit in the previous year has yielded a healthy surplus of £419,000 , well exceeding the target of £250,000 set by the University Court . |
| 25 | ‘ The war that has raged in Bosnia-Herzegovina over the past year has taken a staggering toll : thousands have been killed or imprisoned , thousands more are at risk due to hunger and exposure , and over two million people have been forced from their homes , ’ he said . |
| 26 | A SPORTS car which does n't go on sale in Britain until next year has won a top award at the British International Motor Show . |
| 27 | Organised by the Eastern Sporting Sidecar Association , the first of 12 scheduled meetings this year has attracted a top class entry . |