Example sentences of "last [num] [noun] [conj] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the last 12 months or so a new microwave product has been made available to the caterer — the combination microwave . |
| 2 | Survival International calculates that 100,000 people have been killed in Guatemala in the last 25 years and over a million forced to flee what is described as the brutality of the US-supported government there . |
| 3 | In the last ten years or so a group of enthusiastic breeders has been attempting to locate and rescue some of the coloured cattle of Wales and in 1981 a breed society for the Ancient or Coloured Cattle of Wales was set up ; its Welsh title is Gwartheg Hynafol Cymru . |
| 4 | And although the margin of defeat at Villa Park was slender , Graham labelled his team as ‘ an easy touch ’ after a performance which leaves them with just two points from their last seven games and now a 10-1 title bet . |
| 5 | Over the last 20 years or so a large theoretical literature has been developed to provide tools for the solution of many problems associated with emergency planning ( Kolesar 1981 ) . |