Example sentences of "in [art] past 12 years " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the most advanced initiatives in the area of pre-school and special needs is Portage which has spread dramatically throughout the UK in the past 12 years . |
| 2 | After making huge rises in VAT in the past 12 years , what are the Government 's plans to make further increases in VAT ? |
| 3 | We have achieved a dramatic improvement as a result of the extra funding that we have put into the health service in the past 12 years . |
| 4 | over and above the cost of living in the past 12 years . |
| 5 | Does the Minister accept that the virtual destruction of the British Merchant Navy in the past 12 years has been one of the most severe crimes committed against this country by the present Government ? |
| 6 | Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that the Transport and General Workers Union has been wrong on all the major issues facing the country in the past 12 years ? |
| 7 | In addition , Britain 's total housing stock has increased by 2 million units in the past 12 years — a far higher rate of increase than that of the population as a whole . |
| 8 | Does not that answer confirm that the increase in crime in the past 12 years has been greater both in proportion and in number than the increase in crime over the previous 12 centuries ? |
| 9 | Given the importance of home energy labelling in saving energy and the Government 's excellent record of funding an eightfold increase in expenditure in the past 12 years , will my hon. Friend consider the possibility of incorporating energy labelling with other initiatives undertaken by the National House-Building Council so that new homes have adequate levels of energy labelling and , therefore , energy efficiency ? |
| 10 | Does my hon. Friend agree that the stunning improvement in telecommunications in this country in the past 12 years has been led by British Telecom ? |
| 11 | That is why it will try to con the public that it will not repeal most of the trade union reforms that we have made in the past 12 years . |
| 12 | In a quantitative sense , in terms of the number of laws that have been passed in the past 12 years , that is correct , but if the totality of the laws represent a house , it will ensure that the laws that it changes will result in the foundations being decimated , with the result that it will fall down . |
| 13 | in the past 12 years and also the whole issue of the quality of the education service provided . |
| 14 | Devolved government in the form of Scottish and Welsh assemblies and regional government will make for much more open government than we have had in the past 12 years . |
| 15 | In the past 12 years , despite the protestations of the hon. Member for Renfrew , West and Inverclyde ( Mr. Graham ) , the funding of Scottish local authorities by Government has risen in real terms by 10 per cent . |
| 16 | In the past 12 years , there has been a record increase in spending per pupil — up 42 per cent . |
| 17 | In the past 12 years , we have become one of the most centralised states in the EC , which I greatly regret . |
| 18 | As on so many of the decisions taken in the past 12 years , such as the sale of council houses and other matters which the Opposition opposed , they have had to change their tune . |
| 19 | in real terms under the last Labour Government , whereas in the past 12 years there has been an increase of more than 19 per cent . |
| 20 | The crime rate has doubled in the past 12 years , and there has been a whirlwind of crime committed by young people : 50 per cent . |
| 21 | in real terms , whereas in the past 12 years the 2 million pensioners who are dependent entirely on the basic pension or on income support have had a zilch increase in their standard of living . |
| 22 | Only a bone-headed Government would not accept that , by taking away young people 's ability to claim benefit and housing benefit and the opportunity to receive a decent reward for a training scheme , and by halving the value of the training allowance in the past 12 years , they are picking on young people who , at the same time , are being pushed ever further towards the consumer society . |
| 23 | The Minister said that the peak age for offending has risen to 18 from 15 , but he chose the end of the two-year period that I would describe as covering the most vulnerable young people on whom the Government have picked in the past 12 years . |
| 24 | If , with the help of all the civil servants who advise Ministers and who sit under the Gallery and elsewhere , one worked on a policy to create crime , one could not come up with anything better than what the Government have created in the past 12 years . |
| 25 | That shows the progress that we have made in the past 12 years in taking education and training forward . |
| 26 | Once again this area has changed dramatically in the past 12 years . |
| 27 | The Finnish oil industry has reduced emissions of sulphur dioxide by 80 per cent in the past 12 years . |
| 28 | In the past 12 years , there have been 880 accidents on the road . |