Example sentences of "been [verb] [prep] the [num ord] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The way the work-force has been treated over the last few years , the uncertainty that 's been created and the lack of consultation , the impact on their lives of such a closure on people who have been expecting to be there until they retire — their jobs may well go , and the impact on that , both for their own lives as well as their families . |
| 2 | To encourage mobility , two separate initiatives , both covered by EC Directives , have been developed over the last few years . |
| 3 | A new framework of national awards in engineering has been developed over the last few years . |
| 4 | For instance , in one of the lectures we were talking about how you know how heavy an atom is , and my colleague , Mike Pendlebury , was describing how you can actually do this by weighing a crystal and counting the number of atoms in it , erm this is certainly not the traditional way , it 's a way that 's been developed over the last few years . |
| 5 | been attacked over the last few months of not wasting time on the hunt I spend an awful lot of time relieving heavy goods traffic in my area , concerned totally about the environment , about mineral extraction quarries , mining , open cast , things of that calibre . |
| 6 | However , if every seventh word has been deleted in the first few sentences , then every seventh word must be deleted for the rest of the test . |
| 7 | And , I mean , reluctantly we have to accept that this is not an ideal world , but I mean , just now , we were actually looking at the number of food hygiene inspections that have been done over the last few months , which have increased enormously , it just means , I mean it emphasises the fact that food has changed , food , and the number of places that are actually serving food now I mean , the corner shop does sandwiches . |
| 8 | Almost everyone has a story to tell about dream incorporation — for instance dreaming about Arctic exploration only to wake up and find that the covers have slipped off and he is freezing cold , or dreaming of bells ringing only to wake up eventually to find that the alarm clock has been clattering for the last few minutes . |
| 9 | Now , however , she sat up in bed and wondered , as she had been wondering for the last few days , what had happened to the spider . |
| 10 | The selvedges are the outer edges of the rug where the weft strands have been wrapped around the last few warp strands in order to hold the rug tightly together across its width . |
| 11 | Twelve have been demolished in the last few months . |
| 12 | The trophy for the ladies open has not been engraved for the last few years . |
| 13 | What the hell do you think I 've been talkin' about the last few minutes ? |
| 14 | The buzzard population in the province has been growing over the last few years and is believed to currently stand at 650 . |
| 15 | Because I am delighted to report that education standards in Wales have been rising over the last few years following the introduction of the national curriculum and our other reforms . |
| 16 | Although warming has been detected over the last few decades , scientists claim that not enough is known about the natural temperature variations of the region to be able to come to any conclusions . |
| 17 | Then nine tenths of the rubbish they 've been printing for the last few weeks will be seen for what it is . |
| 18 | That 's what I 've been doing over the last few days . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ What we have been doing over the last few weekends is exercising our right to search someone if we have a reasonable belief that they are carrying a weapon , ’ said Mr Wood . |
| 20 | ‘ What I 've been doing in the last few weeks , long overdue , is to match up these various components . |
| 21 | It may be that some of the liabilities you listed have actually been overcome in the last few years . |
| 22 | Although you may be tempted towards a lender by the promise of an initial discount , a far better way of telling how competitive they are is by looking at the history of what borrowers have been charged over the last few years . |
| 23 | It will be a real chance to learn in a practical way many of the things we have been studying over the last few months . |
| 24 | The process fell into gradual disuse between the wars but has , like many earlier processes , been revived in the last few years . |
| 25 | With improved personal relationships , however , steps have been taken in the last few years towards closer links . |
| 26 | A Granada TV spokesman in Manchester said : ‘ The majority of Lynne 's scenes have already been filmed for the next few weeks . |
| 27 | Far more radical than anything that 's been discussed in the last few months . |
| 28 | As an example of their world wide exports , Frank recalled some of those countries where orders had been sent within the last few days — Cyprus , Fort Worth , Texas , Abu Dabi , Oman , Italy , Australia , France , Holland , Belgium , Germany and the weekly load to America . |
| 29 | In addition , specialist teams have been engaged over the last few years in the systematic examination of the wide range of packaging materials used within the Group . |
| 30 | In common with many bass amplification manufacturers , Trace Elliot have been trying over the last few years to build powerful , yet compact bass gear to ease the strain on the poor bass player 's back . |