Example sentences of "over the last [adj] years [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the last 8 years we have raised over £34,000 for Christian Aid . |
| 2 | No , because over the last six years we 've actually gone from bottom of the pile to tenth from bottom . |
| 3 | Over the last six years I have been closely involved with the Institute of Linguists Community Interpreting Project , coordinated by Ann Coresellis whose paper this afternoon will be discussing the emergence and future of the profession of Community Interpreting . |
| 4 | ‘ Over the last five years we have had a quiet revolution in vocational education in Scotland , and today we should celebrate that . |
| 5 | Through reorganizing my course material over the last five years I have come to the conclusion that there is no one definitive structure for the study of electronic publishing . |
| 6 | Over the last five years I have moved into working with practising teachers and other members of the education service . |
| 7 | He says over the last five years it 's got far more popular … it 's a sport which is developing … it 's just opening up as a competitve sport … |
| 8 | Over the last four years we have consistently moaned , we have passed resolutions at planning , asking committees to consider , and nothing has been done . |
| 9 | ‘ Over the last four years I 've had to learn to take each day — and night — as it comes . |
| 10 | As your Qualified Teachers ' representative over the last four years I have witnessed many new and exciting changes taking place within the Medau Society . |
| 11 | British Gas said that over the last 10 years it has lost about 2,000 workers a year with the switch to natural gas . |
| 12 | ‘ By lowering our costs over the last two years we feel we can now pass some of those savings on to customers . ’ |
| 13 | I mean over the last two years it 's been shock horror headlines , you know , will endowments fail to repay the loan , are endowments good value and I ke some of the journalists I 've read bef over the last two years have actually completely reversed what they said t two years ago when P E Ps were declining because of poor share markets and bonuses were coming through quite nicely on the endowments , they said oh endowments are the thing to do . |
| 14 | As Frank Bell pointed out , ‘ Over the last twenty years we have strived to provide a Quality Service . |
| 15 | Over the last twenty years I have been active in our hobby , I have lost count of the number of detectors I have used . |
| 16 | Over the last 30 years I have kept a fairly meticulous diary , and this includes not just fishing detail but an accurate record of the conditions . |
| 17 | … Over the last ten years we 've built up a pretty good network . |
| 18 | Prof David Brock , of the university 's department of human genetics , said : ‘ Over the last ten years we have been very successful in finding defective genes . |
| 19 | ‘ Over the last ten years it 's been getting much worse . |
| 20 | Over the last ten years I 've gone through different phases and characters . |
| 21 | Over the last ten years I 've gone through different phases and characters . |
| 22 | Today the big draught breeds , especially in the Massif Central , have found new roles in the beef industry and over the last few years they have been exported in increasing numbers to boost beef production in several parts of the world , sometimes displacing some of the famous traditional British beef breeds . |
| 23 | Over the last few years they have simply been brought into line with demand . |
| 24 | They 've always had links with industry and commerce , but over the last few years they 've recognised the need to develop and publicise their links . |
| 25 | Over the last few years we had worked out a system of radio communication and coded grid references for use in joint exercises and actual operations against smuggling . |
| 26 | What we 've done , won one of the points I think that is worth er making perhaps is that on er over the last few years we 've seen a complete change in world export philosophy where not only are the Russians exporting all over the place but clearly er there are a number of western aircraft in different parts of the world and therefore what we have also done is to , in comparing er our aircraft against other western ones , we 've also looked at them as potential threats because it 's possible that er erm western aircraft in certain hands could end up being used against us so we have also compared those . |
| 27 | Over the last few years he has discussed many confidential matters with Prince Charles who has regularly visited his practice near Sloane Street . |
| 28 | It was really only a very small group of students involved , but they got a lot of publicity and I think over the last few years it 's changed quite a lot . |
| 29 | Over the last few years I have also complained to the Press Council on a number of occasions , about various newspapers using such terms as ‘ Gay Plague ’ , or saying that the disease was spread by whispered conversations , or for exaggerating the amount of money spent by local authorities on gay issues . |
| 30 | Over the last few years I have actively participated in various Black women 's activities . |