Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] years we " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of C.A. 1991 it was recorded that over the previous 18 years we had raised over £210,000 for the cause . |
| 2 | Over the previous twenty years we had become preoccupied with structural arguments about regions and areas when we should have been concerned about how the service was run . |
| 3 | During the past few years we have been almost suffocated under a pile of reminiscences . |
| 4 | In the past few years we have seen conservatories grow in popularity . |
| 5 | Over the past few years we have been working on such an account , and in this paper we focus on the implications of this account for a central tenet of the mental models approach : that the mental model of the text so far provides ( part of the context for the interpretation of the current sentence or clause . |
| 6 | Even so , during the past few years we have seen some large stores opening on Sundays , in apparent defiance of the law . |
| 7 | Over the past few years we have created a substantial oil and gas exploration and production company through a combination of exploration , development and acquisition . |
| 8 | But because of increasing restrictions over the past few years we have now bought a rack to carry the bikes on the back of a car . |
| 9 | But because of increasing restrictions over the past few years we have now bought a rack to carry the bikes on the back of a car . |
| 10 | Secretary Gordon Dixon explained : ‘ Over the past few years we have given cheques to various charities including Childen in Need and this year it was decided to send the proceeds of our charity drive to the Darlington and District Hospice . |
| 11 | And in the past few years we 've had to go into clearing as most other universities would do . |
| 12 | If we look at the development of computers over the past 30 years we see accelerated change of a phenomenal nature . |
| 13 | Over the past 10 years we have already come from a situation where road runners were getting virtually nothing from the sport , to a far more respected and well-provided role . ’ |
| 14 | For the past 10 years we 've been working on synthesising the chemical ; now we 're trying to see if the European Yew will provide the starter material for producing anti-cancer activity . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ Over the past 10 years we have been striving hard to maintain the numbers of part-time firefighters which are needed for this vital community service . ’ |
| 16 | Over the past three years we invested in new models , new manufacturing facilities and capacity . ’ |
| 17 | It is perhaps worth pointing out that in the past three years we have spent some £350 million on the poorer pensioners . |
| 18 | ‘ In the past three years we have provided NSF with $600 million for the high-performance computing initiative ’ , says Kevin Kelly , an aide to Senator Barbara Mikulski ( Democrat , Maryland ) , who is chair of the appropriations subcommittee that controls the budgets of NSF , NASA , the Environmental Protection Agency and several other agencies . |
| 19 | In oil services , in the future there could be further major acquisitions but er , over the past three years we 've er , undertaken a whole series of acquisitions and er , and for the moment I would n't see anything er , in the , in the major line there , although you never know if some , even sometimes opportunities you are n't capable of creating erm , er , because the er , situation is not right er , do occur and I would n't rule it out but erm , er , we have n't erm any major acquisition er , on , on , on the carpet there at the moment . |
| 20 | In the past three years we 've adopted a three percent turnover . |
| 21 | For the past 4 years we have paid a subscription of £12 per annum and unless we can continue at this rate , we shall have to consider whether we wish to remain a member . |
| 22 | indeed , the mood of the Conservative Party Conference twenty years ago was aptly summed up by one speaker who thought : ‘ Over the past 25 years we in this country , through misguided sentiment , have cast aside the word ‘ discipline ’ ’ , and now we are suffering from it . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ In the past 50 years we 've done a great deal of abolition . |
| 24 | Over the past ten years we have all learned from watching IOR boats that fractional rigs outperform masthead rigs . |
| 25 | The welfare of these hens has been a controversial issue for many years , and for the past five years we in the Department of Animal Husbandry have been conducting research into ways of improving their welfare . |
| 26 | ‘ For the past five years we have been working hard to turn the London International Book Fair into a major event in the publishing calendar , rather than just another exhibition , and I think this year we managed to achieve that aim , ’ reflected LIBF director Brian Bradford at the end of the 22nd fair . |
| 27 | During the past five years we have identified a total of 12 patients with endoscopically confirmed chronic DU disease unassociated with current or recent H pylori infection ( Table 1 ) . |
| 28 | In the past 20 years we have gained enormously from our membership of the Community . |