Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [prep] the past " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grenada was the last tiny but bitter dreg in the constitutional cup which the United Kingdom has drained in the past thirty-five years ; and bravely , though not without a grimace of disgust , did we swallow it . |
| 2 | Yesterday saw Hopkinson in sad , frustrated mood , attacking the ‘ complacency ’ among many field sportsmen and bewailing the lack of support he has received over the past seven years . |
| 3 | There are few parts of Prestel where you can get information of this quality for free and it is heartening to know that the service has been gradually tailored to users ' needs by the feedback AIS has received from the past year . |
| 4 | The idea of ‘ care in the community ’ has developed over the past 20 years to encourage the development of services to help older people in need of care to remain in their own homes for as long as they wish , and for as long as is practical . |
| 5 | It is obviously a very exciting project for us though , and it will allow Kylie to show just how much she has developed over the past three years . |
| 6 | I have enjoyed reading all your letters and look forward to continuing the two-way communication that has developed over the past year . |
| 7 | In contrast , the state has played little role in the protection of women against domestic violence although a very active voluntary sector has developed in the past 20 years . |
| 8 | There has developed in the past decade or two a mass audience for previously specialized cultural forms . |
| 9 | In order to set the scene , figure 7.1 shows that average household size has fallen over the past century . |
| 10 | My legs are shaded by the dust which has gathered over the past few days , so that the contrast is like a Coppertone ad , with the puppy pulling a little girl 's knickers off . |
| 11 | Banking profitability — not to mention a good many banks — has collapsed over the past decade . |
| 12 | CHEMICALS group Courtaulds has come through the past year with a 3pc profits rise but is far from confident market conditions will be any easier in 1993 . |
| 13 | Although the City has recommended for the past year that Quality go public , the company has been waiting for the right moment . |
| 14 | America 's share of external lending has slumped over the past eight years , to 9% , but lending from continental Europe has soared . |
| 15 | He or she may even know the number of consultants within a particular firm , how it has been performing , what are its key issues , how it has grown over the past year and generally what it is doing and how successfully . |
| 16 | The number of one-parent families has grown in the past two decades increasing by almost 80 per cent between 1971 — when there were just over half a million one parent families — and 1986 when there were just over a million . |
| 17 | ‘ A company which has grown in the past two or three years may have been unable to move to larger premises , partly because it has been unable to pass on its present lease . |
| 18 | That is bound to affect employment , as shown by the number of business failures , which has risen in the past 12 months by 14,000 , and the number of mortgage repossessions , which has topped the 100,000 mark . |
| 19 | Drawing on a database covering nine million workers , the study finds that the number of pay freezes has risen in the past year from one in 35 settlements to more than one in 20 . |
| 20 | The location was unusual : the consulting room of a medical specialist where I was to learn the cause of the unacceptably high level of pain from which my sister has suffered for the past five years . |
| 21 | Social work 's image has suffered over the past dozen or so years from a series of scandals where agencies ' failures have been highlighted , often with total disregard to their successes . |
| 22 | Its turnover has tripled in the past decade ; analysts reckon it now sells some £450-worth ( $880 ) of goods per square foot each year , against an average of £216 for all department stores . |
| 23 | The number of latinos has tripled in the past year . |
| 24 | In addition to the 20 per cent out of work , contract and part-time employment has tripled in the past five years . |
| 25 | The independent body set up to hear appeals against exam results said last night the number of complaints has tripled in the past year . |
| 26 | Looking at the world , and in particular Europe , today it is hard to see how anything the CIA has done in the past 40 years has significantly affected the map of freedom . |
| 27 | Has my right hon. Friend seen the excellent report of Lancaster health authority , a copy of which I sent him , showing the immense progress that it has made during the past year — all within its budget ? |
| 28 | Much of Rhône-Poulenc 's effort in 199 was focused on integrated the large number of acquisitions it has made over the past five years . |
| 29 | I very much hope that the hospital to which the hon. Gentleman referred will be able to consolidate further the remarkable progress that it has made over the past couple of years — a 56 per cent . |
| 30 | Mr Medley said , " This honour is a reflection of all the progress that WWF-UK has made over the past ten years , and the team that has achieved these successes . " |