Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] the past [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In making the award , the adjudicating panel will take into account the age of the nominees and the work published by them during the past five years . |
| 2 | ‘ And we have n't had a penny from them for the past two years or more . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been chewing them for the past twenty minutes ! ’ |
| 4 | Before doing so I write to thank you all for the Loyal support and encouragement you have given to me during the past 14 years . |
| 5 | My thoughts this evening are much centred on Bishop Harris as he prepares to lay down the ministry which has been his for the past 14 years . |
| 6 | Has he learned or discovered anything about himself during the past four years ? |
| 7 | There is also the distinct possibility that Joey could take the Regal 600 race , which in the past two years has proved to be the race of the day . |
| 8 | Thomas F. " Mack " McLarty , an Arkansas businessman , was chosen as the new White House Chief of Staff ; Clinton stated that the post , which in the past two decades had grown massively in power in comparison with the Cabinet , would be that of " an honest broker " with few policy implications . |
| 9 | ‘ Women and Film ’ , to quote the title of E. Ann Kaplan 's ( 1983 ) important book on feminist film theory and criticism , defines a field of study which in the past fifteen to twenty years has been expanding rapidly . |
| 10 | By the mid-nineteen fifties many Orcadians had begun the task of modernizing their homes by building new ones a process which over the past three decades seems to have gone on with ever increasing frenzy . |
| 11 | In his farewell remarks at Speech Day , the Headmaster confined himself to the past 25 years , comparing 1937 — when there were six Old Stopfordians at Oxford and two at Cambridge — with the present , when there were 22 and 15 respectively . |
| 12 | They entered into an agreement by correspondence , each company writing in substantially the same terms to the other that they would not , without the written consent of the other , at any time , employ any person who during the past five years had been an employee of the other . |
| 13 | My charge against the Government and most of the Conservative Back Bench Members is that the majority of them do not care , and those who do — I include the Minister for Housing and Planning — are too wedded to , too unable to break away from , the principles of the Government who during the past 12 years , have created the crisis . |
| 14 | Much of the blame must be laid at the door of the disorganised America 's Cup Organising Committee , who for the past 10 months have been on the brink of bankruptcy . |
| 15 | But that 's cold comfort to the players who for the past two months or so have been attempting to qualify for the PGA European Tour . |
| 16 | By allowing the Bill to pass through the House unamended in respect of premium rate services , they are condoning everything that is being done by those who for the past six years have been offering pornographic ’ services ’ . |
| 17 | Roger Boyes , who for the past three years has been the Leeds finance director , will become acting chief executive from next Monday . |
| 18 | I 've been trying to get hold of you for the past two hours ! ’ the man exclaimed harshly as he stared down at Laura , who was gazing back at him as though she 'd seen a ghost . |
| 19 | ‘ My dear , your real mother has been looking after you for the past twenty years , ’ said Miss Rose sharply . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've been waiting for you for the past three hours , pacing the corridors , wearing out the carpet . |
| 21 | And I have replied er , Who in the past six months has reached their targets percentage targets above mine in the last six months ? |
| 22 | We have not had a great deal of communication from you over the past two years , and it is questionable whether we are of use to you , and you to us . |
| 23 | The back to nursing movement has established itself over the past five years , partly in response to a national shortage of qualified staff , and partly as a result of the UKCC 's stated commitment to introduce mandatory updating programmes for nurses and health visitors returning to practice after a specified minimum break in service . |
| 24 | The extent to which the company has transformed itself over the past dozen years should not be underestimated . |
| 25 | That matter is high on their agenda , and the hon. Gentleman may recall that the Labour party has distinguished itself over the past 40 years by being wrong about practically every foreign policy and defence issue that has come before it . |
| 26 | Now that the election has been announced , will the Minister take the opportunity to apologise to the industry 's workers and employers for failing to do anything to protect them in the past 13 years ? |
| 27 | ‘ We 've done a lot of work with them over the past three weeks . |
| 28 | ‘ The IRA have gained nothing over the past 20 years by their tactics of terrorism and murder . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'll have you know that Tim has been a very good friend to me over the past five years . ’ |
| 30 | In doing so , he had to jettison most of what those close to him had been telling him for the past 16 months . |