Example sentences of "[adj] [num] years [coord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | The position of Gaelic has deteriorated dramatically in the intervening forty years and it is now argued convincingly that a local language is itself a development tool . |
2 | Maza had gained a high reputation for leading the fight against " narco-terrorism " over the previous six years and he also claimed several successes in rescuing the kidnap victims of the drug cartels . |
3 | In actual fact your Pete and Margaret have moved more , in the twelve years that they were married , I know they 've been married longer now , but when , th they been married twelve years and they moved four times , |
4 | A report by the human rights organization Amnesty International , released to coincide with the anniversary and cataloguing a history of discrimination , violence and injustice , stated that " the mass killings of indigenous peoples may have reduced over the past 500 years but they have never stopped " . |
5 | ‘ I 've been playing throughout the year for the past six years and I think my body is telling me it is time for a break , ’ he said . |
6 | ‘ I 've been playing throughout the year for the past six years and I think my body is telling me it is time for a break , ’ he said . |
7 | ‘ I 've been playing throughout the year for the past six years and I think my body is telling me it is time for a break , ’ he said . |
8 | Much of the methodology described in this chapter is derived from work in Dr Martin H Johnson 's laboratory , Department of Anatomy , Cambridge , during the past 10 years and I should like to express my gratitude to all members of the laboratory past and present for their contribution to it . |
9 | The firm 's market share in Italy 's public sector has been eroded over the past three years and he says Olivetti , unlike its principal European competitors ( Siemens-Nixdorf of Germany and Bull of France ) , has enjoyed no particular privileges in its home market . |
10 | The population of Snaith has doubled in the past 25 years but it is still small enough to ‘ know everybody ’ ; ask for people by name , rather than by their address ! |
11 | Congratulations to the S.V.R. for all they have achieved over the past 25 years and I am sure that all members of the BCRS will wish them continuing success in the years to come . |
12 | Not only will he be one of the few Democrats to win the presidency in the past 50 years but he will have humiliated an incumbent President in the process . |
13 | And so , yes it is a big problem and it seems to be increasing , er the number of sufferers has doubled in the past ten years and we , we do n't really know why yet . |
14 | Demand for the company 's breakfast cereals and snack food products has increased rapidly across Europe during the past two years and it is a leading manufacturer of own-label breakfast cereals . |
15 | Guido 's won it for the past two years and he 's absolutely desperate to get a hat trick — though some of his rivals are equally desperate to see that he does n't . ’ |
16 | ‘ I have been fascinated by the IBM Environment for the past 20 years and I am only too pleased to unravel its complexities to those of you attending this seminar . |