Example sentences of "[adj] for the [adj] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the management of CEO Denis Brown , and financially re-structured ( UX No 402 ) , the company has been profitable for the last six quarters and is once again in growth mode , although margins are down and international sales weak . |
| 2 | Lysis , a self-funded company , profitable for the last three years , sells direct in the US and Canada and through resellers in the Pacific Rim and South America . |
| 3 | Doug Williams , a manager in the bank 's insurance group , says the operation has been profitable for the past two years and is already seen as a significant part of Chase 's retail service . |
| 4 | It 's an , a small number of , of viruses which constantly shift , and the WHO organisation which monitors flu viruses around the world , is responsible for seeing that the vaccine is made from strains that are in circulation currently , and , and we 've been getting it right for the last ten years , so I , I think there 'll be no problem this year . |
| 5 | The average age at which people marry remained more or less stable for the preceding two centuries until the end of the Second World War , when it began to fall , but there were notable changes in the pattern of childbearing , especially between 1870 and 1930 . |
| 6 | In fact , the revenue has been stable for the last three years . |
| 7 | As regards the cost implications of these shifts , although the over-85s are heavier users of costly services than younger age groups , the heaviest financial cost of the elderly arises from pensions not from services and , to repeat , the total pensionable age group will remain stable for the next two decades . |
| 8 | She felt poorly for about one month but then seemed to recover and felt somewhat stable for the next 6 weeks . |
| 9 | I do n't know whether enjoyed it as he was sound asleep for the first 8 miles , but he certainly was n't complaining either — a merciful relief ! |
| 10 | You have been asleep for the past two hours . ’ |
| 11 | Iain Ogilvy McWhirter ( Senior English and Religious Instruction ) had been asleep for the past ten minutes , but Tom Tedder ( Art and Woodwork ) said ‘ Arrgh ’ through closed lips , and that seemed to do well enough . |
| 12 | Since it has been weak for the past two months , calling for cheaper money is as irrelevant as wanting trees to blossom in an Arctic winter . |
| 13 | This farming systems has proved self-sustainable for the past 2,000 years and has altered little except that summer ( wet season ) rice crops were once combined in the same fields with winter ( dry season ) legumes , whereas the winter crop is now wheat . |
| 14 | She realised that she had only been half alive for the last four years . |
| 15 | And he added : ‘ If I were an American , I would be saying thank goodness there have been some musicals to keep Broadway alive for the last 10 years . ’ |
| 16 | Sonorous For the first three months that Presentations 2.0 is on sale , it will come bundled with a SoundBlaster Pro sound card . |
| 17 | He had been dry for the past twenty years . |
| 18 | The eggs were clear for the first two or three days , after which the developing fish were clearly visible inside . |
| 19 | Although Lineker has just turned 32 , he quit the English game last summer — having made his intention clear for the previous seven months . |
| 20 | Sharon 's father has been unemployed for the last three years . |
| 21 | I watched him jog off , the head held high for the first twenty yards , to promote oxygenation , then tucked in low as he measured out the rhythm of his pace . |
| 22 | ‘ We 'll stat them twice weekly for the next four months ’ . |
| 23 | The University Card can be used exactly like any other credit card , in particular the card is currently free for the first six months . |
| 24 | If Punch dies , how do I keep sane for the next 40 years ! ! |
| 25 | The tournament has been well and truly annexed by the British for the past four years , and the form book still favours a non-American winner this time . |
| 26 | The incorporation catalysed by Dcm ( open circles ) was linear for the first 25 min of the reaction . |
| 27 | These he assembled in his Chelsea Knackatory in 1695 , an establishment which proved popular for the next hundred years . |
| 28 | We run a lower sixth form residential summer school for kids , which has been very popular for the past five years . |
| 29 | THE cry of SPRED for the past 25 years is that ‘ No-one believes alone ’ . |
| 30 | … a person who has been fortunate to have been connected with Guiding for the past 18 years . |