Example sentences of "[adv prt] the [adj] [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parenting education might begin in schools and continue over the first few years of married life ( Pound et al. , 1985 ) . |
| 2 | Well , in the cases we 've taken over the odd twenty years against some of the biggest companies in the world indicate that that is n't the er , position . |
| 3 | Students have worked over the last four years with Castle Eden Walkway and Cleveland Wildlife Trust in planting trees throughout Stockton . |
| 4 | She 's just one victim of the burgeoning burglary business Which has seen one county Police force dealing with a near five times increase over the last thirteen years . |
| 5 | So er to look at it er another way , w I , I 'll stop before I go back to the erm slides , because I want to show you a few on you know erm er the way that money 's worked over the last forty years , but if you look at index-linked certificates , cos somebody mentioned that , are they worth having ? |
| 6 | Experience over the last ten years ( 1963–73 ) has convinced the staff of this Polytechnic of the need for a more flexible type of course than is commonly offered to students . |
| 7 | Publication of the standards is part of a series of initiatives taken over the last few years , including production of the ‘ Best Practice ’ management kit in 1985 , The Society 's model ‘ Office Manual ’ [ 1987 ] , the development of management training , and publication of the ‘ Quality Briefing ’ and ‘ Client Care Guide . ’ |
| 8 | The great steps forward taken over the last 30 years have not been undone . |
| 9 | Sales were up by nineteen percent and there 's also firm evidence in these results of margin improvements which reflect , for the first time , the full benefit of our cost cutting measures taken over the last three years . |
| 10 | Its attempts to strangle the revolutionary movement at birth during May 1968 were consistent with the approach taken over the previous 30 years , including the immediate postwar period ( part I ) . |
| 11 | If his fortunes improve over the next six years you are still entitled to collect on your judgement debt . |
| 12 | Make a second list of other pieces you think you would like when you can afford them , say over the next five years or so . |
| 13 | While the Camphill Development Project will naturally take up time and energy and demand much sacrifice over the next few years it must not become our only goal . |
| 14 | The really pointless measure is letting councils spend the money they get over the next few years from selling homes and other properties . |
| 15 | It will inevitably take some time before the full benefits of our strategy are realised and , whilst we expect our production and cash flow to remain strong and rise over the next few years , profitability in the short term is likely to remain depressed , even with contributions from disposals . |
| 16 | If lamb prices rise over the next few years , as they may well do , then the subsidies will fall . |
| 17 | I introduced a weekly Sunday series called ‘ The Symphony Hour ’ , which I repeated in at least a dozen other cities around the world over the next 50 years . |
| 18 | Whatever the outcome , the liaison needs of the Branch Committee can not be ignored and so I hope over the next three years that this can be improved to enable a transition through which active liaison is maintained . |
| 19 | I know that it has been hard to make ends meet over the past two years . |
| 20 | I reckon over the past two years I 've probably lost about £8,000 with being at home , in lost earnings . |
| 21 | increase over the past two years within Wakefield district . |
| 22 | Those who have seen the San Francisco 49ers ' Jerry Rice perform over the past eight years have been tempted to call him the most dangerous wide receiver in NFL history . |
| 23 | Beyond aspects of redistribution , almost all classes of the community showed a picture of greater affluence and comfort over the past thirty years . |
| 24 | Thailand , with one of the fastest growth rates in the world over the past 25 years , has also seen one of the most rapid declines in fertility , leading to better health and education for the country 's children . |
| 25 | Kerin , 53 , a trained economist , was reputed to be more flexible than his fiscally conservative predecessor , but he quickly sought to reassure the business sector that there would be no change in Treasury policy , stating that it was important to preserve " all the benefits of the hard decisions " taken over the past few years . |
| 26 | The subject was a book I had just published on the history of the world over the past 60 years . |
| 27 | The shock can have a sudden and lasting effect ; the woman 's energy is no longer channelled into her appearance , and it seems as if she has made up the extra ten years , and more , all at once . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm tidying up the last ten years by releasing two compilation albums , ’ he says . |
| 29 | He also said that he was settled in Leeds and intimated that he would see out the remaining 2 years of his contract . |