Example sentences of "in the past " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rule of law in Sri Lanka has been seriously eroded : in the past three years , over a dozen lawyers have been murdered because of their involvement with human rights cases and at least 20 others have been forced to flee the country after receiving death threats . |
| 2 | It is to be regretted that many of the Government 's measures relating to its asylum policy introduced in the past few years , have been to discourage new arrivals . |
| 3 | Rather we are looking at those beliefs , supported by significant power bases within each bloc , which have won out in the political process in the past seventy years and still appear to be doing so , in some cases with much decreased vitality . |
| 4 | Imported cutlery is also bought in American dollars and , while the exchange rate of sterling to the dollar was very favourable for Britain last year , it has dropped considerably in the past six months , making imported cutlery more expensive to buy . |
| 5 | In the past five or six years , foodservice companies have also been able to supply frozen pasta . |
| 6 | On the edge of the gravel near the front door , Cameron and James Menzies conferred with Allan , Donald Stewart the blacksmith , and John Stewart the pedlar from Newbigging , who seemed to have been everywhere in the past twenty-four hours . |
| 7 | Surely the proof of any pudding , however , is in the eating and there is little doubt that acupuncture has gained credence and acceptance in the past decade or so . |
| 8 | As a dog handler , Keith has worked with two German Shepherds in the past five years . |
| 9 | In the past year Luke has developed arthritis and a thyroid problem — the vet has prescribed thyroscin for him . |
| 10 | This clinging to authority has , in my experience , become noticeable in graduate students and young academics in the past ten years or so . |
| 11 | I have attempted to take a rapid view of developments in critical theory , or criticism with a theoretical consciousness , as they have appeared in British culture in the past twenty years . |
| 12 | They have advanced down the Asmara road in the past four weeks and are now reported to be operating south of Dese . |
| 13 | One estimate puts government losses in the past four weeks at 20,000 killed , captured or deserted . |
| 14 | The two issues at the heart of the disagreement are those which have killed at birth any attempt in the past dozen years to address the Palestinian question : Who speaks for the Palestinians and what are the limits of the Palestinian problem ? |
| 15 | This is another attempt to waste parliamentary time — already 280 hours has been wasted in this way in the past two decades . ’ |
| 16 | Sangster had been leading owner in this country five times in eight years up to 1985 when Sheikh Mohammed led the Maktoum charge , taking the No. 1 spot four times in row in the past four seasons . |
| 17 | In the past few weeks , some 30,000 East Germans have expressed their lack of faith in the GDR 's future by abandoning their homes and , often , their relatives for the freedom of the West . |
| 18 | In the past two months , doctors at the Regional Addiction Treatment Unit in Birmingham have come across five patients addicted to crack . |
| 19 | ‘ In the past one Soviet space firm was not allowed contact with another , let alone with companies in the West , ’ he said . |
| 20 | Nonetheless , the fact that there have been up to a score of document leaks in the past month means the report is being given widespread credence . |
| 21 | Nonetheless , the fact that there have been up to a score of document leaks in the past month means the report is being given widespread credence . |
| 22 | The suggestion is he has topped up his stake in the past few weeks when Grand Met 's shares have been weak , falling from 658p . |
| 23 | As for ‘ le piston ’ , it is true that three senators have been accused of fraud , bribery and tax evasion in the past three years , but they have all been cleared of these charges by other senators . |
| 24 | The number of self-employed had increased from two to three million in the past decade . |
| 25 | This , however , could soon be put right as investors begin to focus on changes which have taken place in the past few years . |
| 26 | There has been a flurry of colourful rumours over the sale of Irises in the past ten days . |
| 27 | Harry Thomson Jones , the trainer of Muhbubh , has struck a gold seam himself , saddling eight winners from 19 runners in the past fortnight . |
| 28 | Although average prices across the country are rising moderately from their levels of a year ago , in the South-east they have slid by 10 to 15 per cent in the past 12 months . |
| 29 | GRAMM-Rudman-Hollings , the US deficit reduction law , is arguably the worst piece of legislation passed by Congress in the past decade . |
| 30 | THERE is a certain symmetry in the evolution of the fortunes of the two major political parties in the past week . |