Example sentences of "[that] in [art] past [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is reported ( EP , 28 December 1987 ) that in the past five years Slovenia has taken full advantage of this arrangement . |
| 2 | It had seemed to him , about halfway through his investigation , that in the past five years Jean-Paul had done one thing , and one thing only . |
| 3 | However , it should be some consolation to the hon. Gentleman and the hon. Member for Bradford , South ( Mr. Cryer ) that in the past five years the average sentence for rape has increased by 70 per cent . |
| 4 | Miti also claimed that in the past five years Japan 's imports from its 10 largest trading partners had increased by 96 per cent , while exports had risen by only 45 per cent . |
| 5 | The hon. Lady should know that in the past 10 years exports of British manufactured goods have grown faster than those of France , Germany , America and even Japan , because manufacturing is doing so much better and needs our policies . |
| 6 | When my hon. Friend returns to his desk after the next election has been won by the Conservatives , will he bear it in mind that in the past 10 years west Lancashire has benefited greatly from being a development area ? |
| 7 | I repeat that in the past 10 years there has been a devolution of power down into the regions right across Europe , not only inside the EC . |
| 8 | The hon. Gentleman is also mistaken because he has ignored the fact that in the past three years alone , £10 million of Department of Trade and Industry money has gone to the assisted area in west Cornwall . |
| 9 | It is perhaps worth pointing out that in the past three years we have spent some £350 million on the poorer pensioners . |
| 10 | Having said that , we would agree that in the past 25 years Oxford has tended to do better than Cambridge on several fronts . |