Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the past " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can the party really survive much more of the rancour that has broken out in the past few days over Labour 's tax policy ? |
| 2 | It is remarkable that the present Government have never reflected upon the great increase in public expenditure , and the substantial change in its pattern , which has come about during the past five years in consequence of their policies in the field of the social services . |
| 3 | I can inform the Secretary of State straight away that there is a much more immediate cause seriously impairing ’ the ability of the Agency to deliver a proper service ’ and that is the swingeing cuts in staff numbers of up to one third in each local office that the Secretary of State has carried through in the past two years under the operational strategy . |
| 4 | He certainly underestimates the effective recruiting campaigns that the CPS has carried out during the past year and he seems to have ignored the fact that , in order to carry out its work as well as possible , its total manpower requirement has been increased . |
| 5 | An encouraging aspect of the Rossini celebration is the wider view of his art which has opened up in the past quarter of a century . |
| 6 | The idea has got about during the past three weeks that there is really not much difference between the parties , give or take the odd howl of anguish from the higher-tax-paying classes . |
| 7 | A great deal of work has gone on over the past few months . |