Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] [prep] the past [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grenada was the last tiny but bitter dreg in the constitutional cup which the United Kingdom has drained in the past thirty-five years ; and bravely , though not without a grimace of disgust , did we swallow it . |
| 2 | Yesterday saw Hopkinson in sad , frustrated mood , attacking the ‘ complacency ’ among many field sportsmen and bewailing the lack of support he has received over the past seven years . |
| 3 | The idea of ‘ care in the community ’ has developed over the past 20 years to encourage the development of services to help older people in need of care to remain in their own homes for as long as they wish , and for as long as is practical . |
| 4 | It is obviously a very exciting project for us though , and it will allow Kylie to show just how much she has developed over the past three years . |
| 5 | In contrast , the state has played little role in the protection of women against domestic violence although a very active voluntary sector has developed in the past 20 years . |
| 6 | My legs are shaded by the dust which has gathered over the past few days , so that the contrast is like a Coppertone ad , with the puppy pulling a little girl 's knickers off . |
| 7 | America 's share of external lending has slumped over the past eight years , to 9% , but lending from continental Europe has soared . |
| 8 | The number of one-parent families has grown in the past two decades increasing by almost 80 per cent between 1971 — when there were just over half a million one parent families — and 1986 when there were just over a million . |
| 9 | ‘ A company which has grown in the past two or three years may have been unable to move to larger premises , partly because it has been unable to pass on its present lease . |
| 10 | That is bound to affect employment , as shown by the number of business failures , which has risen in the past 12 months by 14,000 , and the number of mortgage repossessions , which has topped the 100,000 mark . |
| 11 | The location was unusual : the consulting room of a medical specialist where I was to learn the cause of the unacceptably high level of pain from which my sister has suffered for the past five years . |
| 12 | Social work 's image has suffered over the past dozen or so years from a series of scandals where agencies ' failures have been highlighted , often with total disregard to their successes . |
| 13 | In addition to the 20 per cent out of work , contract and part-time employment has tripled in the past five years . |
| 14 | Looking at the world , and in particular Europe , today it is hard to see how anything the CIA has done in the past 40 years has significantly affected the map of freedom . |
| 15 | Much of Rhône-Poulenc 's effort in 199 was focused on integrated the large number of acquisitions it has made over the past five years . |
| 16 | Mr Medley said , " This honour is a reflection of all the progress that WWF-UK has made over the past ten years , and the team that has achieved these successes . " |
| 17 | Will the Minister commend Lagan college in my constituency for the progress that it has made in the past 10 years ? |
| 18 | Steve and Stuart are just 2 of the homeless people , Dawn Walker Webb has helped over the past 20 years in Swindon . |
| 19 | ‘ All the money that Sheikh Osman has used in the past few weeks in his war against the Copts is money that you have given him . ’ |
| 20 | Interest has intensified in the past few years , encouraged by the scarcity of draughting skills , tough markets and the tumbling costs of CAD . |
| 21 | The rate of ozone depletion in the Antarctic has slowed in the past few years , but the researchers say that their model predicts " a return to more rapid depletion during the next four years as the solar minimum is approached . " |
| 22 | Sadly , that tradition has lapsed over the past five years . |
| 23 | CLAIRE , as pale as the winter daybreak she will never see again , sits on her bed wheezing through the oxygen mask she has worn for the past three months . |
| 24 | While most reggae DJs rapidly rise in popularity only to sink within a year , Shabba 's following has swelled over the past four years to a point where the reggae market is too small to contain him — witness the shooting and tear gas panic last year at the Brixton Academy , or January 's trashing of Tower Records , London , during a personal appearance . |
| 25 | Long-term unemployment among the over-50s has halved over the past four years . |
| 26 | It was only recently a town that offered waged work for women , though much of that has disappeared in the past few years , and it was never a town that invited black workers . |
| 27 | His texts were like epic editions of the famous WFMT Chicago radio show he has hosted for the past 35 years , in which he encourages but never intrudes . |
| 28 | ‘ Before I return to London , I 'd like to propose a strategy , should Elinor ever again be ill , to prevent the problems that Buzz has experienced during the past few weeks . ’ |
| 29 | Indeed , it may not be just coincidence that in the United States such standardised testing has proliferated over the past 25 years , during which time educational performance has rapidly declined . |
| 30 | He is nevertheless expected to have an easy win in the Lyons constituency he has represented for the past 13 years . |