Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] the past " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alan Hingston , Executive Director of IDB 's Marketing Development Division , said : ‘ Scandinavia has long been one of IDB 's target regions and business for Northern Ireland companies has developed steadily over the past decade . |
| 2 | The role of users within the mental health system has developed rapidly over the past 10 years . |
| 3 | There is no doubt that the industry has developed sufficiently in the past decade for an MBO or similar venture capital-financed transaction always to be on the vendor 's agenda if a disposal is being contemplated . |
| 4 | Can the party really survive much more of the rancour that has broken out in the past few days over Labour 's tax policy ? |
| 5 | The detection rate is well down and has fallen steadily in the past four years — the detection rate for burglary in dwellings is now less than 20 per cent . |
| 6 | In effect , the purchasing power of members in Britain has fallen dramatically in the past number of years . |
| 7 | Air pollution is still a major cause , he said : " Exposure to sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxides has fallen dramatically in the past decade , but forest ecosystems react only gradually . " |
| 8 | However , while these dollar values are better than dinar values for the years up to 1983 , they are still not satisfactory , both for the reason given above and because the real value of the dollar has fluctuated considerably during the past ten years . |
| 9 | Even so , the number of people moving through particular age groups has varied substantially over the past two or three decades . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | JAMES FREEMAN , chairman of the Mid-Hants Railway plc , the company which runs the Watercress Line between Alresford and Alton , has reported favourably on the past six months trading in a briefing for shareholders and members , writes RICHARD BEAN . |
| 15 | This area of planning has grown tremendously over the past few years , fuelled by the accounting discussion over brand valuation . |
| 16 | In the UK , the service sector has grown tremendously over the past decade or so , largely because manufacturers have attempted to reduce labour intensive tasks . |
| 17 | Alan Clements , European sales and marketing director for Seven Seas , believes the market has grown rapidly over the past decade because ‘ people 's perception of health has changed . |
| 18 | The design and build group , established in 1988 , specialises in healthcare developments and has grown quickly in the past four years . |
| 19 | Its overseas staff has risen three-fold in the past five years , to 75 analysts . |
| 20 | R&D expenditure has risen steadily over the past five years , from £461m ( 4.1% of sales ) in 1987 to £692m ( 5.5% of sales ) in 1991 . |
| 21 | In fact the numbers of female motorists has risen sharply over the past few years and since 1987 the number has almost doubled . |
| 22 | Hatfield has become a bl black spot because of the closure of , er the aerospace industry in the County has suffered gravely in the past few years and I think you will agree , the closure of at . |
| 23 | Small business research has expanded rapidly in the past two decades but significant gaps still remain in our knowledge about the experiences of business proprietors in the years immediately following the launch of their enterprises . |
| 24 | My hon. Friend always speaks out powerfully for Basildon : he has done so for the past eight years , and I have no doubt that he will do so for the next eight . |
| 25 | May I make it plain , as my Department has done consistently over the past three years of consideration of the Bill in the House , that this is indeed a mammoth project , that the appraisals of such a project inevitably change over time as the project changes in costs and revenue . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Indeed , linear magnetic anomalies have been identified behind a number of island arcs ; those behind the Scotia Arc in the southern Atlantic Ocean , for instance , indicate that spreading has occurred here over the past 7–8 Ma . |
| 29 | The discussion has intensified again in the past few years . |
| 30 | On the other hand , the pace of counterurbanization has slowed considerably in the past decade . |