Example sentences of "the past quarter [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The table shows the steady progress we have made with tokamaks over the past quarter of a century . |
| 3 | The voice of sport for the past quarter of a century will be approaching 71 when the next Olympic torch arrives in Atlanta in 1996 . |
| 4 | But the rhetoric of the past quarter of a century has been about prosperity founded on technology as advanced as that found anywhere , and about economic power to match that of the United States and Japan . |
| 5 | Population redistribution over the past quarter of a century has been characterized by unprecedentedly large inter-urban flows in contrast to the dominance of relatively local rural-urban and suburban moves in previous decades . |
| 6 | The regional policies that have been developed , refined and improved in Britain in the past quarter of a century owe a great deal to the foresight of then Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in deciding to send Lord Hailsham , as he is now , to the north-east to make some progress . |
| 7 | The past quarter of a century has seen significant advances made by black people in the United States . |
| 8 | THE man who founded Swaledale Outdoor Club and inspired a spirit of adventure in thousands of people over the past quarter of a century stood down as chairman at this week 's annual meeting , prior to moving to South Africa . |