Example sentences of "year has [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Charles 's problem has been that he married a 19-year-old inexperienced girl who over the years has become a world figure , the most famous woman on the planet . |
| 2 | And the farm has , last three years has lost a lot of money and er they had one farm at Colkirk which they 've now sold and er they just sort of decided they wanted to make the , they had a big barn , a big white barn which was a real old barn and he wanted to make that into a house . |
| 3 | The past 30 years has seen a continuation of the break-up of the old landlord and tenant system . |
| 4 | Since the lifting of sanctions the last couple of years has seen a flood of wines onto our shelves from the Cape — which has some of the most beautiful winelands in the world . |
| 5 | The past two or three years has seen a boom in the retreat movement , especially directed retreats . |
| 6 | Western research on this subject over the past 30 years has identified a number of gaps and weaknesses in Soviet official socio-economic data , as well as many statistical series which , it is believed , can be used ( sometimes with adjustments for comparability with Western figures ) . |
| 7 | The vast volume of writing on environment in the past five years has produced a cloud of obfuscation , but here and there among it one can learn from one 's scientific and political neighbours . |
| 8 | Every big party this year has lost a leader to some ( usually petty ) scandal . |
| 9 | THIS year has seen a procession of visiting Senegalese acts . |
| 10 | The last year has seen a number of developments which we hope will provide the basis for greater student participation in the Institute . |
| 11 | The near perfect 40–15 win over England in Sydney last year has set a benchmark the Wallabies wish to repeat . |
| 12 | ‘ The year has started a bit stronger , so we 're hoping that with the end of the VAT threat for the meanwhile and after two lean years , this will continue . ’ |
| 13 | His busy year has included a film ( Alan Parker 's ‘ Commitments ’ ) and he is due to make a TV series in the autumn . |