Example sentences of "for the [adj] five " in BNC.
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| 31 | For the past five years , the prestigious trophy had been awarded through the voting of FlyPast readers . |
| 32 | CGI 's most visible asset is the Pacbase software engineering product , which is sold around the world — but has n't IBM been hammering away at the software engineering anvil for the past five years at no inconsiderable cost in both money and resources with AD/Cycle … |
| 33 | FOR the past five years , Thailand has been intoxicated by its success . |
| 34 | Degas ' sculpture is on the move : literally , in the sense that a complete set of the artist 's bronzes has been travelling the world for the past five years , turning up in Verona , Florence , Amsterdam and Japan ; metaphorically , in a sudden resurgence of interest in the sculptures themselves , after more than four decades of academic neglect . |
| 35 | Blue eyeshadow , much reviled for the past five years , is back at Chanel , Lancôme and Rubinstein and has never been out at Lauder — Mrs Lauder is a firm believer in the power of blue . |
| 36 | He kept moving all the time , on his toes with his weight perfectly balanced , just as he 'd been taught , down at the gymnasium , every Saturday and every Wednesday for the past five years , times when everyone thought he was busy doing something else . |
| 37 | ‘ For the past five years we have been working hard to turn the London International Book Fair into a major event in the publishing calendar , rather than just another exhibition , and I think this year we managed to achieve that aim , ’ reflected LIBF director Brian Bradford at the end of the 22nd fair . |
| 38 | I 'm 30 and I 've been having an affair for the past five years . |
| 39 | For the past five days now she had been living somewhere on cloud nine , and had decided that she might just as well set up home there , as it was such a wonderful place to be . |
| 40 | We were going to visit my aunt and uncle who have lived there for the past five years . |
| 41 | United States unemployment is higher than for the past five years . |
| 42 | Will my right hon. Friend convey to the Governor of Hong Kong my congratulations and those of the House on the skilful and successful way in which he has conducted the affairs of Hong Kong in difficult circumstances for the past five years ? |
| 43 | Mister Grant has passed the crisis point now , and you 've been denying yourself proper amounts of sleep for the past five days . |
| 44 | The one that for the past five years has brought us into crisis , anarchy , and economic decay ? " |
| 45 | Each year for the past five years the South Cambridge Forum for Industry Education Liaison has organised a ‘ Chemistry at Work ’ exhibition for fifth and sixth formers from schools in its area . |
| 46 | After all , private-sector returns have been above 5% and rising for the past five years . |
| 47 | Given below are the summarized accounts of Belper Ltd for the past five years . |
| 48 | This airworthy Mitchell , which has been grounded within the Museum for the past five years , is expected to attract a lot of interest from the Australian warbird community . |
| 49 | A partner in the Washington DC and Century City ( CA ) offices , he has been the principal corporate and litigation lawyer for Princess Cruises for the past five years . |
| 50 | These sites together recorded almost 100,000 more birds than the average for the past five years . |
| 51 | ‘ Not only have I been separated from my wife for the past five years — but in all that time I 've only once managed to make love to her . |
| 52 | Rory , have you heard a single word I 've been saying for the past five mintues ? ’ |
| 53 | Ven swiftly reassured her , and — even while it was dawning on her how he was accepting her ‘ no ’ without question when she had been giving him a ‘ yes , yes , yes ’ for the past five minutes , he was reaching for her wrap . |
| 54 | Legal moves have begun to evict thousands of travellers who 've been holding an illegal festival at a beauty spot for the past five days . |
| 55 | For the past five years Egham Swan Sanctuary has collected the swans and taken them away for a kind of annual holiday … |
| 56 | He 's represented the first fifteen at Stowe School near Buckingham for the past five years . |
| 57 | ‘ It has been operating out of the airport for the past five years and on a more frequent basis than it is doing now and we have not had any complaints of this nature in the past . |
| 58 | For the past five years the scheme 's costs have been met on a limited term basis through special funding by the Government and then by joint agency funding . |
| 59 | For the past five years members of the Durham Concert Secretaries Federation have held fund-raising events on behalf of the Wareham Wood Memorial Fund for cancer relief and the latest cheque was handed over at a special ceremony at Osborne Social Club , Chester-le-Street . |
| 60 | Prof Sargent said that for the past five years , Croda Universal — the British company which has produced the oil — had funded research on ALD at the university . |