Example sentences of "last [det] years [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last few years her mother had been waging a war on all vermin , including bed bugs . |
| 2 | Today the big draught breeds , especially in the Massif Central , have found new roles in the beef industry and over the last few years they have been exported in increasing numbers to boost beef production in several parts of the world , sometimes displacing some of the famous traditional British beef breeds . |
| 3 | The last few years they had been more apart , until in 1969 they both rediscovered each other in one of the first Women 's Liberation groups in London . |
| 4 | Over the last few years they have simply been brought into line with demand . |
| 5 | For the last few years they had only discussed their respective businesses and he had listened to his father 's bitter complaints about hunt saboteurs . |
| 6 | Mind you , I think the last few years they they 'd sort of erm relaxed a bit more |
| 7 | They 've always had links with industry and commerce , but over the last few years they 've recognised the need to develop and publicise their links . |
| 8 | In the last few years we have been promised ( and in the UK have never actually been given ) ready-made video programmes on EVR , requiring one set of equipment , and on videodisc , requiring another . |
| 9 | Over the last few years we had worked out a system of radio communication and coded grid references for use in joint exercises and actual operations against smuggling . |
| 10 | What we 've done , won one of the points I think that is worth er making perhaps is that on er over the last few years we 've seen a complete change in world export philosophy where not only are the Russians exporting all over the place but clearly er there are a number of western aircraft in different parts of the world and therefore what we have also done is to , in comparing er our aircraft against other western ones , we 've also looked at them as potential threats because it 's possible that er erm western aircraft in certain hands could end up being used against us so we have also compared those . |
| 11 | ‘ For the last few years we have been seriously handicapped by the fact that our second team have been unable to compete regularly against quality opposition . |
| 12 | but now this last few years we , it 's a lot warmer winter than we , than we remember at the beginning |
| 13 | In the last few years our understanding of pillow lavas has advanced dramatically , due almost entirely to some remarkable observations made by diver-geologists of pillow lavas actually in the process of formation in the sea off Hawaii . |
| 14 | During the last few years our strategy has been clearly focused on those businesses where we have significant competitive advantage . |
| 15 | But during these last few years she had felt tired , weary . |
| 16 | During the last few years there has been an increase in swinging and ground looping accidents and these must be analysed to see if there are new lessons to be learned . |
| 17 | Over the last few years there has been a dramatic increase in the number of rigs available from shops . |
| 18 | In the last few years there has been an increasing realization that many modern production methods are not only very wasteful but probably also unnecessary … |
| 19 | Initially , the area improved under township schemes in Lewis and Harris greatly exceeded that improved individually , but in the last few years there have been hardly any new township schemes . |
| 20 | In the last few years there has been a succession of reports , mostly emanating from the continent of Europe , claiming good results from vaccines against herpes virus . |
| 21 | In the last few years there has been a strong demand from Germany as well , but on the whole it has been a home breed rather than a traveller . |
| 22 | Better police equipment might lead to more offences being recorded , as might an increase in police numbers , and over the last few years there has been a recruitment drive by the police . |
| 23 | Over the last few years there has been an increase throughout the UK in cases of bacterial meningitis , though it is still relatively rare . |
| 24 | During the last few years there has been a lot of publicity about food poisoning . |
| 25 | During the last few years there have been a number of discoveries suggesting that conodonts may be vertebrates . |
| 26 | But the trend is towards taking the bitterness and confrontation out of divorce , and in the last few years there has been a growth in the number of ‘ mediation ’ and ‘ conciliation ’ ( not to be confused with reconciliation ) services available . |
| 27 | What k what kind what 's changed in the short time are the things Wh when I 've been talking to them about the publicity you said that , The last few years there 's there has been |
| 28 | In the last few years there has been some debate about the provision , role and effectiveness of postgraduate training in the social sciences in the UK . |
| 29 | During the last few years there have been a series of policy changes which have altered the composition and reduced the real level of income available to full-time higher education students ; for example , the introduction of student loans , and the reduction in access to welfare benefits . |
| 30 | During the last few years there has been growing concern over the effects of sharp regional variations in house prices on the mobility of labour . |