Example sentences of "five years [pers pn] have " in BNC.

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1 In 1850 therefore the deer were officially banished , and in five years they had all been killed off .
2 In five years we 've had a record of seven per cent success in any enquiry involving the Regal Arms .
3 In our five years we have supported many country issues and charities .
4 ‘ 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 .
5 ‘ Over the last five years we have had a quiet revolution in vocational education in Scotland , and today we should celebrate that .
6 If the hon. Gentleman followed that matter with any care , he would know that over the past four or five years we have steadily improved and made more generous the cold weather payments .
7 During the past five years we have identified a total of 12 patients with endoscopically confirmed chronic DU disease unassociated with current or recent H pylori infection ( Table 1 ) .
8 Five years you 've been at it now ; you should be a concert pianist , and you would be if you had practised . ’
9 eighty obviously I 'm not tying you to a figure we just want to get some idea , so seventy , eighty or ninety as maybe , about eighty schemes over five years you 've given estimates for
10 Is that five years you 've been there ?
11 Glen Lyons , consultant trichologist at the Philip Kingsley Clinic , says : ‘ In the last five years I 've noticed a dramatic increase in the number of women suffering from hair and scalp conditions , particularly the speeding up of genetic hair loss .
12 For the last five years I 've been doing this series , for the last 12 months sharing it with Ed Douglas , and in all that time there 's been the rain .
13 I 've done it five , this is the first time in five years I 've had New Year 's Eve off .
14 time and time again they sit on the sidelines saying this is what we think do n't talk to us about it do n't debate it , do n't ask us to think about it , take it or leave it , if you do n't give us what we want we 'll sit back and moan and sulk and they 've played , I think that 's a very irresponsible line they 've played in the five years I 've been on this council and I hope that er again the issue on the next item on the agenda represents a change of heart on their behalf .
15 He had only been in for a few nights after his first summer holiday in the five years I 'd owned him .
16 For the previous five years I 'd worked solely as a sports photographer , and had really enjoyed it , but my work on the Hoggar Marathon was different , because I was just as interested in the scenery that surrounded me as I was in the race itself .
17 Through reorganizing my course material over the last five years I have come to the conclusion that there is no one definitive structure for the study of electronic publishing .
18 Over the last five years I have moved into working with practising teachers and other members of the education service .
19 ‘ Unfortunately , in the five years I have been here Leeds have not won anything but we will . ’
20 Now we 're doing a little bit of reversion and it is much regret by God for five years I have negotiated budgets with the Labour group against intense opposition to Conservatives and central government to improve the services in Oxfordshire .
21 The second thing was I asked , and nobody picked it up , five , five years he 'd been working could the net earnings related carry forward ?
22 yeah , I could n't believe it I mean you go back five years he 'd never done things like that , he erm , missed the most easiest reds and left it right over the pocket and then Stephen Hendry went on and cleared up the whole frame , got a break of over a hundred
23 It did n't last ; his alienation from England seems to have coincided with an alienation from Dorothy , for within five years he had a child by Olga Rudge .
24 In five years he had turned a struggling side into formidable Championship contenders capable of springing surprises on League giants in the Cup .
25 His name was Dr Georges Flandrin and for five years he had been treating the Shah for cancer .
26 Within five years he had paid back every penny , and by 1960 his ships were making a good deal of money .
27 And for the last five years he had been doing just that .
28 And this scenario , we 've got a client who started with er , it looks like a hundred and fifty thousand pounds worth of life cover , after five years he had a further need , perhaps erm , a further child or , as I say , er , a lifestyle increase or whatever .
29 For twenty five years he has been a member of Equity and has played a different number of roles .
30 A review of the Board 's work in November 197 1 indicated that in the previous five years it had approved six courses in librarianship and two in information science at a total of six colleges .
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