Example sentences of "few years [pers pn] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | And in the past few years we 've had to go into clearing as most other universities would do . |
| 3 | During the past few years we have been almost suffocated under a pile of reminiscences . |
| 4 | In the past few years we have seen conservatories grow in popularity . |
| 5 | Over the past few years we have been working on such an account , and in this paper we focus on the implications of this account for a central tenet of the mental models approach : that the mental model of the text so far provides ( part of the context for the interpretation of the current sentence or clause . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Even so , during the past few years we have seen some large stores opening on Sundays , in apparent defiance of the law . |
| 8 | Over the past few years we have created a substantial oil and gas exploration and production company through a combination of exploration , development and acquisition . |
| 9 | But because of increasing restrictions over the past few years we have now bought a rack to carry the bikes on the back of a car . |
| 10 | But because of increasing restrictions over the past few years we have now bought a rack to carry the bikes on the back of a car . |
| 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 | Secretary Gordon Dixon explained : ‘ Over the past few years we have given cheques to various charities including Childen in Need and this year it was decided to send the proceeds of our charity drive to the Darlington and District Hospice . |
| 13 | Over the next few years we want to see a major reform which will help provide what the public wants and needs : a visible , local police presence . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | For the next few years they stay in these fresh waters but even at this stage in their lives , their wanderings do not cease . |
| 16 | Because they arrive with an expectation of moving on within a few years they refrain — ; if only for reasons of emotional self-defence — from putting down ‘ roots ’ and involving themselves too closely in village affairs . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | In the past few years they have done such a great job in establishing a platform to build on . ’ |
| 19 | Over the last few years they have simply been brought into line with demand . |
| 20 | And they will go by what you want from it for the o , over the next few years you know ? |
| 21 | Karen I I 'm forty-seven and I ca n't work me mother out , so , no chance for you working her out , few years you 've known her . |
| 22 | I understand , for example , that within the last few years you have been lucky in receiving a very large legacy from the late Dr D.M. McDonald to build an institute ? |
| 23 | But it turned out to be an endless task and , as a result , for the last few years I 've been learning phrasings from all kinds of foreign instruments . |
| 24 | Sometimes erm given me the questions and sometimes answering the questions for me , its always informing me and over the last few years I 've erm , I said that to try and understand erm , how to use this information in my own work as , as a writer , and I see , I see parallels in all forms of art , communication is of course one , erm and the need to recognise and respond the plight of others is , is another area and the area that as a writer I 'm particularly drawn too . |
| 25 | I think , you know , in the last few years I 've really I think it is changing . |
| 26 | For the last few years I have sat on the sidelines watching bolt-protected climbing mushrooming throughout the USA , Europe and , not least , Britain : in quarries , but also , let's be completely truthful , on natural crags . |
| 27 | In the past few years I have been involved in a Seminar for senior administrators from the Third World studying at British Universities A group of 25 or 30 is gathered each year at Plockton in Wester Ross by the British Council , the ODA and the Highland Board . |
| 28 | In the last few years I have done a lot of float fishing from a punt for big bream and I can state quite categorically that , if it is done correctly , it can be a most deadly method of catching bream . |
| 29 | During the past few years I have been fortunate enough to have a couple of RAF students each summer from the Royal Military College of Science at Shrivenham . |
| 30 | Over the last few years I have also complained to the Press Council on a number of occasions , about various newspapers using such terms as ‘ Gay Plague ’ , or saying that the disease was spread by whispered conversations , or for exaggerating the amount of money spent by local authorities on gay issues . |