Example sentences of "year [prep] the past [num] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , the northern hemisphere mean temperature decrease which began in the 1940s was arrested and reversed during the mid 1970s ( figure 6.15 ) and the seven warmest years in the past 100 years have occurred since 1980 ( 1980 , 1981 , 1983 , 1986 , 1987 , 1988 , 1990 ) . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Every year for the past four years , some of the veterans I was with in Normandy have taken part in the annual Paulton memorial service . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been playing throughout the year for the past six years and I think my body is telling me it is time for a break , ’ he said . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been playing throughout the year for the past six years and I think my body is telling me it is time for a break , ’ he said . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been playing throughout the year for the past six years and I think my body is telling me it is time for a break , ’ he said . |
| 7 | It says farm jobs in the EC 's 12 member states have fallen by an average of 2.8% every year for the past 30 years . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've entered every year for the past 15 years and my bike has covered the distance every time — with a few minor running repairs sometimes . |
| 9 | The site studied by Guo and Bradshaw is a village in Jiangsu province , having an area of 155 hectares ( ha ) and a population of 2,353 inhabitants which has increased by about 0.25% a year over the past 40 years . |