Example sentences of "years have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within a time span of two years has emerged an extensive network of education business practitioners using a variety of backgrounds and experiences in a variety of operating conditions . |
| 2 | A fascinating and provocative timetable spanning nearly 200 million years has emerged . |
| 3 | Magee 's 30-year-old sister , Kathleen , who for several years has lived in a redbrick Victorian terrace house in Northumberland Street , Derby , with her seven-year-old son , Christopher , was being held last night . |
| 4 | Research over the past years has begun to answer lots of questions , but much still remains to be sorted out . |
| 5 | The most spectacular change in mortality rates over the past 150 years has related to deaths within the first year of life — the infant mortality rate . |
| 6 | Martell 's studies of the behaviour of radon decay products show that someone who smokes 20 cigarettes per day for 40 years has received a cumulative dose of about 100 rads at tissue sites in the lungs — a dose powerful enough to spark cancer . |
| 7 | A MAN who claims his mail has not been delivered for over two years has received an apology from the Post Office after the discovery of over 400 letters at the home of a former postman . |
| 8 | The narrow emphasis on economy and efficiency which characterised the Thatcher years has broadened into a search for effectiveness and excellence as the current enthusiasm for quality in health care demonstrates . |
| 9 | ‘ Measurement by modern electric instruments developed in recent years has revealed that man and all life forms are ordered and controlled by electro-dynamic fields which can be measured and mapped with precision . |
| 10 | Capital expenditure over five years has averaged £13m per annum ; taking out one major education project , the average would be £10m , and in neither case is it the £15m claimed . |
| 11 | Over the years has tackled most jobs around the site — from silo operator on shift relief — to his present position of malt dressing foreman . |
| 12 | Anita Culley , who for the last six years has co-owned Walworth Castle with her husband , said the new plans could cost around £750,000 . |
| 13 | My experience of these potencies over many years has demonstrated their usefulness in the treatment of serious cases , and deep pathology is rarely wholly eradicated without the aid of fifty millesimal potencies . |
| 14 | Research over the last sixty years has demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt that , for many people , unemployment is responsible for deterioration in mental and physical health . |
| 15 | Much heralded , the comics renaissance of the last five years has worn its For Mature Readers Only label like a badge of honour and serious intent . |
| 16 | Of one thing I am certain : I am sure we all agree that what has emerged over the last two years has exceeded our expectations . |
| 17 | His work over the years has run the gamut from figurative-expressionist to purely abstract , always informed by an explosive sense of colour and whirlwind handling . |
| 18 | He is also a keen footballer and for the past 18 years has run the Johnstone United Boys Club , where Robert Hassan once played as a teenager . |
| 19 | Nigel Mansell , who for several years has ranked among the top two or three racing drivers in the world , is simply pushing himself harder than most . |
| 20 | We make camp for the night in earshot of Crystal Rapid , which in recent years has flipped more boats , taken more lives , and humbled more boatmen than any other on the river . |
| 21 | Most of the work done in recent years has impinged only on specialists . |
| 22 | A BURGLARY victim whose home has been raided 14 times in three years has screwed her TV to the floor . |
| 23 | Detailed work in recent years has given us new insights into how nineteenth-century towns developed . |
| 24 | While discussion of a corporate information system is as yet largely speculative , our experience of the Payroll/Personnel database system over the last three years has given rise to various working hypotheses of relevance to management in general and the personnel function in particular . |
| 25 | Expressing his pleasure at working with TAG , said , ‘ My experience over the last 20 years has given me the scientific and technical background which the modern catering industry requires . |
| 26 | I think coming together after all these years has given them a new lease of life |
| 27 | The passing of the years has done little to improve the situation . |
| 28 | Indeed , in recent years has done rather well out of its visits to Brussels by both politicians and officers . |
| 29 | It will be mentioned in several contexts that the complexity of CAB advice work over the last few years has increased considerably . |
| 30 | Television coverage of homosexuality in recent years has increased considerably as a result of AIDS and , more recently , Clause 28 . |