Example sentences of "[vb base] be [verb] over the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's what I 've been doing over the last few days . ’ |
| 2 | What it means for the homes is that they 're going to have to take a what we 've been doing over the last two or three years is gradually improving the staffing levels in our elderly people 's homes , because the dependency levels in those homes are getting very high . |
| 3 | In common with many bass amplification manufacturers , Trace Elliot have been trying over the last few years to build powerful , yet compact bass gear to ease the strain on the poor bass player 's back . |
| 4 | Of particular interest , given that rates of divorce have been rising over the last two decades , is whether relatives commonly provide housing for people who have separated from a married or cohabiting partner . |
| 5 | Because I am delighted to report that education standards in Wales have been rising over the last few years following the introduction of the national curriculum and our other reforms . |
| 6 | And , I mean , reluctantly we have to accept that this is not an ideal world , but I mean , just now , we were actually looking at the number of food hygiene inspections that have been done over the last few months , which have increased enormously , it just means , I mean it emphasises the fact that food has changed , food , and the number of places that are actually serving food now I mean , the corner shop does sandwiches . |
| 7 | If you 've got any sensitivities at all do n't look at them please , but if you wish to , they 'll give you an indication of the kind of thing that your fire fighters have been facing over the last three or four months . |
| 8 | More importantly it has also been the experience of the many students on whom the approach , exercises and problems have been piloted over the last four years . |
| 9 | But the essence of your answer to the questions that have been asked over the last twenty minutes or so , is we have n't done it that way . |
| 10 | Er one has only to walk down the road here for example at Strensall but equally , the first point I made would be to contradict perhaps what Mr and Mr have said er because the the difference in employment distribution is a reflection of the pop planning policies that have been followed over the last ten years . |
| 11 | To encourage mobility , two separate initiatives , both covered by EC Directives , have been developed over the last few years . |
| 12 | Our joint ventures with LVMH continue to progress well thanks to strong personal and commercial relationships which have been developed over the last five years . |
| 13 | Although you may be tempted towards a lender by the promise of an initial discount , a far better way of telling how competitive they are is by looking at the history of what borrowers have been charged over the last few years . |
| 14 | Selections from the modern theatre may include characters that have been created over the last sixty years , from Noel Coward to Steven Berkoff . |
| 15 | In addition , specialist teams have been engaged over the last few years in the systematic examination of the wide range of packaging materials used within the Group . |
| 16 | It 's unlikey that you 're lucky enough to own a Sinclair Harding clock — they 're so exclusive , and take so long to make that only seven hundred have been produced over the last twenty five years . |
| 17 | Around Somerton in Somerset , for example , Roger Leech suggests that all the settlements that existed in late Roman times have been located over the last several centuries , and so the pattern we see is probably a true reflection of the state of affairs in the Roman era , showing farmsteads and hamlets 1–2 kilometres ( ½-1 mile ) apart , scattered evenly across the landscape . |
| 18 | About 30 horses have been attacked over the last 18 months in Hampshire and surrounding counties . |
| 19 | ‘ What we have been doing over the last few weekends is exercising our right to search someone if we have a reasonable belief that they are carrying a weapon , ’ said Mr Wood . |
| 20 | It will be a real chance to learn in a practical way many of the things we have been studying over the last few months . |