Example sentences of "throughout the past [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throughout the past Five Nations series it was said that Ireland had reached rock-bottom , particularly against Wales and Scotland , and the only way they could go was up . |
| 2 | Throughout the past 12 years the regional gap has widened . |
| 3 | But just as they have done throughout the past three years , we find the Opposition spokesmen contradicting each other . |
| 4 | The proportions of the human figure have interested artists , philosophers and teachers throughout the past 20 centuries . |
| 5 | The proportions of the human figure have interested artists , philosophers and teachers throughout the past 20 centuries . |
| 6 | Is it not a matter of great rejoicing , wherever we may sit in the House , that throughout the past 40 years , which have seen such momentous changes as the peaceful transition from empire to Commonwealth , the ending of the cold war and the coming together of former enemies in the European Community , Her Majesty has presided over this nation unfailingly , with a dignity and devotion to duty for which we are all greatly thankful ? |
| 7 | Throughout the past 300 years racism has distorted Western thinking about other people and their cultures . |
| 8 | The rapidity of Japan 's economic and political transformation and the enduring influence of Tokugawa practices and ideas into this century mean that in Japan , as in other late industrializers such as the USSR , agricultural issues and the impact of the rural sector have been of crucial importance throughout the past 150 years . |