Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] the [adj] five " in BNC.
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| 1 | The City Centre road races , held in Newcastle and Gateshead for the past five years , have been switched to Aberdeen on May 16 following the end of General Portfolio 's sponsorship . |
| 2 | Their G P Felix Lusman had been using a faulty technique for the past five years . |
| 3 | If in a particular year Dr A publishes four papers , which are cited an average of 15 times by other authors during the following five years , then they have been useful . |
| 4 | Carmichael 's sexism — not that the word existed : ‘ the role of women in the struggle is prone ’ — and the obsession with struggle elsewhere and male intellectuals ' struggles here with an uncomprehending world , threw down enough issues to sustain a variety of competing tendencies , articles , and books for the following five years . |
| 5 | did not take a view or action regarding the adequacy of the Regional five year land supply ; |
| 6 | It has argued that greater than forecast levels of infill demonstrate the soundness of the Structure Plan strategy ; reflect the real nature of the needs of the housing market and thereby m materially contribute to the adequacy of the regional five year land supply . |
| 7 | Whereas in the 6th edition the re-written §246 dismisses the above as ‘ all my experience permitted me to say at the time … and that his research of the previous five years had wholly solved the difficulties of repetition . |
| 8 | She then tested its weight against the individual weights of the other five kegs . |
| 9 | Since oil still accounts for over 25% of foreign exchange earnings and some 65% of total revenue the effect of the past five years has been almost cataclysmic . |
| 10 | Substitutions played a big part in setting up the amazing finale that produced three goals in the final five minutes when both defences looked wide open . |
| 11 | Daley 's 66th-minute decider was one of few moments of excitement though , once in front , Villa could easily have sealed their victory with two more goals in the ensuing five minutes . |
| 12 | I met the management of Trent Buses , which operates in a very competitive , deregulated environment , and I am glad to say that its investment programme over the past five years has been impressive . |
| 13 | The fact that France had already received the lion 's share of new European component investment over the previous five years was beside the point . |
| 14 | Many of those interviewed said their job had changed beyond recognition over the past five years and were providing more personal care at the expense of domestic help . |
| 15 | The policy has been the cornerstone of China 's efforts to revive state industry over the past five years . |
| 16 | I began by noting that in 1987 building societies were at the forefront of financial sector reporting , but the influence , in particular , of the EC has narrowed the gap over the past five years , so that the rules applicable to banks ( The Companies Act 1985 ( Bank Accounts ) Regulations 1991 ) and building societies ( the 1992 regulations ) are now very much in line . |
| 17 | Rejection of the latest offer by the association would rob the Government of the legimitacy to be gained from imposing an agreed deal on the other five unions . |
| 18 | The charter is part of a continuing modernisation of the distribution division that has included the reorganisation of the previous five administration regions into four . |
| 19 | Labours Immediate Programme summarized the discussions of the previous five years in a form which appealed even to the Left of the Party and to the Communists . |
| 20 | that , a take-off of the Famous Five ? |
| 21 | They are also the very elements which have often been cruelly denied to Latin America 's millions of indigenous communities during the past five centuries . |
| 22 | Next year the EC has to make a budget plan for the following five years . |
| 23 | This airworthy Mitchell , which has been grounded within the Museum for the past five years , is expected to attract a lot of interest from the Australian warbird community . |
| 24 | Will my right hon. Friend convey to the Governor of Hong Kong my congratulations and those of the House on the skilful and successful way in which he has conducted the affairs of Hong Kong in difficult circumstances for the past five years ? |
| 25 | I returned to the UK before was born after working in Spain for the previous five years . |
| 26 | John Doxsie , head of Staley 's sweetener division , says that in the three years since its launch , Krystar has accounted for 100 million lb of the annual five billion lb market for all sweeteners . |
| 27 | The nationality of the top five lead managers in the eurobond market has changed significantly over this period — in itself an indicator of the intense competition prevalent in the market . |
| 28 | And there had been a 26 per cent rise in the number of people seeking help in the past five years . |
| 29 | The visitors made an impressive start against a Perth side beaten only once at home in the past five months . |
| 30 | He 's given them £342,000 in the past five years to create the ‘ right business environment ’ . |