Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] five year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although students belong for the entire five years of study to one particular section , much of the teaching is done cross-sectionally . |
| 2 | Next year the EC has to make a budget plan for the following five years . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He has sold organic wines for the past five years , ever since he got a licence . |
| 5 | I am 30 and have owned Bull Terriers for the past five years . |
| 6 | A federation of recreation industry unions compiled a list of more than 100 MPs from ruling and opposition parties who allegedly received huge sums of money from pachinko barons for the past five years . |
| 7 | This is slightly up on the previous year but for the past five years there has been no substantial rise in the number of asylum-seekers . |
| 8 | Director for the past five years of the National Campaign for the Arts , he previously worked for the former Labour minister , Mr Albert Booth , and the Low Pay Unit . |
| 9 | But investors who have clung on grimly for the past five years should hang on a while longer . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Dougherty has been doing the basic research and clinical studies for the past five years . |
| 12 | Secretary of Hindhead preservation Group , Chris Woodward , who is an amateur historian and has been an active campaigner for the area for the past five years , said he was ‘ totally opposed to the change ’ . |
| 13 | She told them that she had ‘ done ’ the house for the past five years , and hoped she could go on doing it . |
| 14 | The welfare of these hens has been a controversial issue for many years , and for the past five years we in the Department of Animal Husbandry have been conducting research into ways of improving their welfare . |
| 15 | The location was unusual : the consulting room of a medical specialist where I was to learn the cause of the unacceptably high level of pain from which my sister has suffered for the past five years . |
| 16 | For the past five years , Sanjay has worked in the warehouses , workshops and streets of Le Sentier . |
| 17 | For the past five years she has devoted herself to the United Nations Children 's Fund and became its ambassador in an effort to help the world 's sick and starving children . |
| 18 | For the past five years , the prestigious trophy had been awarded through the voting of FlyPast readers . |
| 19 | CGI 's most visible asset is the Pacbase software engineering product , which is sold around the world — but has n't IBM been hammering away at the software engineering anvil for the past five years at no inconsiderable cost in both money and resources with AD/Cycle … |
| 20 | FOR the past five years , Thailand has been intoxicated by its success . |
| 21 | Degas ' sculpture is on the move : literally , in the sense that a complete set of the artist 's bronzes has been travelling the world for the past five years , turning up in Verona , Florence , Amsterdam and Japan ; metaphorically , in a sudden resurgence of interest in the sculptures themselves , after more than four decades of academic neglect . |
| 22 | Blue eyeshadow , much reviled for the past five years , is back at Chanel , Lancôme and Rubinstein and has never been out at Lauder — Mrs Lauder is a firm believer in the power of blue . |
| 23 | He kept moving all the time , on his toes with his weight perfectly balanced , just as he 'd been taught , down at the gymnasium , every Saturday and every Wednesday for the past five years , times when everyone thought he was busy doing something else . |
| 24 | ‘ For the past five years we have been working hard to turn the London International Book Fair into a major event in the publishing calendar , rather than just another exhibition , and I think this year we managed to achieve that aim , ’ reflected LIBF director Brian Bradford at the end of the 22nd fair . |
| 25 | I 'm 30 and I 've been having an affair for the past five years . |
| 26 | We were going to visit my aunt and uncle who have lived there for the past five years . |
| 27 | United States unemployment is higher than for the past five years . |
| 28 | 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 ? |
| 29 | The one that for the past five years has brought us into crisis , anarchy , and economic decay ? " |
| 30 | 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 . |