Example sentences of "[noun] during the [num ord] twenty years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither was particularly exceptional within the catalogue of events that have taken place during the last twenty years . |
| 2 | Communal living has received a great deal of publicity during the last twenty years , partly as the result of the experiments with alternative lifestyles widely advocated by members of the middle classes in the 1960s . |
| 3 | They were not only revived from time to time in Venice during the next twenty years but performed in a number of other Italian cities . |
| 4 | The agrarian structure in Chile has undergone profound changes during the last twenty years . |
| 5 | The figures are relative to a middle-of-the-road estimate of the course of the economy during the next twenty years . |
| 6 | Opinions currently differ as to the effectiveness of strategies in the professional development of teachers during the last twenty years . |
| 7 | First , the pace of change and economic developments during the last twenty years or so have altered the landscapes he described very considerably . |
| 8 | This emphasis on an ‘ English ’ tradition has come under continuous attack during the last twenty years or so ; during their undergraduate training many young teachers of English will have discussed the assumptions that underlie such concern for our cultural heritage . |
| 9 | Drawing attention to ‘ the decline in Church attendance during the last twenty years ’ , ‘ the greater freedom from restraint which is characteristic of our age ’ and ‘ this rejection of conventional standards ’ , Roy and Theodora Calvert in The Law-Breaker ( 1933 ) announced that ‘ we are passing through a crisis in morals ’ . |