Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] the previous five years " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I returned to the UK before was born after working in Spain for the previous five years . |
| 5 | Tom checked his NatWest statements for the previous five years and was repaid £14,974 . |
| 6 | In 1975 Hugo Young analysed the educational background of 31 appointees to the High Court during the previous five years . |
| 7 | It was apparent from elsewhere in the responses that four Polytechnics and five Colleges had had cuts in the area of Language in Education , and that one College and one Polytechnic had had increases in provisions within the previous five years . |
| 8 | As approved , the bill would give Soviet citizens the automatic right to obtain a passport within one month of application , unless the applicant was involved in criminal proceedings , was liable for military service , or had had access to state secrets in the previous five years . |
| 9 | It was during the short period of Crellin 's Chairmanship that the BDDA made a vital decision by appointing Allan Hayhurst full-time paid secretary/treasurer Hayhurst had performed this dual role for the previous five years in an honourary part-time capacity , combining it with his full-time job as missioner of the Carlisle Diocese . |
| 10 | Manufacturing output grew by 8 per cent , below the 10 per cent average of the previous five years , and mining by 9 per cent . |
| 11 | Salford University , for instance , relegate on the basis of two features : a cut-off date of 1930 , and a measure of the number of uses in the previous five years . |
| 12 | It was characterized by a commitment to the policies of his predecessor , Tun Daim Zainuddin , who for seven years had kept the country on a course of fast economic growth ( with an average annual rate over the previous five years of 8.3 per cent ) , despite the threat of inflation , estimated to be over 5 per cent , and a worsening current-account balance . |
| 13 | ( i ) Reselection is every five years for a further five year period : ( a ) If panel members are with the same firm they would be expected to supply details of relevant experience over the previous five years , and to have attended a number of updating courses , accumulating at least 20 continuing education points ( or hours ) from courses related to personal injury work . |
| 14 | This brought the total rise over the previous five years to 10 per cent . |
| 15 | People disqualified from voting include those convicted of corrupt and illegal practices in elections during the previous five years ; those imprisoned for a criminal offence ; and those detained in psychiatric hospitals . |
| 16 | The data seems to support the first belief : of those who had had some experience of unemployment in the previous five years , 0.480 said they would be prepared to break the law , whereas only 0.300 of those who had no such experience were ( a difference of +0.180 ) . |
| 17 | In deciding whether an applicant passes the general fitness tests , the LA will take account of any convictions concerning the operation of goods vehicles over the previous five years . |