Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] the [num ord] 15 years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Simmons , a photographer for the last 15 years , also achieved one of two merits from the BIPP for a photograph of the Cornmill centre in Darlington . |
| 2 | Printers and typesetting houses have been embracing new methods for the last 15 years or so and now rely entirely upon them . |
| 3 | Liam Carson , general manager / director of the Groucho Club , has worked in London restaurants for the last 15 years . |
| 4 | Stepping back from the hurly-burly of political combat , I suppose all the tussles of the last 15 years have been about weaning our politicians off the romance of a benevolent , let alone competent , state . |
| 5 | It reckons more than 8,400 new jet airliners will be sold by western manufacturers over the next 15 years , worth more than $500 billion ( see chart overleaf ) . |
| 6 | Pulse arrival times have been recorded by Taylor and his colleagues over extended periods during the last 15 years . |
| 7 | According to the architects of Newcastle 's development plan for the next 15 years , the north east of England will be lost to large-scale economic development unless good quality sites can be made available in the region 's capital . |
| 8 | The finite element method of finding numerical solutions to problems in elasticity , viscoelasticity , plasticity and fluid flow has risen to considerable prominence in the last 15 years . |
| 9 | FoE calculated that replacing old , worn-out fridges and freezers with energy efficient models over the next 15 years would wipe out the need for 1.8GW of electricity . |
| 10 | No more than 15 pairs of the bird are in the country , and the pair which has appeared at the site for the last 15 years is the only one in the south-west . |
| 11 | THE Cure , one of the most popular cult bands of the last 15 years , have announced a one off show at Newcastle 's Mayfair club . |
| 12 | The work is continuing with the development of a new framework for tax incidence , examining the concept of progressivity and investigating the factors which have changed the income distribution over the last 15 years . |
| 13 | From the explosion of ‘ alternative ’ comedy of the last 15 years , it is people like Paul Merton and Julian Clary who are now showing to have the staying power . |
| 14 | THE export business at has seen dramatic development over the last 15 years . |
| 15 | Professional producer services , such as accountancy , advertising agencies , merchant banks and legal practices , have become an increasingly important component in the British economy during the last 15 years . |
| 16 | The Gloucestershire firm will supply the Lockheed Company of America with £200 million worth of propellers over the next 15 years . |
| 17 | The government plans to build a further 56 large pulping mills over the next 15 years . |
| 18 | This works out at 1,460 rupees a year for a rickshaw worth just 2,000 , so he could have bought ten rickshaws with the money he has given the owner over the last 15 years . |
| 19 | He told a London conference on acid rain that nearly half of southern Sweden 's forest soils are seriously damaged now , or at risk of serious damage over the next 15 years . |
| 20 | * Meanwhile , a report for the European Commission has shown how EC countries could implement a 20 per cent cut in carbon dioxide emissions over the next 15 years ( by 2005 ) at a cost that is almost negligible . |
| 21 | The West Indians have ruled Test cricket for the last 15 years through a succession of brilliant fast bowlers and batsmen . |
| 22 | There are some absolute gems of solos scattered over Ayer 's albums of the last 15 years — check out ‘ Falling Up ’ or ‘ As Close As You Think ’ for the most recent . |
| 23 | Design difficulties , problems , chloride contamination , and inadequate waterproofing of materials have caused major problems for bridges — leaving the ministry with an £800 million repair bill over the next 15 years . |
| 24 | One of the main aims of the programme will be to collect information over the next 15 years to measure the impact of global warming . |
| 25 | But he is no stranger to monsters , having played Lambert Le Roux in Pravada and Hitler in The Bunker during the last 15 years . |
| 26 | Ultra running has gained worldwide popularity in the last 15 years , especially in the US . |
| 27 | These are theoretical and practical questions of considerable importance as discussion over the last 15 years has shown . |
| 28 | Boeing predicts that revenue passenger miles ( RPMs — the number of passengers carried on each flight multiplied by the distance of the flight ) will continue to grow by 5.4% a year over the next 15 years . |
| 29 | It is exactly the equality before the law , which Ms Pith-Helmet invests with so much trust , that has betrayed blacks and Asians in the courts , in their treatment at the hands of vicious and prejudiced police ( that has resulted in the death of 10 blacks at the hands of police during the course of arrest and interrogation in the last 15 years ) , that allows black and Asian homes to be terrorised by racist thugs who can sprinkle liberally their British hospitality in the form of firebombs , beatings , excrement dumped on doors , and children bullied to the point of suicide and madness . |
| 30 | The most dramatic effect of the squeeze , says Sir Eric , is seen in academic salaries , He produces figures which show that while dons ' salaries have retained their real value over the last 15 years or so — that is to say , they have kept pace with the Retail Price index — almost every other non-manual worker in the UK has done significantly better . |