Example sentences of "over the last [num] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | An account to substantiate his claims showed that there had indeed been a great output with £8,000 paid in Royalty over the last 17 years of operation . |
| 2 | This Bill follows fr on from a series of attacks on the trade union movement and working people over the last fourteen years . |
| 3 | The G M B supports a fresh approach to industrial relations ' law with a completely new legislative code which brings international standards fully into the U K. President , we are totally opposed to the repressive trade union laws brought in by Tory governments over the last fourteen years . |
| 4 | Tory governments that have said they are the champions of the individual , but have eroded the rights of individual workers over the last fourteen years . |
| 5 | The leadership we 've had from the trade union movement over the last fourteen years , we 've been picked off on everything . |
| 6 | Over the last fourteen years forty two million pounds and if they go on the way their going on and the way they 're talking it 's all gon na be for nicks nowt . |
| 7 | I say it 's a vicious attack , that 's been set upon them , by this vicious Tory government , over the last fourteen years is not enough . |
| 8 | Over the last 8 years we have raised over £34,000 for Christian Aid . |
| 9 | Analysis of ice extracted from the Greenland ice cap has revealed that climate over the last 250,000 years has fluctuated rapidly — with the exception of the last 8,000-10,000 years . |
| 10 | But Faldo has reserved his most barbed comments for Alliss and the press , even though the publicity afforded him over the last 16 years has brought a £2 million home and bulging bank account worth more than £10m . |
| 11 | In addition , the volume of air traffic has increased considerably over the last 16 years although the growth experienced in the late seventies has not been maintained more recently . |
| 12 | Does my right hon. and learned Friend think that this situation represents satisfactory progress over the last 18 years ? |
| 13 | For the truth is that few Bibles produced over the last 370 years have any substantial value , neither have a great many from the period before that . |
| 14 | Selections from the modern theatre may include characters that have been created over the last sixty years , from Noel Coward to Steven Berkoff . |
| 15 | Research over the last sixty years has demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt that , for many people , unemployment is responsible for deterioration in mental and physical health . |
| 16 | Cos in actual fact there was a , a lot of sort of de facto redistribution because er some of these account settling things were just so ridiculous you know make them pay for crimes their family had committed over the last sixty years or whatever . |
| 17 | It has been French State policy over the last twelve years to foster its provincial museums , and in particular to increase the number of contemporary art museums outside Paris ( see The Art Newspaper No. 26 , March 1993 , pp. 8–9 ) . |
| 18 | The painstaking work on the wreck undertaken by the amateur Chelmsford Sub-Acqua Club over the last twelve years will be the subject of an exhibition at the Maritime Museum this year . |
| 19 | Trends in Old Master drawings over the last twelve years analysed by Professor Victor Ginsburgh and Nicholas Schwed of Brussels University , who apply a new methodology |
| 20 | Trends in prices for Flemish-Dutch , French and Italian drawings over the last twelve years are described here , with an attempt at evaluating how the technique used , the subject of the drawing , its dimensions , its provenance and other objective characteristics may influence prices . |
| 21 | Not all the interests of our citizens have been looked after over the last twelve years . |
| 22 | Over the last twelve years , Quinton and Rutter and their research team in London have collected a considerable amount of fascinating information in their study of the links between childhood experiences and parenting behaviour ( with special reference to children received into the care of the local authority ) . |
| 23 | Well have they withdrawn one of their submissions to South Oxfordshire that they 've tried to claim that they were using it over the last twelve years and it has now been withdrawn because they know very well that their claim to South Oxfordshire can not be justified about the use . |
| 24 | They sat down against the summerhouse wall and talked of each others activities over the last nine years . |
| 25 | Commenting on the change , Kevin Deeming , managing director , said : ‘ Over the last nine years Metocean has grown and diversified by providing clients with a high-quality independent service . ’ |
| 26 | 24 April : The Sun seems to be having second thoughts about Ken Livingstone : ‘ If the Labour Party had been led by John Smith over the last nine years , perhaps it would have been in power today , ’ says an editorial . |
| 27 | They have worked very hard over the last nine years to create a warm , comfortable and gracious environment from a building which was , on their arrival , fairly dilapidated . |
| 28 | It superseded the very successful Coalville open days which have raised thousands of pounds for charity over the last nine years . |
| 29 | Over 2,800 people have learnt this way over the last nine years , and judging from our fan mail , it creates the most rewarding holiday many people ever experience . |
| 30 | Over the last nine years , as I have dealt more and more with these matters , I have gained more experience . |