Example sentences of "years have [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I am aware , however , that surveying techniques of the last 150 years have been to standards of accuracy of centimetres over the same sort of distance and landscape . |
| 3 | Certainly the solutions to the ‘ black problem ’ of the past 200 years have been of limited vision — hostile , intolerant and frequently brutal . |
| 4 | Most of the studies of relationships between R&D and production in recent years have been of a qualitative and often anecdotal nature . |
| 5 | The German study spells out how catastrophic the last 15 years have been for the now emasculated British industry . |
| 6 | Mr Boren has a reputation for defying his party ( about a third of his votes over the past four years have been against the Democratic line ) and for changing his mind . |
| 7 | I notice that the steepest price rises in past years have been in pubs tied to the national brewers . |