Because before 1980, there were much fewer people born than there were during the last 30 years.

For the last three years,

This was my hero for the past two decades.

We have lived through the events of these last few years.

This is quite a change from the past eight years.

So does the history of the world for the past 20 years.

From Mexico to Asia, Russia to Brazil the IMF has stood by while currency crises boiled up over the past few years.

Britain made no mention of democracy for Hong Kong until the dying days of about 150 years of colonial rule.

Cuba, as it has demonstrated during the past 30 years, is prepared to defend those principles to the limit.

The easy wealth of recent years has become less easy.

The 84 years old Ghazal Singer was suffering from illness for the past 12 years.

However, the events of the last few years have tempered this sense of optimism.

The world has learned some hard lessons in recent years.

the last seven years (1985 1992)

I've been making toys for the last 30 years.

Well, paleontologists for the last 200 years have been charting death.

And what you can see is that over the last 25 years,

Events of the last two years and in particular of the last six months, have clearly demonstrated the futility of the military option.

Labour s popularity has been trending down from the high 30s over the last couple of years the Conservatives have remained stuck at around 30 .

In recent years, the flagship modernisation effort at Karabashmed became the construction of a new sulphuric acid plant that allows for the capture of up to 99.9 of metallurgical gases.

The sharp tone and fierce partisanship of the past 13 years have been cast aside.

Investment rates have been low for three years in a row.

India will thus become the new China of the past two decades.

My research over the past thirty years focused on the economics of information.

The financial crises of the past 3 years may merely have been preludes.

There they discuss and criticize events of the past 30 years.

There have been multiple attacks in France over the past two years.

Almost all the American TV series of the last few years were written by homosexuals.

We have been discussing this reform for the past 12 years.

This has clearly been the case over the last 50 years in the area of economic policy.

14. There were three lessons to be learned from the past 20 years.

That land had not been used for almost 50 years.

I have been researching this area for the past 8 years and it is an intriguing yet mysterious process

The better land has been cleared over the last fifty years.

He played the role until a few days before his death.

But the levels of fishing mortality we have been applying over the last twenty years bring the number of survivors down to about three.

For the last three years, I was shooting the earth for the movie.

Their parents have been working in Russia for over three years.

It is really an outrage to see what has been unfolding over the past 20 years.

An independent contractor has performed the functions of this post for the past four years.

The history of the last half century more than amply proves this.

In Asia, the positive trend of the past few years has been maintained.

45. During the last three years, I have visited 46 countries.

The experiences of recent years has made it manifestly clear that this Convention is inadequate.

It's for your own immediate use.