1.   A new framework of national awards in engineering has been developed over the last few years.

2.   A series of developments over the last several years has resulted in some rethinking.

3.   After a lifetime of poverty, his last few years were spent in comparative comfort.

4.   Although the government has pursued hazards reduction research for Decades, it has been taken more seriously in the last few years.

5.   And judging by the prodigious pile of diatribes posted in the last year, a lot of folks are taking advantage.

6.   And Liggett reportedly has earned little or no profit for each of the last several years.

7.   And the price of big houses like that has really plummeted in the last year.

8.   And when pyramid schemes began to appear in the last few years, nearly everyone caught the bug.

9.   Aqib Javed, a vastly improved bowler in the last year, was perfect as a back-up to the two great bowlers.

10.   Both companies have also invested heavily in the renewables industry in the last few years.