Usage examples of "dernières années" in French with translation to English

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Dans ses dernières années Beethoven était sourd. Beethoven was deaf in his late years.
Presque toutes les séries télévisées étasuniennes des dernières années ont été écrites par des homosexuels. Almost all the American TV series of the last few years were written by homosexuals.
Le nombre de cas de coqueluche est en hausse ces dernières années. The number of cases of whooping cough is on the rise in the last years.
Particulièrement au cours des vingt dernières années, le lien supposé entre des politiques de protection sociale avancées et l'échec économique dans les pays de l'Europe du Nord, semble mettre en évidence la difficulté à soutenir à la fois une complète protection sociale et une compétitivité internationale. Especially over the last 20 years, the purported link between progressive welfare policies and economic failure in the Northern European countries seems to point to the difficulty of sustaining both full social welfare and international competitivity.
Elle a vécu sous un nom d'emprunt au long des cinq dernières années. She's been living for the last five years under an assumed name.
La dette nationale a triplé au cours des dix dernières années. The national debt has trebled in the last ten years.
La qualité de l'air s'est détériorée ces dernières années. Air quality has deteriorated these past few years.
La dotation de l'université s'est réduite sans discontinuer au cours des dix dernières années. The university's endowment has decreased steadily over the last ten years.
Je n'ai jamais été malade de ces dix dernières années. I have not been sick for the past ten years.
À peu près la moitié des banquises du Canada a disparu durant les six dernières années. About half of Canada’s ice shelves have disappeared in the last six years.
Dans les dernières années, la science a fait des progrès remarquables. In recent years, science has made remarkable progress.
Nous n'avons pas connu d'augmentation de prix dans les cinq dernières années. We haven't had a price increase in the last five years.
Pendant les dix dernières années, j'ai nourri mon chien avec des croquettes sèches. For the past 10 years, I've fed my dog dry dog food.
Il a consacré les dernières années de sa vie à écrire sa biographie. He devoted the last years of his life to writing his autobiography.
Depuis les cent dernières années, il y a eu vingt-sept morts signalées dues aux morsures d'araignées en Australie. Over the last hundred years, there have been twenty-seven recorded deaths from spider bites in Australia.
Il dit qu'il n'a jamais attrapé froid au cours de ces dernières années. He says he has never caught cold during the past several years.
Le Japon a fortement changé dans les 50 dernières années. Japan has changed significantly in the past 50 years.
Il a acquis un tableau que Picasso a peint au cours des dernières années de sa vie. He obtained a picture which Picasso had painted in his later years.
Elle a passé les dernières années de sa vie avec un chagrin caché. She spent her later life with a hidden sorrow.
Cette ville n'a pas beaucoup changé au cours des dix dernières années. This town hasn't changed much in the last ten years.
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