Many design advances have been made in only the last several years that make an excellent running shoe indispensable.
答案是相反的，网友的例句便是。假如变成主动语态，把时间状语提至句首，就能修正这样的情况：
In only the last several years shoe companieshave made many design advances that make an excellent running shoe indispensable.
关系代词that 指代前文advances，也就是说advances 是先行词。这是先行词和定语从句被谓语动词分隔。这种分隔现象英语中非常常见。
定语从句与先行词分隔举例（斜体部分是分隔的成分）：
All are not friends that speak us fair.
It was an exciting moment for these football fans this year, when for the first time in years their team won the World Cup.
The film brought the hours back to me when I was taken good care of in that far-away village.
The days are gone when we Chinese were bullied by the invaders.
The village has developed a lot where we learned farming two years ago.
After graduation she reached a point in her career where she had to decide what to do.