Example sentences of "[verb] in [adj] years and [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The retired docker 's health has suffered in recent years and he has trouble getting up the stairs at their maisonette . |
| 2 | The retired docker 's health has suffered in recent years and he has trouble getting up the stairs at their maisonette . |
| 3 | Add to this the rapid growth in the numbers of expeditions , climbers and trekkers which has occurred in recent years and it is not surprising that the problem has reached massive proportions despite the availability of new access sites from Tibet which was opened to climbers in 1980 . |
| 4 | It challenges some of the teaching methods that have been used in recent years and it suggests that schools should concentrate on commonsense , practical teaching . |
| 5 | They demolished New Zealand 22–6 in the final for their third win in successive years and they effectively became the second underwater sevens champions since Australia in 1983 , the previous ‘ monsoon ’ tournament . |
| 6 | It gives the impression we 're prepared to spend the money and that 's what 's happened in previous years and it should n't happen . |
| 7 | However , a great deal has been achieved in recent years and I shall always be proud of the Department and more importantly its employees . |
| 8 | That has improved in recent years and I congratulate the local authority and the local schools and colleges on that . |