Example sentences of "[conj] in [adj] years [pron] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 In much of Western Europe a predominant characteristic has been trade union pluralism ( and sometimes reluctance to engage in continuous relationships with employers ) promoted by ideological , philosophical and religious differences , although in recent years there has been rather less emphasis upon the importance of religious affinity .
2 although in recent years there have been significant improvements in the provision of research and library facilities for M.P.s these still lag fir behind those available to their counterparts abroad .
3 Our knowledge of life histories of most deep-sea ophiuroids is poor ( see Tyler , 1980 for a review ) although in recent years there have been several accounts of the reproductive biology of the more common species ( Schoener 1968 , 1972 : Tyler & Gage 1979 , 1980 , 1982 ; Gage & Tyler , 1981 , 1982 ) together with some work on the post-larval stages ( Schoener 1967 , 1969 ; Gage & Tyler 1981 ) .
4 It is a Yorkshire dale in a classic sense with sweeping contours and a fierce beauty on the grand scale , although in recent years it has been placed in County Durham ( not that locals pay any attention to such cultural vandalism ) .
5 It is not surprising that in recent years they have served interchangeably in the hands of various theorists as models of each other .
6 He is perfectly right that in recent years we have been eating into that principle , but if we continue to do so , the principle will go , and that is the civil liberties issue which the system of justice has always been anxious to maintain .
7 It might be noted at this point that in recent years there has been a dramatic growth in the volume of business conducted in the interbank market and this has become a major source of liquidity for banks .
8 MI6 remains to this day a secret organisation that does not officially exist despite the fact that in recent years there have been numerous books written about its activities .
9 Yet research into contemporary demography and statistics soon demonstrates that in recent years there have been dramatic changes in trends and patterns of marriage , divorce and cohabitation .
10 If in subsequent years we renew this overdraft , the fee will be reduced to ½%.;
11 And in recent years they 've played a growing role in encouraging the public to recycle their rubbish .
12 And in the 70s , we were again working in Appalachia ; and in recent years we have expanded our program to again include the entire south . ’
13 Many fashions such as the kipper tie and the string tie have come and gone , and in recent years there has been an upsurge in the popularity of vivid colours and flamboyant designs .
14 Ciba-Geigy runs company management courses and in recent years there has been a steady increase in the number of women in these courses .
15 The choice of channels utilised by a producer is determined ultimately by the customer , and in recent years there has been a trend towards shorter channels , as customers , especially in consumer markets , realise that there are price advantages to be gained when middlemen , or retailers , are by-passed in the chain of distribution .
16 I 've worked with children in various settings , mainly in secondary school , and in recent years I 've worked with students , so when I try to make that sort of categorization I find it very difficult .
17 Dance has always been his first love and in recent years he 's been on tour six times with his own company .
18 But in recent years we noticed that some candidates were writing to us — or their employers were writing — to say that certificates had n't been received for modules completed one or more years previously .
19 All farms have rats and mice but in recent years they have been coming through from the barn into the house and getting into the furniture .
20 In the main it causes few problems , but in recent years there has been a rise in cases that cause conflict for the advice worker .
21 The police is still seen as the first line of defence , but in recent years there has been increased co-operation between the police and the military , as in the joint exercises conducted at Heathrow in preparation for possible terrorist incidents .
22 But in recent years he has spent £50,000 of his own money and much time on charitable causes .
23 Glass-fibre remains an inexpensive and effective reinforcement material , but in recent years it has been upstaged by Kevlar and carbon fibre , two stronger but more costly materials that owe their high profile largely to their use in formula racing cars .
24 The company at one time had a significant tie to the defence industry , but in recent years it has focused on what it knows best — speciality chemicals .
25 But in recent years it has lost its fury .
26 It was traditionally associated with Persia and the southern Caucasus , but in recent years it has been incorporated into the repertoire of weaving groups in other rug-making countries .
27 Much of the Forestry Commission 's early planting was certainly crude and insensitive , but in recent years it has become more attentive to its landscaping responsibilities ( not least because the Forestry Commission has found that there is money to be made out of tourism if it does so ) and now employs landscape consultants to advise on its planting policies .
28 Often they still are , but in recent years it has become common for other senior academics to act as heads of departments , sometimes in rotation .
29 Like many a similar building it had declined in status but in recent years it has been handsomely restored to its former glory .
30 Of the domestic borrowers , local authorities issued , in the years between the mid-1950s and the early 1980s , a large volume of stocks ( over five years to maturity ) and negotiable bonds ( from one to four years to maturity ) ; but in recent years it has been government policy to centralise most public-sector borrowing and as a result public issues by local authorities have all but ceased .
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