Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] recent years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leather is perhaps most comfortable to hold for any length of time , although colourful nylon leashes have become very popular during recent years . |
| 2 | The most obvious example of this in recent years , of course , has been the relationship between Lloyds Bank plc , Black Horse Agencies plc and the various unlimited companies acquired by the latter . |
| 3 | Two consequences have followed from this in recent years . |
| 4 | I was questioned about this in recent years when I visited the Camp during one of my lecture rounds to the ATC in the Highlands , but I only add this yarn to illustrate that it takes all kinds to make any air force station , and I am sure our childrens ' children will be told and the tale will no doubt be embroidered to suit the occasion . |
| 5 | I remember a recurring nightmare that has only become clear in recent years through an interest in dreams . |
| 6 | Since they formed in Birmingham way back in 1978 , they have been leading players in the UK 's reggae movement , even if their sound has become rather commercial in recent years . |
| 7 | The teaching force , disillusioned and aggrieved at the treatment it has received from a succession of Secretaries of State , has been less willing in recent years to devote unpaid hours to community bridge-building . |
| 8 | In spite of these objections , there may be some truth in the statement that UK labour costs have been too high in recent years and that this has made UK industries less competitive in world markets . |
| 9 | What I wish to discuss then is the contention of some in recent years that ‘ Jesus was a feminist ’ . |
| 10 | Owing in part to their lower cost , it has become popular in recent years to replace both clay plain tiles and slates with interlocking concrete tiles . |
| 11 | Fresh cheeses have become much more popular in recent years and cows ' and goats ' milk varieties are now available in most good supermarkets . |
| 12 | Inflatables have become more and more popular in recent years . |
| 13 | The matrix structure has become popular in recent years with project based organisations and with many educational establishments . |
| 14 | Although job sharing has become more popular in recent years , many people do n't think of suggesting it , which is a shame because the benefits to both mother and employers are huge . |
| 15 | Bismuth has also become popular in recent years as a treatment in peptic ulcer to eradicate Helicobacter pylori . |
| 16 | Self-help and support groups have become popular in recent years , and the best of these include a skilled professional . |
| 17 | Lead-free petrol has of course only been popular in recent years . |
| 18 | We are also prepared to run an extra In-Service Training Day in the summer term , as these have proved popular in recent years , so come with your ideas for that too . |
| 19 | We at Flight Refuelling Limited were very interested in Andrew Smith 's article on Centrifugal Launchers in the October issue ( p46 ) since we have been instrumental in recent years in developing the concept to routinely launch jet aircraft . |
| 20 | Many graduates will remember with pleasure the Highfields Lido , the open-air swimming pool , which sadly lay derelict in recent years . |
| 21 | This type of preoccupation has also been prevalent until recent years . |
| 22 | The imprisonment of prisoners of conscience , unfair trials of political prisoners , lengthy detention without trial , ill-treatment of detainees , possible extra-judicial executions and excessive use of the death penalty have become prevalent in recent years in Tibet . |
| 23 | On the other hand , Bottoms sees the central power of the British state as having become more absolute in recent years , which part two of law one says should lead to harsher punishment . |
| 24 | Baseball may have become a parks game in Britian in recent years but now in Gloucestershire there 's a new name to put alongside the Chicago Whitesox and the Los Angeles Dodgers … the name on the shirt is the Gloster Meteors . |
| 25 | This poverty has become much more visible in recent years because the number of lone-parent families has increased so dramatically . |
| 26 | It has , however , been made more visible in recent years by the lower national birth rate and by the strong natural increase of immigrant groups , resulting from their youthful age structure and relatively high fertility . |
| 27 | The structural analysis of ageing has become increasingly prominent in recent years . |
| 28 | Yes , I think that as David said one of the things that we 've been working at very hard in recent years in teacher training is to try to improve the quality and the content of reading courses generally , and then I think it is also necessary to draw attention to teachers of this problem of dyslexia . |
| 29 | Evans and colleagues ' concern about the failure of AIDS educators to target gay and bisexual men is well founded : it seems that those most at risk from HIV have also been the most neglected in recent years . |
| 30 | There are various exceptions erm and there have been two or three in recent years , but it therefore meant that they were fair game for saying anything so they were fair game for a very sensational headline because there was very little chance of recrimination . |