Example sentences of "[prep] recent years [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now one of the biggest stage success stories of recent years arrives for two weeks at the Liverpool Empire from Thursday and the cast ca n't wait to play Peggy Sue , Oh Boy and 28 other Holly classics . |
| 2 | For this season the hectic schedule of recent years continues , although the Sunday league , a competition certain at least to be revamped in 1993 , is without a sponsor , a fact which will cost the TCCB — and therefore the counties — £50,000 in prize money . |
| 3 | The low birthrate of recent years means that , by the end of the decade , much of the world 's work will be done by women . |
| 4 | The ‘ fashion ’ phase of recent years seems to be over , and it is clear that planners have to justify their place in the agency by their value to the agency and its clients . |
| 5 | However , the inner city depopulation of recent years has led to falling rolls in city schools and the consequent rationalisation of local education has caused certain Board schools to become redundant , releasing them for alternative uses . |
| 6 | The instrumental guitar album boom of recent years has seen few players survive with their credibility intact . |
| 7 | A feature of recent years has been the degree to which the differing agencies — HMI , the DES , Further Education Unit , and NBHS ( now renamed Skill : National Bureau for Students with Disabilities ) have worked together . |
| 8 | Undoubtedly the most popular , indeed cuddly , alien of recent years has been ET — perhaps Gremlins ( 1984 ) was even conceived partly as an ‘ answer ’ to ET . |
| 9 | For example , the change in the sex ratio of recent years has resulted in fewer women remaining single , but single women were heavily relied on in certain social fields , as teachers , social workers , nurses and residential staff ; a shortage could have a marked effect on the staffing position in these fields . |
| 10 | The economic restructuring of recent years has had a traumatic effect on the estates , with massive job loss and factory closure transforming them into increasingly isolated , state-managed ‘ subsistence communities ’ . |
| 11 | The art critic , Peter Fuller , considers : " One worrying feature of recent years has been the fashionable appropriation of the language of the " spiritual " to defend work of a numbing vacuity " ( Fuller 1990 : 18 ) . |
| 12 | One of the most interesting developments of recent years has been the emergence of a theory of discourse intonation . |
| 13 | Normal fluorescent tubes are familiar enough , but the main development in recent years has been in compact fluorescent lamps , which take the place of normal light bulbs . |
| 14 | Although banking remains important , the most profitable area for expansion in recent years has been manufacturing . |
| 15 | Being a West Indian spinner in recent years has n't been the safest of occupations , but Roger Harper played throughout the 1984 series . |
| 16 | The only unqualified crossover success in recent years has been Cher , and it took a minor miracle for her to get there . |
| 17 | One of the most interesting developments in dry gardening in recent years has been an increase in the use of gravel . |
| 18 | The growth of the DUP in recent years has seen that proportion fall . |
| 19 | She said : ‘ The strength of my country in recent years has been that we have had no coalition , just clear leadership , a clear majority and clear decisions . |
| 20 | No Defence Secretary in recent years has been able to grip his department effectively , which means taking harsh decisions that reflect a coherent view of Britain 's priorities . |
| 21 | It is a short-stay winner , however ; the most interesting growth area in recent years has been outside the big cities and the theme parks : we are following the President 's advice to ‘ Discover America . ’ |
| 22 | High inflation in recent years has shown that a good pension often becomes a desirable part of employment . |
| 23 | A particular feature in recent years has been the polarisation of power away from local education authorities ( LEAs ) to the centre ( government ) and to the periphery ( schools ) . |
| 24 | Despite its importance and grade II* listing , the treatment it has received in recent years has been disgraceful , and it is to be hoped a great many lessons will have been learnt about how to deal with irresponsible owners of such important listed buildings . |
| 25 | An ominous dimension in recent years has been the use of public order legislation as a means with which to repress the expression of sexual preferences . |
| 26 | Imagination has been associated especially with the arts , and thus in recent years has been increasingly downgraded . |
| 27 | While the net inflow into foreign exchange deposits in recent years has been fairly modest , the dinar value of the stock has risen enormously . |
| 28 | The pattern of trade in recent years has been much affected by the price of oil . |
| 29 | The pace of legislative change in recent years has been relentless and advice workers need to be prepared for it in advance . |
| 30 | A very useful development in insulin therapy in recent years has been the fixed-dose mixture of insulin , either 30 per cent short-acting and 70 per cent intermediate-acting ( Mixtard ) or equal parts of the two insulins ( Initard ) . |