Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] recent years " in BNC.
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| 1 | In The New Age of 5 November , for example , she complained of the influence of Les Chants de Maldoror ( the book that was Modigliani 's constant companion ) : ‘ No one would deny the mischief done by Maldoror during recent years ’ . |
| 2 | Here around Alto Foresta in recent years , hundreds of thousands of acres of virgin forest have been burned and continue to be burned to provide pasture for cattle . |
| 3 | The rate of increase of sheep numbers in Powys in recent years is accelerating slowly but the rate of increase in cattle numbers in Cantal is decelerating . |
| 4 | Rugby at Murrayfield has become Scotland 's best chance to express its nationhood — more so than Hampden in recent years . |
| 5 | The current strategy for a slimmer Nobel , through divestment and consolidation , follows a hectic expansion and investment programme by Nobel in recent years . |
| 6 | Alan Vessey found himself stuck by the touchline near the corner and , with his back to the Bere Forest goal and with limited options , he succeeded in paddle flicking the ball into the top corner of the net for one of the finest goals scored at Crystal Palace in recent years . |
| 7 | This more positive role adopted by the CNAA in recent years as a direct consequence of the financial cuts inflicted on polytechnics by the government and by the local authorities , cuts which if they go too deep are bound adversely to affect the quality of the work and thereby the quality of the courses validated by the CNAA . |
| 8 | Wilkinson Sword hopes Protector will enable it to wrest back the technological advantage in the razor market which it is widely thought to have lost to brand leader Gillette in recent years . |
| 9 | The spread of the Cetti 's warbler across the south of England in recent years is well documented . |
| 10 | But anyone who was at Beaconsfield , this year , or at St Albans in recent years , will argue differently . |
| 11 | The red kite , one of the UK 's rarest breeding birds , is breeding successfully after its experimental reintroduction into southern England and northern Scotland in recent years . |
| 12 | Although the right to conscientious objection has been increasingly recognised in Russia in recent years , no concrete legislative steps have been taken to address the situation of conscientious objectors . |
| 13 | The same is true of political projects responding to the specific problems of the public sector and state enterprises , such as those that have emerged in Britain and Spain in recent years . |
| 14 | Coun Russell said there had been at least two deaths in bedsit fires in Chester in recent years . |
| 15 | Accountability — many of the changes in the NHS over recent years have had an implicit , if not explicit , goal of strengthening the notion of line management . |
| 16 | Rank Xerox has shed more than three thousand jobs at its plant in Mitcheldean in recent years . |
| 17 | Rank Xerox has shed more than three thousand jobs at its plant in Mitcheldean in recent years . |
| 18 | Anyway who has followed the actions of the opposition in Bremen or Hamburg in recent years can hardly avoid the conclusion that the Christian Democrats ( the opposition ) are not interested in gaining power ( since lucrative public positions are given to them anyway ) … |
| 19 | Finally , several novæ have appeared in Aquila during recent years , so that it is always worth making a check — though do not be deceived by a slow-moving artificial satellite ! |
| 20 | Doisneau thinks he may have taken around 600 thousand photographs and at the age of 80 he 's still working ; revisiting familiar scenes in Paris in recent years . |
| 21 | He finally visited Taiwan , a leading investor in Swaziland in recent years , on Oct. 23-27 . |
| 22 | The many part-time farmers in Germany had been under the same economic pressures as their counterparts in the UK in recent years . |
| 23 | These more co-operative instincts have led China in recent years to end military support for the Khmers Rouges in Cambodia , to patch up relations with India and extend a firmer hand of reconciliation to Taiwan ( see page 75 ) . |
| 24 | The NRA believes that the small numbers of migratory fish which have returned to the Tees in recent years will continue to increase as pollution levels fall . |
| 25 | Voodoo has been a contributing factor in many horrendous incidences in the United Kingdom in recent years . |
| 26 | It is worth noting , for instance , that all the new titles coming out in the United Kingdom in recent years have had substantial backing from a variety of sources : finance corporations , industrial interests , media interests , and so on . |
| 27 | However , it can be assumed that the political difficulties experienced within China over recent years continue to act as a barrier to any possible growth . |
| 28 | Violence at and related to football matches had become a serious problem in the Netherlands in recent years . |
| 29 | However , my Presidency has impressed upon me the Sea-Change in recent years of governmental policy as it affects University and College finances . |
| 30 | Finland 's principal breed since 1960 , originally derived from 1,600 Ayrshire cattle imported direct from Scotland between 1847 and 1923 , since when importations have ceased , though some semen has been brought in from Britain , the USA and Norway in recent years . |