Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Community psychiatric nurses help many patients return home and cope without the need for hospitalization , and their role has developed markedly in recent years as the emphasis has shifted towards the community . |
| 2 | One major subject area within the polytechnics that has developed considerably in recent years is that of teacher education . |
| 3 | The number of christenings has fallen dramatically in recent years ; parents would rather let the child decide about religion for himself , and many vicars are unwilling to conduct christenings for people who are not regular churchgoers . |
| 4 | It is small wonder that the practice has grown up in recent years of referring , however inaccurately , to a mistress as a ‘ common law wife ’ . |
| 5 | The Alumni Foundation concerts are a new and pleasant tradition which has grown up in recent years . |
| 6 | One of the reasons that Britain habitually trails in this sort of event is the culture of dogged amateurism that has grown up in recent years . |
| 7 | The franchise is a form of business which has grown up in recent years and offers the would-be entrepreneur what may at first sight appear to be an easy way to start up in business . |
| 8 | The extent to which the sector as a whole has grown dramatically in recent years is underlined in new figures produced for the government 's report by the research group , Graham Bannock and Partners . |
| 9 | However , while shoplifting occurred in the past , the extent of the crime has grown massively in recent years . |
| 10 | The scope of day and domiciliary care has grown sharply in recent years , although it is still woefully inadequate in relation to the demand for services , particularly the home help service . |
| 11 | The numbers of TNCs based in Third World countries , particularly the NICs , has grown rapidly in recent years , and some Third World TNCs are extremely large and wield considerable influence ( Lall , 1983 ) . |
| 12 | The use of CDs has grown rapidly in recent years . |
| 13 | The range of articles produced on the home and export markets has grown considerably in recent years . |
| 14 | The reputation of Angelica Kauffman ( 1741–1807 ) has risen steadily in recent years , since she ceased to be regarded as a minor decorative artist and began to reassume the esteem accorded her by her contemporaries . |
| 15 | The proportion of children born outside marriage has risen dramatically in recent years . |
| 16 | In Swindon , a council report suggests the problem has risen twelvefold in recent years . |
| 17 | Another problem arises from the fact that most of the foreign exchange deposits have been made in Deutschemarks , and that the value of the Deutschemark has risen considerably in recent years compared with the value of the dollar . |
| 18 | Legal aid expenditure has risen rapidly in recent years , and the legal profession has repeatedly offered to work with the Government to control the rising costs of legal aid . |
| 19 | The cost of replacing your possessions has risen greatly in recent years . |
| 20 | South-west Scotland has suffered much in recent years at the hands of more persistent ‘ improvers ’ : tree-farmers . |
| 21 | Because it inhabits coastal waters in heavily populated and fished areas , the harbour porpoise has suffered greatly in recent years . |
| 22 | Nigel , 27 , succeeds Colin Auton who has moved on after seven years at the hotel . |
| 23 | Mail order has expanded significantly in recent years ; the most popular type of trader in this section is the mail order warehouse , which carries a large range of goods . |
| 24 | Although our knowledge of the processes involved in the formation of oil from kerogen has expanded rapidly in recent years , our understanding of gas generation has lagged behind . |
| 25 | Kofi , her husband , has done well in four years of selling plastic shoes on the river . |
| 26 | Radio 4 's excellent Margaret Howard , who presents Pick of The Week ( and has done so for 17 years ) is in the same boat . |
| 27 | Brian Tustian , who has farmed organically for five years is looking forward to the opportunity of dealing with his customers personally : it gives him a chance to put the case for organic produce himself , and he can cope better with the variable quantity of his supplies at a market . |
| 28 | The ancient sandstone bridge at Bangor-on-Dee carries one-way traffic from Wrexham over the river and into the village but it has weathered badly in recent years possibly because of attack by acid rain . |
| 29 | The meeting has deteriorated sharply in recent years , in both standard and numbers taking part , and that is a great tragedy . |
| 30 | MIDDLESBROUGH stockbroker Wise Speke has pulled ahead in this year 's Share Race . |