Example sentences of "in recent years [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In recent years development pressures in Edinburgh have led to traffic and transport problems . |
| 2 | In recent years music tuition has been in decline . |
| 3 | Because in recent years hypnosis has tended to leave behind its mystical and Svengali-related image — and also because complementary medicine in general is far more widely accepted than it used to be — many people are less worried about the whole concept than before . |
| 4 | Invariant theory continued — albeit at a reduced level of intensity — and in recent years activity has begun to pick up again . |
| 5 | In recent years mathematics has undergone rapid growth and change . |
| 6 | Two instances where relationships have greatly deteriorated in recent years concern Huddersfield Polytechnic , as we have already noted , and the Polytechnic of Central London ( PCL ) . |
| 7 | But in recent years concern has been growing that economic forecasts are not up to the mark . |
| 8 | Under existing arrangements oil revenues were simply added to government revenue , and in recent years concern had grown among all political parties that the oil boom had led to wasteful investment . |
| 9 | In recent years emphasis has moved away from the teaching of ‘ craft ’ skills such as cookery and sewing towards the development of a range of practical and organisational skills which will enable young people to cope with the demands of living in constantly changing social and economic conditions . |
| 10 | In recent years funding and management of the health service has become something of a political football . |
| 11 | So far , at least , the official policy of the union has been to support the AWB , though in recent years criticism has been growing . |
| 12 | But in recent years criticism has become intense . |
| 13 | In recent years tunny fishing has become a popular sport around Madeira , and there are now many sport fishing boats available for hire . |
| 14 | In recent years tourism has also made an increasing impact on farming , particularly in the more scenically attractive and marginal farming areas , and in Scotland , at least 20 per cent of farms indulge in farm tourism , and farm tourism accounts for at least 10 per cent of net income ( Denman , 1978 ) . |
| 15 | In recent years evidence has begun to accumulate that the learning opportunities which project or topic work presents are rarely exploited to the full . |
| 16 | In recent years cereal production ( mainly barley ) had increased until the country was now reaching self-sufficiency . |
| 17 | In recent years coal gasification has become increasingly economically viable due to technological developments . |
| 18 | In recent years MDO subscription rates have risen sharply in response to the growing number of claims resulting from greater public expectations and willingness to sue , more ambitious surgical techniques and more expensive Court settlements . |
| 19 | In recent years cycling has grown in popularity and regrettably the number of accidents involving cyclists has increased to approximately 250 per year in Lothian Region . |
| 20 | In recent years cycling has grown in popularity and the number of accidents involving cyclists has increased . |
| 21 | In recent years cycling has grown in popularity and regrettably the number of accidents involving cyclists has increased to approximately 250 per year in Lothian Region . |
| 22 | In recent years Access , day part-time and Evening Degree programmes have been introduced with a considerable input from the Arts . |
| 23 | Initially the grants were concentrated mainly in the higher education sector but in recent years attention has been switched to the schools sector . |
| 24 | In recent years unification grammars have come to prominence in the computational linguistics community . |
| 25 | The windsurfing concept is not limited to use on the water and in recent years windsurfing sails have been seen on land , snow and ice . |
| 26 | In recent years cropping had taken over from livestock particularly on part-time farms . |
| 27 | In recent years Lending Services has been increasingly concerned about the impact of automation on inter-library lending activity and in particular on the Scottish Union Catalogue — concerns which are shared by colleagues in ILL work throughout the UK . |
| 28 | In recent years mystery with history has become a fairly popular sub-genre of crime fiction . |
| 29 | But in recent years sterling has appreciated against the US dollar but depreciated against the major European currencies and also the Japanese yen . |
| 30 | Industrial estates sprang up , particularly along the west and south of the circuit — in recent years Panther and AC have found their homes there . |