Example sentences of "[noun sg] in [adj] years and [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There has been a lot of this kind of partnership in recent years and there is no doubt that there is some mutual benefit but the benefits are unrelated for each party — the college gets a resource that it can use , the donor a warm sense of public spirit , a tax deduction or some publicity . |
| 2 | Thank you Mr Mayor I just wanted t to come in with two fairly quick points er as to why I will not be able to support this amendment , but the first is that the leader of the council has indicated that the efficiency savings erm has got as far as it can go and that , you know , we have been trimming at the margins and there is no more margin left and that leads you to believe that perhaps one should be looking at somewhat more er root and branch type of pruning in the spending that that the labour group want to actually erm deal with , er and the second point I would like to make , and er I thank councillor for giving us a a a a new word tonight obfuscation because that describes exactly what I think the labour group are trying to do by bringing this figure down it removes the embarrassment they would have from having to add on a substantial sum of money f due to the failure to collect the cou er the community charge in previous years and I think that they are trying by by this amendment with some very quick foot work to try and delude the people of this city . |
| 3 | The IT industry has been subject to rapid development in recent years and it is confidently expected that this trend will continue . |
| 4 | The very idea of the ‘ comprador bourgeoisie , ’ central to the dependency approach , appears to have fallen into disuse in recent years and there have been various attempts to reconceptualize what it refers to . |
| 5 | Hopefully as we improve our business , we may indeed see TV advertising in future years and we hope that we will become as well known as IBM , 3M or ICI . ’ |
| 6 | Men have got a bad press in recent years and I think it 's important that women should feel safe and secure with the new contacts they make . |