Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] in [adj] years [pron] " in BNC.

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1 All farms have rats and mice but in recent years they have been coming through from the barn into the house and getting into the furniture .
2 A former schoolteacher and the wife of a Magee College lecturer , she was of pronounced left-wing sympathies and in later years she became Bernadette Devlin 's secretary in London .
3 ‘ It was made in his atelier so I went over for the fittings and in those years I was very sure of myself .
4 Ciba-Geigy runs company management courses and in recent years there has been a steady increase in the number of women in these courses .
5 This is a landmark visible for miles along the coast ; indeed there was a protest from seafarers when in recent years it was feared the spire might need to be dismantled .
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