Example sentences of "[vb pp] in [adj] years [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the constituent countries of the UK , Northern Ireland had a considerable degree of devolved government but this has been modified in recent years pending resolution of Ireland 's partition problems . |
| 2 | They all have alluvial flood plains or levels of wet permanent pasture in which extensive flooding used to be of frequent occurrence , but many improvement schemes have been instituted in recent years with stretches of river being straightened and flood banks raised . |
| 3 | So much has been written in recent years about Ralph Sarich 's Orbital two-stroke engine that our award for technical innovation might appear somewhat tardy . |
| 4 | We were blissfully sheltered in those years at Somerville from most of the grimness of war — fully aware of this as we look back now , but even then conscious of our privileged position . |
| 5 | But they have been replaced in recent years by unknowns in a series of changes designed to breathe new life into the programme . |
| 6 | But they have been replaced in recent years by unknowns . |
| 7 | Pound has no recourse to that staple of anti-Russian propaganda in every generation ( some of it was being aired in these years in Eliot 's Criterion ) according to which the Russian is ‘ asiatic ’ , outside the confines of Europe . |
| 8 | Coppell , who is putting out the most inexperienced team he has fielded in nine years at Palace , said : ‘ Because Andy is a diabetic , he could not have the operation under general anaesthetic . |
| 9 | Considerable attention has been given in recent years to policies directed at training young people ( YTS , apprenticeship reform ) and the need to invest more as a nation in training in the interests of increased productivity . |
| 10 | A recognition of this truth doubtless underlies much of the attention given in recent years to matters liturgical . |
| 11 | In this report we provide a summary of the major research undertaken in recent years in Britain , and draw conclusions , insofar as this can be done . |
| 12 | ‘ The region has benefited in recent years from councillors with experience , awareness and clout … ’ |
| 13 | Much of the material has been found in recent years in synagogues , many themselves in poor states of repair or inaccessible to scholars as they are now in private hands . |
| 14 | Several historic buildings around this area at the top of the High Street have been restored in recent years as student residences . |
| 15 | This resulted in a substantial ozone change , with the column ozone reduced over a small area in mid-April to under 200DU , approaching the low values observed in recent years over Antarctica . |
| 16 | We read of Wellington 's distress at the terrible losses at Badajoz echoed in later years at Waterloo . |
| 17 | The book also includes major statements on communication issued in recent years at MacBride Round Table meetings and major WACC events . |
| 18 | Canon has diversified in recent years into business , computer-peripheral and semiconductor manufacturing equipment from its early reliance on cameras , which have neared market saturation . |
| 19 | Results of surveys taken in recent years in AIB have indicated that staff morale is low — as it is in all banks — and this can certainly be said for those in Britain where members have had to endure in the past five years a two year period of unreal thinking , the additional pressures brought on by the recession , the pressures brought on by short staffing and on top of all that the lack of recognition in monetary terms for their efforts in ‘ keeping the ship afloat ’ . |
| 20 | Its struggle for existence has taken in 20 years of Fascism and six years of wartime occupation . |
| 21 | Despite its poverty and its international isolation , Vietnam has been making a unique attempt to restore its tropical forest , one-fifth of which was lost in 20 years of war and its own mistakes . |
| 22 | This argument was to be repeated in succeeding years during discussions over reform of the international monetary system , in which the United States consistently held that balance of payments targets should be defined in terms of current and capital account combined . |
| 23 | I am now very much of the opinion that most evolution proceeds by sudden short steps or quanta as brilliantly expressed in recent years by Stephen Could . |
| 24 | Interruptible tariffs will soon be tested in two years of field trials costing about £1.5 million . |
| 25 | A new pension environment has been created in recent years by legislation designed to encourage individuals to arrange their own pensions . |
| 26 | It includes road-building , factory developments and reclamation programmes aimed at attracting 8,000 new jobs to the area , savaged in recent years by pit closures and job losses . |
| 27 | It also presupposes that the assumptions upon which social policies have been based in the past have changed in recent years in order to facilitate women 's participation in activities outside the home . |
| 28 | England had been swamped in recent years by publications of every sort on birds , and Gould was not the only one to feel the pressure of increasing competition . |
| 29 | ASPIRING coaches in the Durham and Cleveland area have been stunned to find that the cost of the basic part one course has doubled in two years to £88.50 . |
| 30 | Careers in management , the tax inspectorate , accountancy , computing and in central and local government have been prominent amongst those chosen in past years by graduates . |