Example sentences of "increase in [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | The number of part-time women workers has continued to increase in recent years despite the recession , growing steadily from 2.8 million in 1971 to 4.2 million in 1984 . |
| 2 | Backbench protests and revolts have , however , tended to increase in recent years , reflecting the changing background of MPs , and growing divisions of opinion over policy issues within parties ( see Norton , 1985 , pp. 23–81 ) . |
| 3 | In the first year of its operation only 5 per cent of polytechnic and college funding was allocated on the basis of competitive bidding , but the proportion is expected to be increased to 10 per cent in 1991 and further increases in subsequent years can be anticipated . |
| 4 | Geothermal activities have so increased in recent years that these baths are now closed ; they are too hot , too dangerous . |
| 5 | The provision of evening courses had increased in recent years particularly in the family farming areas . |
| 6 | Certainly the number of patents and papers concerning natural antiulcer products and derivatives has increased in recent years . |
| 7 | These shortfalls have increased in recent years due to cultivators avoiding cash crops altogether which attract poor prices , bureaucratic and policy-making bungling , and to a general neglect of the building up of physical and institutional infrastructure to aid farming . |
| 8 | Like most other things , the cost of rebuilding and repairs has greatly increased in recent years . |
| 9 | If women are convicted of crimes in greater numbers ( and , as mentioned , female convictions have increased in recent years ) , it will be interesting to see how the police and the courts react . |
| 10 | The number occurring has apparently increased in recent years . |
| 11 | Although the number recorded has greatly increased in recent years , no real change in status may have occurred . |
| 12 | The demand for graduates in the disciplines of Business and Management has dramatically increased in recent years . |
| 13 | Sales of this typical high-fibre food have hugely increased in recent years . |
| 14 | Although the number of prosecutions and level of fines has increased in recent years , there were only 61 convictions in 1989 . |
| 15 | Moreover , its significance has increased in recent years relative to the role of natural increase . |
| 16 | This is partly because of the difficulty in deciding where boundaries should be drawn , a difficulty which has increased in recent years with the development of new organizational forms ( such as ‘ hived-off ’ agencies ) and with the increasing interpenetration of the public and private sectors . |
| 17 | whether the awareness and usage among new firm founders of government measures to assist small firms have increased in recent years . |
| 18 | The incidence of claims has increased in recent years . |
| 19 | The place has actually increased in recent years . |
| 20 | There is some evidence that the incidence of radiation bowel disease has increased in recent years as a result of changes in long established techniques . |
| 21 | Some of the largest US banks , e.g. Bank of America or Citibank , have earned up to 50 per cent of their annual profits from international operations ; thus a US banking presence overseas is likely to be maintained or increased in future years . |
| 22 | In large scale industry ( such as the Automotive Industry ) the use of cordless tools has been steadily increasing in recent years so it is by no means novel technology . |
| 23 | It was the smallest August increase in 10 years . |
| 24 | Estimates for 1989/90 put this figure at £1 billion — a one hundredfold increase in ten years . |
| 25 | The equivalent estimated figure from my research is 20.8 visits , which represents an almost fivefold increase in 25 years . |
| 26 | It would appear that the employer has a predilection for this type of trainee , and this trend may well increase in future years . |