Example sentences of "only in [art] last [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know , but I er , no I think I do n't know I 'm not you know , my experience of pension funds is it 's , it 's you know is only in the last two years really , I 'm er . |
| 2 | They were always a big league band in the States , but it 's only in the last five years or so that they have been rising up the Euro league . |
| 3 | Only in the last hundred years have most people in the developed world been able to read and write . |
| 4 | It is only in the last hundred years that the West has taken a serious interest in exactly where the different Anatolian rugs were made . |
| 5 | The advertising agency as we know it has emerged only in the last fifty years and it will continue to evolve as communication technology changes and mass communication becomes even more sophisticated . |
| 6 | Only in the last ten years or so had he been able to give up going to the country towns and villages for uncomfortable , if lucrative , one- or two-day visits ; only then had he found it possible to move from Jewtown to commodious rooms in Patrick Street , Cork 's main thoroughfare , where he could live as well as have his surgery . |
| 7 | It was perhaps only in the last ten years that Broadstairs had fully come to realise what treasure trove lay buried in its midst , and plaques began enthusiastically to sprout everywhere . |
| 8 | But it is only in the last 30 years that Australia has secured the knowledge , technique and the desire to produce the sort of subtle , light wines which we enjoy — and at which Australia excels . |
| 9 | *It is only in the last 15 years that the accumulated evidence has been strong enough to conclude that the regular consumption of up to four standard drinks a day may reduce the risk of coronary disease by as much as 50 per cent . ’ |
| 10 | It is only in the last 40 years with the growth of commuting that the towns on the outskirts — like say Arnold — have developed and grown . |
| 11 | Only in the last 150 years have a number of these buildings been demolished , but even so it is only in Paris , Chartres and few other instances that an open space in front of the building offers a clear view . |
| 12 | Rug-making declined after the late 18th century , and only in the last 20 years has Egypt begun to re-establish itself as an important force . |
| 13 | It 's only in the last few years that everyone has begun talking seriously about fibre in diet , although those who have always eaten a breakfast that includes all-bran have known for years about the virtues of fibre . |
| 14 | Although the pied flycatcher 's adultery has been known about since 1950 , it is only in the last few years that the scientist Rauno Alatalo and his colleagues , studying pied flycatchers in Sweden , have begun to unravel the finer details . |
| 15 | Its origins are disguised by its huge cob , and only in the last few years has genetic analysis teased out the whole truth about its humble cereal ancestry . |
| 16 | And I mean there has been up until fairly recently , it 's only in the last few years that relations have tended to get a bit better . |
| 17 | Only in the last few years have real efforts been made to equalize provision for different groups of the disabled and there is still a long way to go before we can claim to have adequate social security in this area . |
| 18 | It is only in the last few years , then , that new IT , mainly in the form of the microcomputer , has started to play a part in formal education . |
| 19 | He was a fan of the BCR though he came to know it only in the last few years of its life . |
| 20 | It is only in the last thirty-five years that animals had been allowed to have ‘ mental ’ processes other than learning and so it is only in that time that psychologists have developed the behavioural tests to investigate them . |
| 21 | ‘ Only in the last three years did it get in the way of anything and I was n't able to do any bounding ( a vital exercise in training ) or , in the end , any high jumping . ’ |