Example sentences of "year [pron] has be a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There has , however , been a change of climate in recent years which has been a result of the pressures for accountability spelt out in Chapter 1 . |
| 2 | In the main it causes few problems , but in recent years there has been a rise in cases that cause conflict for the advice worker . |
| 3 | In the last ten or fifteen years there has been a trend away from this geographical separation of the clinic , and there are now several purpose-built departments above ground designed as integral parts of new hospital complexes . |
| 4 | In recent years there has been a trend on the part of certain police authorities to move from discussing equipment , etc. , to attempting to influence styles of policing and indeed to involve themselves in operational matters , for example in relation to industrial disputes and demonstrations . |
| 5 | The choice of channels utilised by a producer is determined ultimately by the customer , and in recent years there has been a trend towards shorter channels , as customers , especially in consumer markets , realise that there are price advantages to be gained when middlemen , or retailers , are by-passed in the chain of distribution . |
| 6 | AFTER some 19 years there has been a change of leadership on the North Norfolk Railway . |
| 7 | For some years there has been a tendency " in professional examinations to use fixed multiple.choice questions . |
| 8 | In postwar years there has been a tendency for MPs to be even more middle-class than they were hitherto . |
| 9 | But the trend is towards taking the bitterness and confrontation out of divorce , and in the last few years there has been a growth in the number of ‘ mediation ’ and ‘ conciliation ’ ( not to be confused with reconciliation ) services available . |
| 10 | In recent years there has been a growth in the number of schools introducing ‘ schools-industry ’ work into the curriculum . |
| 11 | However , over recent years there has been a growth in such activity , largely through the medium of television . |
| 12 | In recent years there has been a move in UK schools to standardise scientific nomenclature , and to phase out imperial measurements in favour of metric ones . |
| 13 | Over the last 20 years there has been a move away from looking at children and adults in isolation towards looking at the needs of both , in terms of the family . |
| 14 | In recent years there has been a move to teach young people in residential care practical skills such as cooking and budgeting which they will need when they leave care . |
| 15 | In recent years there has been a move to much bigger primary care teams , which has generally been welcomed . |
| 16 | Better police equipment might lead to more offences being recorded , as might an increase in police numbers , and over the last few years there has been a recruitment drive by the police . |
| 17 | There is no village now , but for a thousand years there has been a manor . |
| 18 | For a thousand years there has been a manor on this site , which belonged to Hesdins , Wriothosleys , Badds and Worgans until the nineteenth century . |
| 19 | During the last few years there has been a lot of publicity about food poisoning . |
| 20 | Over the past 30 years there has been a sprinkling of repairable incidents and three Spitfires totally lost with pilot fatality . |
| 21 | I repeat that in the past 10 years there has been a devolution of power down into the regions right across Europe , not only inside the EC . |
| 22 | In the last few years there has been a succession of reports , mostly emanating from the continent of Europe , claiming good results from vaccines against herpes virus . |
| 23 | For twenty five years he has been a member of Equity and has played a different number of roles . |
| 24 | For several years he has been a helper , and having decided to return to Birmingham where he had a distinguished career as a teacher of English , he resolved to give us the greater part of the library , collected over many years by himself and his late wife . |
| 25 | For the last two years he has been a hospital porter . |
| 26 | Once or twice this year there has been a suggestion you should seek fulfilment further afield — even radically changing location — and the time is ripe for this . |
| 27 | This year there has been a cash outflow in respect of the amounts provided . |