Example sentences of "but in [adj] years [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in recent years criticism has become intense . |
| 2 | Until the 1950s written language dominated the curriculum of our schools , but in recent years teachers have increasingly recognised the importance of spoken as well as written language . |
| 3 | But in recent years concern has been growing that economic forecasts are not up to the mark . |
| 4 | It might seem a daunting task , but in recent years climatologists have begun an intensive study of temperature changes on Earth . |
| 5 | But in recent years Microvitec has had a chequered history . |
| 6 | It had been said in the past that there was a convention that the House of Lords would not pass amendments calculated to alter the kernel of a bill approved by the Commons , but in recent years amendments have gone much further than altering the fine details of the Bill . |
| 7 | But in recent years sterling has appreciated against the US dollar but depreciated against the major European currencies and also the Japanese yen . |
| 8 | Initially the grants were concentrated mainly in the higher education sector but in recent years attention has been switched to the schools sector . |