Example sentences of "but in [adj] [noun] [pers pn] has " in BNC.
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1 | But in recent years he has spent £50,000 of his own money and much time on charitable causes . |
2 | Glass-fibre remains an inexpensive and effective reinforcement material , but in recent years it has been upstaged by Kevlar and carbon fibre , two stronger but more costly materials that owe their high profile largely to their use in formula racing cars . |
3 | The company at one time had a significant tie to the defence industry , but in recent years it has focused on what it knows best — speciality chemicals . |
4 | But in recent years it has lost its fury . |
5 | It was traditionally associated with Persia and the southern Caucasus , but in recent years it has been incorporated into the repertoire of weaving groups in other rug-making countries . |
6 | Much of the Forestry Commission 's early planting was certainly crude and insensitive , but in recent years it has become more attentive to its landscaping responsibilities ( not least because the Forestry Commission has found that there is money to be made out of tourism if it does so ) and now employs landscape consultants to advise on its planting policies . |
7 | Often they still are , but in recent years it has become common for other senior academics to act as heads of departments , sometimes in rotation . |
8 | Like many a similar building it had declined in status but in recent years it has been handsomely restored to its former glory . |
9 | Of the domestic borrowers , local authorities issued , in the years between the mid-1950s and the early 1980s , a large volume of stocks ( over five years to maturity ) and negotiable bonds ( from one to four years to maturity ) ; but in recent years it has been government policy to centralise most public-sector borrowing and as a result public issues by local authorities have all but ceased . |
10 | The Citroen BX has long been Britain 's most popular diesel-engined car but in recent months it has been overtaken by another model from the same French stable the ZX . |
11 | In tropical countries the importance of maintaining the cold chain is recognised , but in temperate countries it has been given little attention until recently . |
12 | But in all cases he has been stopped by diocesan authorities as the centres are outside his parish . |
13 | But in real life she has had to make the difficult transition from child to adult star . |
14 | Since Edward Elgar 's first symphony in 1908 , British music has enjoyed its greatest age ; but in international reputation it has made Britain little more than one musical nation among many . |
15 | It was designed as a safety net , but in many respects it has now become a high wire for farmers . |
16 | The tale is all too familiar , but in this case it has a tragic poignancy : Leopold 's heart was broken by his son 's defection , and the rift between them remained unhealed even at the old man 's death . |
17 | Again it is generally definable only through social custom but in this case it has more significance since the breaking of social taboo may have adverse effect on the child . |
18 | Phylloxera is generally considered to be the greatest disaster in French viticultural history , but in some respects it has also been a blessing . |
19 | But in any case it has been clearly apparent to all fieldworking anthropologists for at least sixty years that the various kinds of performance which have , in the past , been assigned to the categories " magic " , " religion " , " magico-religious " , are expressions of artistic creativity rather than misguided attempts to control the material world by mechanical means . |