Example sentences of "and in [adj] years [pron] [verb] " in BNC.

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1	And in recent years they 've played a growing role in encouraging the public to recycle their rubbish .
2	And in the 70s , we were again working in Appalachia ; and in recent years we have expanded our program to again include the entire south . ’
3	Many fashions such as the kipper tie and the string tie have come and gone , and in recent years there has been an upsurge in the popularity of vivid colours and flamboyant designs .
4	Ciba-Geigy runs company management courses and in recent years there has been a steady increase in the number of women in these courses .
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	I 've worked with children in various settings , mainly in secondary school , and in recent years I 've worked with students , so when I try to make that sort of categorization I find it very difficult .
7	Dance has always been his first love and in recent years he 's been on tour six times with his own company .
8	In 1850 therefore the deer were officially banished , and in five years they had all been killed off .
9	As Cynthia says : ‘ We found Dave entertaining children at Chessington World of Adventures , and in 25 years I had never met anyone who got on more naturally with children . ’
10	A former schoolteacher and the wife of a Magee College lecturer , she was of pronounced left-wing sympathies and in later years she became Bernadette Devlin 's secretary in London .
11	Here John learned to appreciate the material things in life and in later years he allowed journalists to make the mistake of attributing John George 's wealth and position to him at this time .

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