Example sentences of "in [art] [adj] [adj] years [ex0] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the immediate post-war years there was an attempt to absolve the bureaucracy of responsibility for externally aggressive and internally repressive policies , by pointing out the ways in which bureaucrats had tried to hold back military excesses . |
| 2 | In the following two years there were violent confrontations at prospective nuclear sites throughout Europe . |
| 3 | In the next few years there will be fewer young people and these tend to make up the majority of staff in many outlets , so caterers — and particularly the large chains — will come to rely more on automation in the near future . ’ |
| 4 | It is likely that in the next few years there will be pressure to bring into production the remaining hectares of delimited land , although economics and the overall strategy of the Champagne market will also play their part . |
| 5 | In the past 10 years there have been many suggestions of an increased incidence of cancer , or of clusters of cases , in the vicinity of nuclear installations . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Whilst numbers of full-time farmers had fallen by 28% in the past ten years there had only been an 8% reduction in the number of part-time farmers . |
| 8 | In the past ten years there has been no major new investment in Kenya , a country previously regarded as an oasis of economic success in east Africa . |
| 9 | In the past few years there have been signs of its introduction and extension by manufacturing organisations experiencing increasing volatility in their markets , increasing inability to predict their manpower requirements and increasing pressures to minimise labour costs . |
| 10 | in real terms under the last Labour Government , whereas in the past 12 years there has been an increase of more than 19 per cent . |
| 11 | In the last five years there has been a clear commitment from the Nursery/First , Middle and Comprehensive schools to work in a co-operative and supportive way , resulting in a pyramid of schools developing coherence and continuity for young people in the area from the ages 3–16 . |
| 12 | In the last fifty years there have been problems for the fishermen and most have become unemployed or moved to other jobs . |
| 13 | In the last fifty years there has been increasing competition from foreign textile and clothing firms for markets in all parts of the world . |
| 14 | In the last few years there has been an increasing realization that many modern production methods are not only very wasteful but probably also unnecessary … |
| 15 | Initially , the area improved under township schemes in Lewis and Harris greatly exceeded that improved individually , but in the last few years there have been hardly any new township schemes . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | In the last few years there has been a strong demand from Germany as well , but on the whole it has been a home breed rather than a traveller . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | In the last few years there has been some debate about the provision , role and effectiveness of postgraduate training in the social sciences in the UK . |
| 20 | As guardians of its wildlife , Hong Kong 's British tenants can not be said to have done very well , though in the last ten years there have been attempts by Hong Kong conservationists to save what is left . |
| 21 | Because of the recent return to figuration in the last ten years there is an enormous interest in British portraiture , but they put on a show like the ‘ Swagger portrait ’ only at the Tate Gallery ; why do n't they do it at the Gallery of Modern Art in Rome ; why not the Palazzo Reale , Milan ? |
| 22 | In the last 15 years there has been an enormous increase in the volume of frozen chips being consumed , even although straight-cut chips for frying still account for more than half the chips bought . |
| 23 | In the last twenty years there have been times when he would have done better to return to investment in land . |
| 24 | Clearly in the last twenty years there has been growing controversy about fundamental aspects of policing , unprecedented in this century . |
| 25 | In the last 20 years there have been three major price booms — 1972/73 , 1979/80 and the most recent from 1985 to 1988 . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , in the last 20 years there has been a sharp increase in the production and sale of smokeless tobacco in some developed countries . |