Example sentences of "in [art] last [adj] years [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Glen Lyons , consultant trichologist at the Philip Kingsley Clinic , says : ‘ In the last five years I 've noticed a dramatic increase in the number of women suffering from hair and scalp conditions , particularly the speeding up of genetic hair loss . |
| 2 | And in the last five years he 's too old to do it . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ In the last 10 years we 've created more jobs than ever before , higher living standards than ever before , better social services than ever before , higher living … |
| 5 | In the last fifty years there have been problems for the fishermen and most have become unemployed or moved to other jobs . |
| 6 | In the last fifty years there has been increasing competition from foreign textile and clothing firms for markets in all parts of the world . |
| 7 | If that were so , there would scarcely be a government in the last 100 years which could be regarded as legitimate , but it is those uses of power and law which seem to betray or which can only be reasonably explained by a contempt for or at least an impatience with the principles of limited government and a belief that the rightness of the policies to be executed excuse or justify the methods whereby they are executed . |
| 8 | Sir , Trade publishing , both in this country and the US , has undergone a sea change in the last two years which I believe has gone unremarked . |
| 9 | But field staff fear that this might not be appreciated in head-quarters where senior officials might be unfamiliar with their routine strategies : ‘ One can say that because you have n't taken any stats in the last two years it 's because you 're a good lad , and people who you may have to take stats upon know that you 're around a lot , and they know that if they 're naughty it 's a two-edged thing , you can look at it two ways . ’ |
| 10 | He said that in the last two years he had met very few institutions which had not cut back their system budgets following the 1987 crash in share prices in the stock market . |
| 11 | ‘ In the last two years I have missed nearly everything , ’ he said . |
| 12 | In the last fifteen years we 've been a country where law had little to do with Labour relations . |
| 13 | ‘ In the last four years we have been asked to believe too many coincidences . |
| 14 | And in the last hundred years you 've done nothing but rob , fight , and murder ! |
| 15 | In the last six years he had seen her occasionally — in the street , at the Ritz ( Plumford 's only cinema , which was known locally as the Fleapit ) and once at a party . |
| 16 | In the last few years we have been promised ( and in the UK have never actually been given ) ready-made video programmes on EVR , requiring one set of equipment , and on videodisc , requiring another . |
| 17 | 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 … |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | In the last few years our understanding of pillow lavas has advanced dramatically , due almost entirely to some remarkable observations made by diver-geologists of pillow lavas actually in the process of formation in the sea off Hawaii . |
| 24 | In fact , in about 1971 there was a sudden spate of development in this area , and both the University Library and what was then Brighton Public Library and West Sussex all were innovators in those days , using computer-based lending systems , which used little cards with lots of little holes in them and — I am sure they are familiar to lots of people — in the last few years you 'll have seen those holes replaced by sort of zebra stripes erm what are called bar codes in the trade , and those bar codes you 'll also see on your groceries all over the place . |
| 25 | In the last few years you 'll have seen those holes replaced by sort of zebra stripes — what we call bar codes in the trade , and those bar codes you 'll also see on your groceries all over the place . |
| 26 | The economy has been so strong in the last few years it 's going to take a lot to bring it down . ’ |
| 27 | In the last few years it has become clear that many other churches are working in this way in every denomination . |
| 28 | In the last few years it has been appreciated by the House of Commons that the method of scrutiny chosen was not best adapted to influence the final shape of Community legislation . |
| 29 | In the last few years I have done a lot of float fishing from a punt for big bream and I can state quite categorically that , if it is done correctly , it can be a most deadly method of catching bream . |
| 30 | Ideally I would like to work part-time , and have written to you as in the last few years I have seen part-time posts advertised at Prentice 's . |