Example sentences of "in [adj] years [coord] [pron] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has meant a fall in the demand for residential care which had been increasing rapidly in previous years and it is the duty of the relevant authorities to plan future provision er so that everything will work smoothly for those most in need . |
| 2 | There has been a lot of this kind of partnership in recent years and there is no doubt that there is some mutual benefit but the benefits are unrelated for each party — the college gets a resource that it can use , the donor a warm sense of public spirit , a tax deduction or some publicity . |
| 3 | We have published reviews of a fair number of headphones in recent years and there is ample evidence that this uniquely personal and involving method of listening to music remains very popular . |
| 4 | THE Law and its administration have seen changes in recent years and there are more to come . |
| 5 | Perhaps those advising Mr Lamont consider the objective has been achieved by the high drilling success rates in recent years and there are enough oil and gas finds to sustain development work for the immediate future . |
| 6 | The number of non-party political members of principal councils has declined steadily in recent years and it is usual in the large towns and cities for the authority to be governed by one or more of the political parties acting on a group basis . |
| 7 | Add to this the rapid growth in the numbers of expeditions , climbers and trekkers which has occurred in recent years and it is not surprising that the problem has reached massive proportions despite the availability of new access sites from Tibet which was opened to climbers in 1980 . |
| 8 | The IT industry has been subject to rapid development in recent years and it is confidently expected that this trend will continue . |
| 9 | The debate over what has become known as ‘ blindsight ’ has become very heated in recent years and it is difficult to see which side is correct . |