Example sentences of "[noun] in [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lord Salisbury 's active and generous support of the BDA and of the deaf community as a whole has been a significant factor in the development of the Association in recent years . |
| 2 | Moreover , in a study by Smith-Goosne and Bennett ( 1988 ) , it was suggested that there has been a major rise in work-effort in recent years . |
| 3 | And Brucie , 35 next month , will relish the chance to return against the team that has caused Liverpool so much grief in recent years . |
| 4 | There is a financial risk in producing your own cards and there is little chance of selling old stock in future years . |
| 5 | It seems likely that the apparent increase in the residential segregation of the elderly since the inter-war period reflects both the substantial rise in the housing stock in recent years ( from 16.2 million to 20.5 million units between 1961 and 1981 ) and the increased financial resources of elderly people , which together have allowed more of them to continue to live private and independent lives . |
| 6 | The three Masses and the Gradualia have been championed a great deal in recent years , sometimes meshed with one another in the ‘ liturgical reconstruction ’ manner , although there are reasons for believing that Byrd did not have that in mind . |
| 7 | Despite being a launchpad for bands like Sweden 's Abba and producing a string of hits the Eurovision Song Contest has been panned by fans in recent years . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Bob Hilborn , chief food technologist , primary agricultural products , reveals a further advantage of ICMS : ‘ In many ways the increased use of chemical pesticides in recent years was an easy option for growers , but not a cheap one . |
| 10 | Reported to include a pair of airworthy Skyraiders , along with a collection of 26 restorable aircraft , plus a large aero engine collection , spares holdings , automobiles , tools and equipment , this must be one of the largest ‘ one man ’ collections to come under the hammer in recent years . |
| 11 | One aspect of Clinton 's growth plan is a ‘ targeted ’ investment tax credit of 10% of the increased costs of investment in qualifying plant and equipment over the amount of such investment in prior years . |
| 12 | However the increasingly similar basis underlying national soil maps allows correlation to take place more easily and a soil map of the world which is in an advanced state of preparation is envisaged ( Bridges , 1978a ) as the basis of soil geography in future years . |
| 13 | Kitty says she got involved in amateur home porn video-making through swinging , the Seventies open-marriage ‘ lifestyle movement ’ that seems to have regained popularity among some suburbanites in recent years . |
| 14 | Studio Pottery will aim to present an informative picture of the current state of studio pottery/ceramics in the UK ( a field which has witnessed a rise in interest and consequently prices at auction in recent years ) . |
| 15 | Bouguereau has not been selling well at auction in recent years , and it is possible that the recent exhibition at Borghi & Co. in New York has stimulated a revival of interest in his work . |
| 16 | Here around Alto Foresta in recent years , hundreds of thousands of acres of virgin forest have been burned and continue to be burned to provide pasture for cattle . |
| 17 | Table 8.1 gives a picture of the relative importance of these different sources of revenue in alternate years of the period 1979–87 . |
| 18 | We also reviewed such evidence as has been submitted to us about the possible relation between the number of executions in particular years and the incidence of murder in succeeding years . |
| 19 | It was all of these factors and experiences which made him an outstanding teacher and a distinguished consultant ( perhaps the only person to be Chairman of the local association of the ICE and IStructE in successive years ) . |
| 20 | Precipitation decreases occurred over much of the United States , most of Europe and Russia and over Japan , while increases in precipitation over India and the Middle East were indicative of a more intense monsoon circulation in warm years ( figure 6.17b ) . |
| 21 | Mr Jarvis , who spent £40m expanding the chain on the Continent in recent years , said the decision followed Whitbread 's inability to negotiate a new exit clause in the franchise agreement which would have given it more protection . |
| 22 | Europe should not hold any fears for the English cup-holders after only four defeats , including two on penalty strokes , in 22 matches on the Continent in recent years . |
| 23 | Because of the limited recruitment and early retirements in recent years , most of their teachers will come from what is loosely known as the ‘ Sixties generation ’ . |
| 24 | A keen interest this weekend will be on how Seve Ballesteros , the inspiration of Europe 's side in previous years , fares . |
| 25 | His economic populism had a powerful appeal to white working-class and middle-class voters , who had often viewed the Democrats as too ready to promote race-based liberalism at their expense in recent years . |
| 26 | Although in the case of the UK there have been substantial additions to the official reserves in recent years ( a consequence of foreign exchange market intervention , even though the UK has , technically , a floating or market-determined exchange rate ) this growth in the reserves has not matched the increase in capital flows . |
| 27 | They just do n't actually have that information , a lot of small local groups , and I think maybe the C B S could work with the Engineers department in future years and try to get to those groups , because I 'm sure a lot of them , actually if they were given the opportunity in time to get in , that , that you might have a lot of people applying for flag and whatever than you do now . |
| 28 | Increased use of our scientific , communication and training skills will enable us to play an even more active part in Community research in future years . |
| 29 | At Warwick University ( England ) , doctors Steve Van Toller and George Dodd have been carrying out a great deal of research in recent years into the relationship between smell and emotion . |
| 30 | Our discussion of evaluation shows how such small-scale , in-house research can be equally valuable as the ‘ big ’ research in recent years . |