Example sentences of "[adj] in [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most obvious example of this in recent years , of course , has been the relationship between Lloyds Bank plc , Black Horse Agencies plc and the various unlimited companies acquired by the latter . |
| 2 | Two consequences have followed from this in recent years . |
| 3 | I was questioned about this in recent years when I visited the Camp during one of my lecture rounds to the ATC in the Highlands , but I only add this yarn to illustrate that it takes all kinds to make any air force station , and I am sure our childrens ' children will be told and the tale will no doubt be embroidered to suit the occasion . |
| 4 | To achieve this in four years ' time I would be doing |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't know if I want to be doing this in ten years ’ time but I certainly believe it is important to plan ahead . |
| 6 | Whenever he thought about this in later years , his memory would go back to the Cuddesdon time and the shock of seeing a House of Commons pretending that it knew how people ought to say their prayers . |
| 7 | How many Masai will be doing this in twenty years ’ time ? |
| 8 | Stockbroking will be very different in ten years ’ time , and it has changed totally since I started . |
| 9 | What will be different in ten years time ? |
| 10 | I remember a recurring nightmare that has only become clear in recent years through an interest in dreams . |
| 11 | Since they formed in Birmingham way back in 1978 , they have been leading players in the UK 's reggae movement , even if their sound has become rather commercial in recent years . |
| 12 | The teaching force , disillusioned and aggrieved at the treatment it has received from a succession of Secretaries of State , has been less willing in recent years to devote unpaid hours to community bridge-building . |
| 13 | Looking ahead our present rate of growth will give us a national output three times as high in fifty years |
| 14 | You ca n't have grown that high in eighteen years , stood up to all those gales , frosts , rain and hail , and not be bounding with energy . ’ |
| 15 | In spite of these objections , there may be some truth in the statement that UK labour costs have been too high in recent years and that this has made UK industries less competitive in world markets . |
| 16 | Because his sentences run concurrently he could be free in two years and will almost certainly be free in a little over four years . |
| 17 | What I wish to discuss then is the contention of some in recent years that ‘ Jesus was a feminist ’ . |
| 18 | Owing in part to their lower cost , it has become popular in recent years to replace both clay plain tiles and slates with interlocking concrete tiles . |
| 19 | Fresh cheeses have become much more popular in recent years and cows ' and goats ' milk varieties are now available in most good supermarkets . |
| 20 | Inflatables have become more and more popular in recent years . |
| 21 | The matrix structure has become popular in recent years with project based organisations and with many educational establishments . |
| 22 | Although job sharing has become more popular in recent years , many people do n't think of suggesting it , which is a shame because the benefits to both mother and employers are huge . |
| 23 | Bismuth has also become popular in recent years as a treatment in peptic ulcer to eradicate Helicobacter pylori . |
| 24 | Self-help and support groups have become popular in recent years , and the best of these include a skilled professional . |
| 25 | Lead-free petrol has of course only been popular in recent years . |
| 26 | We are also prepared to run an extra In-Service Training Day in the summer term , as these have proved popular in recent years , so come with your ideas for that too . |
| 27 | Peck adds that the private or ‘ stop ’ bull-runnings , which became popular in later years , had an effigy of St. Andrew , who replaced Taurus in the Christian ‘ Apostolic Zodiac ’ . |
| 28 | We at Flight Refuelling Limited were very interested in Andrew Smith 's article on Centrifugal Launchers in the October issue ( p46 ) since we have been instrumental in recent years in developing the concept to routinely launch jet aircraft . |
| 29 | I was a little foolish in earlier years before the electric light , trying to read and sew by the light of an oil lamp and pressing on when I should have stopped and rested my eyes . |
| 30 | Many graduates will remember with pleasure the Highfields Lido , the open-air swimming pool , which sadly lay derelict in recent years . |