Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] years [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Changes in sexual law of recent years give evidence of a gradual movement towards tolerance and understanding , and without doubt this has been the true state of affairs in the United Kingdom during the present generation . |
| 2 | Bath players of recent years have never appeared as convincing for England as they regularly do for Bath ; while if they are part of one of those curious South-West sides their form goes down yet another notch . |
| 3 | The hot alpine summers of recent years have made these sort of conditions all too prevalent , particularly early in the season when there are masses of spring snow ready to melt . |
| 4 | The technical advances of recent years have made it possible for a particularly skilled artist , such as Matt Yuricich , working for instance on the final rooftop confrontation between Deckard ( Harrison Ford ) and Roy Batty ( Rutger Hauer ) in Blade Runner , to reduce the number of generations of film going into the composite ( ie action + backgrounds ) by imitating the colours of film rather than of nature ( or , in this case , of the concrete jungle ) . |
| 5 | Very few politicians of recent years have lived in simpler surroundings and with less show of luxury . |
| 6 | The new liturgical texts of recent years have generally lacked music to accompany them . |
| 7 | The changes of recent years have brought a small but measurable increase in the size of the audience , now at just under half a million listeners , in spite of its transmission being confined to AM at an off-peak time . |
| 8 | The public conflicts of recent years have involved confrontations between different political ideologies : the resistance from the Clay Cross Urban District to the Conservative Housing Finance Act ; the rejection by Merthyr County Borough of the Conservatives ' withdrawal of free milk for schoolchildren ; the resistance of a number of Conservative education authorities to the Labour commitment to the introduction of comprehensive secondary education ; the resistance of Labour local authorities to the Conservative government 's legislation on the sale of council houses ; and the forms of creative accounting developed in the mid-1980s by some local authorities to evade expenditure restraints . |
| 9 | Already it is possible to identify significant differences between changes in the distribution of population and employment , but the developments of recent years have sown the seeds for potentially much greater dislocation in the future . |
| 10 | The experiences of recent years have challenged this presumption , but the nettle has still not really been grasped . |
| 11 | Undoubtedly , the most dramatic events of recent years have been those associated with the disintegration of the communist regimes in Eastern Europe . |
| 12 | Although the minshuku of recent years have improved their western visitor facilities , they tend to be still family-run without the refinement of modern hotel management training for their staff . |
| 13 | Many of the initiatives laboured over in previous years have come to fruition and a host of new ventures has sprung up , bringing fresh opportunities and challenges . |
| 14 | Mr Fallon was told some forces in previous years have not been able to take up the extra posts , which have then been redistributed to other places . |
| 15 | They confer a right to the ‘ equity ’ in the company and , in so far as members can be said to own the company , the ordinary shareholders are its proprietors , It is they who bear the lion 's share of the risk and they who in good years take the lion 's share of the profits ( after the directors and managers have been remunerated ) . |
| 16 | Does not the record in recent years show that such contacts can facilitate the resumption of diplomatic relations , especially if tackled on an all-party basis by Members of this House ? |
| 17 | His son Michael has in recent years become the more famous actor , but with the re-release of Spartacus , Kirk Douglas , now 74 , is back on the big screen again . |
| 18 | Articled clerks , recently renamed trainee solicitors , are paid salaries , which have in recent years become increasingly attractive . |
| 19 | The ’ chancer ’ or ’ bodger ’ in the building industry has in recent years become more of a problem . |
| 20 | In fact , in this company division , cost-accounting had in recent years become pre-eminently a pre-investment activity , but this obviously was a function of the nature of the business . |
| 21 | Problems of environmental pollution have in recent years become a matter of growing concern both in EC member states and at the EC level itself . |
| 22 | His shamanistic beliefs and espousal of the Zippy/techno-pagan attitudes that have flourished in clubland in recent years mean that when they 're not running scare stories ( Mister C organises sex and drug cult , Shamen gigs as wild drug orgies etc ) , they can do ‘ Mister C — New Age Wacko ’ stuff instead ( tales of his telepathic connection with his twin sister ) . |
| 23 | Linguistics ought to be simply the study of language , and if the pragmatic , cognitive and procedural dimensions of language study which have become apparent in recent years mean that linguistics ( as an institution and a discipline ) has to take these dimensions on board , then so be it . |
| 24 | Changes in the Pakistan Penal Code introduced in recent years make it a criminal offence for Ahmadis to profess , practice and propagate their faith . |
| 25 | In recent years fare rises on the line have outstripped inflation and it 's not yet clear whether the new private operators will be forced by law to contain their prices , as were the newly privatised phone and gas companies . |
| 26 | The Pope said : ‘ Events in recent years have seriously aggravated the differences between us . ’ |
| 27 | A mountain bike is the perfect touring vehicle for Nepal 's roads , which in recent years have deteriorated badly . |
| 28 | Tranmere Rovers .... 3 Leyton Orient ...... 0 TRANMERE ROVERS , who in recent years have survived a threat of extinction as well as only just preserving League membership , reinforced their position as Third Division leaders by overcoming Leyton Orient , thereby stretching the margin to four points . |
| 29 | Alyssum flourishes , whatever the weather , and breeding advances in recent years have made this plant a lot more versatile . |
| 30 | It is quite usual to find large joints of roast beef and pork for slicing on the delicatessen counter , but two of the more interesting meats to reach us in recent years have been smoked turkey and pastrami . |