Example sentences of "[noun] in recent years [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The former Soviet international has established herself as the world 's leading female middle distance runner in recent years she won the 1500 metres and 3,000 metres at the inaugural World Championships in Rome in 1987 and finished third and first respectively in the same events at the Seoul Olympics a year later . |
| 2 | Because there 's been a dramatic increase in traffic in recent years we need to assess the impact on the river 's special environment . |
| 3 | I like big heads that are flat at the back , not pointed , and for that reason in recent years it is Korean males who have attracted me most , with their rich , straight black hair laid perpendicularly on that square-backed skull — always , to me , the sign of a male good at mathematics , the sexiest science . |
| 4 | After attending Sunday Mass in several parishes in recent years I have experienced attempts in some churches to get the people singing . |
| 5 | Gorbachev disclosed that " for the first time in recent years we laid quite a strong stress on what our economic relations should be like " , although he failed to provide details on the precise content of the talks . |