Example sentences of "[verb] in recent years and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dovaston is unable to list them publicly because many of the crimes have been committed in recent years and a number are still sub judice . |
| 2 | On route from Kilham to Lowthorpe , the heavy stone base of the cross fell off at Ruston Parva and embedded itself in the verge side there , from where it was rescued in recent years and now stands on Ruston Parva village green . |
| 3 | The retired docker 's health has suffered in recent years and he has trouble getting up the stairs at their maisonette . |
| 4 | The retired docker 's health has suffered in recent years and he has trouble getting up the stairs at their maisonette . |
| 5 | Pressure for the conversion or redevelopment of historic houses and estates in financial difficulties has grown in recent years and is causing concern to those wishing to preserve the traditional countryside . |
| 6 | Bilateral trade between the two had grown in recent years and was expected to reach $3,200 million in 1990 and $3,500 million in 1991 . |
| 7 | The number of students successfully changing fields has risen in recent years and now stands at 30 per cent of the intake . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | A marked change in status has occurred in recent years and is now a regular winter visitor , although as recently as 1953 it was rarer than Whooper Swan . |
| 10 | ‘ Several serious incidents have occurred in recent years and in the worst , there have been deaths . ’ |
| 11 | Serious incidents had occurred in recent years and one man was serving a prison sentence after his conviction in 1991 for manslaughter , the report said . |
| 12 | It challenges some of the teaching methods that have been used in recent years and it suggests that schools should concentrate on commonsense , practical teaching . |
| 13 | Insurance , both life and non-life , has been rapidly expanding in recent years and this is a continuing trend as people and companies become more risk-conscious and because of the growth in the pensions industry . |
| 14 | Several unions , conscious that their membership had fallen in recent years and looking round for new areas of recruitment , homed in on " non-standard " workers . |
| 15 | In this programme we are going to look at the way in which British music has developed in recent years and its relationship to that produced by Continental Europe . |
| 16 | The Old Mill , at the west end of the village , was still operative until the early years of the Second World War , and the New Mill at the east end , which lost its sails in a gale so severe that parts of them were found in the next village , has been restored in recent years and is now a very attractive dwelling . |
| 17 | Agricultural rural policies enacted in recent years and the trend of current debate indicate encouragement of farm diversification and the development of a wider rural activity base , increasingly environmental and conservation measures and a reduction in price support measures for agricultural commodities . |
| 18 | Fortunately , the bias against other accents and dialects has waned in recent years and today they are appreciated for the variety they bring to the language . |
| 19 | Having dealt at length with the management and , to a limited extent , with the financing of public sector higher education , we shall now consider in more detail the ‘ pooling ’ arrangements that have obtained in recent years and the likely criteria upon which NAB 's financial decisions will be based . |
| 20 | THE whole question of sex education in school has arisen in recent years and has become a matter of real importance . |
| 21 | However , enthusiasm for mazes has been renewed in recent years and , with over 100 , Britain now has more mazes open to the public than any other European country . |
| 22 | However , a great deal has been achieved in recent years and I shall always be proud of the Department and more importantly its employees . |
| 23 | This is partly due to the privatization programme which has been implemented in recent years and has reduced the number of public corporations . |
| 24 | That has improved in recent years and I congratulate the local authority and the local schools and colleges on that . |