Example sentences of "[prep] recent years [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the males in Norway , one of the best of recent years that I have particularly liked was Norwegian Ch. |
| 2 | Accommodation and compromise have not characterized the attitudes and actions of the young university-educated activists of the DUP of recent years because they grew up in the zero-sum game , and even if they forgot its rules long enough to consider shifting the DUP 's aims , there is no reason to suppose that the voters would support them in their deviation . |
| 3 | The Detectives , which pulled in bumper viewing figures when it was shown on BBC earlier this year , was a revelation for Jasper whose stand-up routines of recent years if I can be frank were dire . |
| 4 | Many fishermen have done well in recent years but they now face great pressure on the fish stocks . |
| 5 | Steve Cropper says that Robert Cray and Bonnie Raitt are the only two artists in recent years that he 's watched from the audience — which is either a massive compliment , or an indication of the number of gigs our Steve attends these days . |
| 6 | He had no answer — save that British scientists had been reorganised so often in recent years that it was time for stability . |
| 7 | So much has been written concerning this question in recent years that it would waste space to reiterate arguments as to the moral , sociological , psychological and medical aspects of the problem . |
| 8 | It 's only in recent years that I 've learned to use the weather forecast before contemplating a hill-walk . |
| 9 | I draw his attention to the fact that we are now net exporters of televisions whereas we were net importers under the Labour party and to the fact that motor output has been expanding in recent years whereas it was declining under Labour . |
| 10 | In large scale industry ( such as the Automotive Industry ) the use of cordless tools has been steadily increasing in recent years so it is by no means novel technology . |
| 11 | A spokeswoman for Mersey Docks and Harbour Company said : ’ They are now quite old and have not been in regular use in recent years so it was decided to dismantle them to improve the appearance of the area . |
| 12 | The retired docker 's health has suffered in recent years and he has trouble getting up the stairs at their maisonette . |
| 13 | The retired docker 's health has suffered in recent years and he has trouble getting up the stairs at their maisonette . |
| 14 | However , a great deal has been achieved in recent years and I shall always be proud of the Department and more importantly its employees . |
| 15 | That has improved in recent years and I congratulate the local authority and the local schools and colleges on that . |
| 16 | Men have got a bad press in recent years and I think it 's important that women should feel safe and secure with the new contacts they make . |
| 17 | The number of non-party political members of principal councils has declined steadily in recent years and it is usual in the large towns and cities for the authority to be governed by one or more of the political parties acting on a group basis . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The IT industry has been subject to rapid development in recent years and it is confidently expected that this trend will continue . |
| 20 | The debate over what has become known as ‘ blindsight ’ has become very heated in recent years and it is difficult to see which side is correct . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Timothy Langdale , QC , counsel for Guppy , said he had had high expenses in recent years and it should not be assumed ‘ that there is some pot of gold stuck in some foreign country ’ . |
| 23 | In fact , I did n't know until recent years that it was a person at Philips Records who in fact mentioned DeFries to David , and when he did meet DeFries , Angela was very much in favour of David moving from me to him . |
| 24 | But the sweet taste of success has gone sour over recent years as he slumped into the doldrums . |
| 25 | ‘ Without Roland Garros , French tennis could never have developed in the way it has over recent years and we would never have won the Davis Cup , which has given us all such a tremendous boost . ’ |
| 26 | Indeed , hundreds have successfully completed modules over recent years and it is evident that the National Certificate 's flexibility is as viable in prisons as in any other centre . |