Example sentences of "[noun pl] in [adj] years be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fullback and captain Mark Wyatt , who 29 caps in 10 years is just two fewer than the Canadian record set by lock Ro Hindson between 1973 and 1990 , was not the only one to retire after the World Cup . |
| 2 | Bob Hilborn , chief food technologist , primary agricultural products , reveals a further advantage of ICMS : ‘ In many ways the increased use of chemical pesticides in recent years was an easy option for growers , but not a cheap one . |
| 3 | Local villagers are prepared to sacrifice their lives rather than move to the inadequate , drought-prone resettlement areas ; many who moved to the resettlement areas in past years are now returning to their threatened villages . |
| 4 | ONE of Miami 's most racially charged trials in recent years was nearing a climax yesterday , as the jury deliberated on the fate of a Hispanic policeman whose killing of two blacks sparked off rioting in January . |
| 5 | Indeed , the growth of self-help movements in recent years was facilitated by the principle of subsidiarity as an established political instrument . |
| 6 | The growth of BR stations in recent years is heartwarming for pro-rail supporters and the figures speak for themselves , 1986 = 2,526 , 1987 = 2,530 , 1988 = 2,554 , 1989 = 2,561 . |
| 7 | A The only significant change in Premium Bonds in recent years was four years ago when total prize money was reduced from 7 per cent of the value of all Bonds taking part to 6.5 . |
| 8 | In any case , the commercial record of Black artists in recent years is a minor and unimportant part of the general Black experience of British life . |
| 9 | The flood of motor-cars and lorries and trucks onto our roads in recent years is a tragedy for nature and for the environment and for our health . |
| 10 | But the first thing that 's the first thing to bear in mind , the first thing to bear in mind of course is had our previous proposals in other years been accepted Mr Mayor we would need it as it were to make these cuts from this year . |
| 11 | Insurance companies are warning that premiums on property in areas that have suffered from severe storms in recent years are rising because of global warming fears . |
| 12 | I know we 're pissed off with him over certain things , but even if we 're unhappy about his recent decisions , no-one can deny that going from bottom of Div 2 to League champs in 3.5 years was remarkable . |
| 13 | The land there is now nearly exhausted , and I would suggest that building rates in future years are in fact likely to decrease from what were abnormally high figures in the in the past ten year period . |
| 14 | Most of the costliest disasters in recent years were storms . |
| 15 | If I may hark back to the answer that I gave to the right hon. Member for Morley and Leeds , South ( Mr. Rees ) , one of the areas on which there has been a significant concentration by the Government and the security forces in recent years is the financial resources available to terrorists — I hasten to say on both sides of the community . |
| 16 | All who have received watches in previous years were invited together with the families and friends of those being presented . |
| 17 | The record of climbers in observing voluntary agreements to avoid particular cliffs during breeding seasons in recent years is , I would suggest , exemplary . |
| 18 | six gold medals in seventy years is Britain 's record at the winter olympics … let's hope our luck changes in France … and let's also hope for some goals from our three central south sides tomorrow … |
| 19 | And perhaps this is just as well , for were it not so , and were we to believe that personality became irreversibly set in the first two ( or three , or five ) years of life we should have to believe , first , that any child harmed then was beyond help and thus clinically not worth bothering about ; and , second , that children in later years were not vulnerable and that experience then was of no consequence . |
| 20 | 17,500 miles in ten years is hardly excessive and whilst standing inactive , the relay through the front chassis crossmember may have tightened up . |