Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] years there [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For some years there has been a tendency " in professional examinations to use fixed multiple.choice questions . |
| 2 | They have come from every country on earth … of late years there has been a remarkable influx of Jews into Palestine , but the Turkish government are striving to hinder their settlement by every means in their power . ’ |
| 3 | for many years there 's been what 's called the ‘ Rate Equalization Subsidy ’ which has gone from areas of high rateable value to areas of low rateable value such as the middle of Lancashire — central Lancashire , and other parts of the country . |
| 4 | For many years there has been much debate in the UK about who should care for diabetic patients — general practitioners or hospital-based doctors . |
| 5 | For many years there has been an ongoing debate concerning the human author of the first five books of the bible . |
| 6 | For many years there has been a considerable amount of interest in the extent to which industrial relations play a significant role in explaining variations in economic performance . |
| 7 | Hosts : Horses and donkeys Site : Caecum and colon Species : For many years there has been a great deal of confusion in the classification of this group of parasites and in a recent revision it has been proposed that the genus Trichonema be discarded and replaced by four genera , namely Cyathostomum , Cylicocyclus , Cylicodontophorus and Cylicostephanus , these being collectively referred to as cyathostomes . |
| 8 | We want to swap our nice , two-bedroom bungalow near the Essex coast for somewhere nearer Herts or Sussex yet in three years there has n't been a decent inquiry . |
| 9 | In postwar years there has been a tendency for MPs to be even more middle-class than they were hitherto . |
| 10 | So within twenty years there has been an enormous change . |
| 11 | As we shall see in chapter 27 , in recent years there seems to have been a greater willingness in the Western liberal democracies to take action outside the normal channels of group and party politics . |
| 12 | In recent years there has been considerable discussion of the role of the Sovereign in the eventuality of a hung Parliament , such as that of 1929–31 , and the general conclusion has been that her role is essentially a passive one . |
| 13 | Which is not to say that popular humour in the States is particularly nice : in recent years there has been a great demand for in-your-face racist , ethnic and misogynist stuff , as typified on the respectable side by Jackie Mason and on the unholy by Andrew Dice Clay . |
| 14 | Many fashions such as the kipper tie and the string tie have come and gone , and in recent years there has been an upsurge in the popularity of vivid colours and flamboyant designs . |
| 15 | In recent years there has been a move in UK schools to standardise scientific nomenclature , and to phase out imperial measurements in favour of metric ones . |
| 16 | Ciba-Geigy runs company management courses and in recent years there has been a steady increase in the number of women in these courses . |
| 17 | In recent years there has been a great increase in the use of active compounds . |
| 18 | And of course in recent years there has been yet another pressure to move away from Brian Way 's methods . |
| 19 | In recent years there has been an explosion in the growth of business travel . |
| 20 | In recent years there has also been an increasing trend towards imports of products rather than crude oil which has not helped the domestic oil industry . |
| 21 | In recent years there has been more emphasis on the objectives of library services , and less upon quantitative measures . |
| 22 | In recent years there has been a strong demand for the Galloway from Germany , especially for low-cost meat production on upland heaths and lowland swamps where the typical German dual-purpose breeds need to be brought inside for the winter and need better grazing . |
| 23 | In the main it causes few problems , but in recent years there has been a rise in cases that cause conflict for the advice worker . |
| 24 | In recent years there has been a tremendous drive to keep elderly persons in their own homes for as long as possible , by giving close support to relatives and friends and by providing support from community services such as home helps and ‘ meals-on-wheels ’ . |
| 25 | In recent years there has been some evidence that they are even more evasive , changing identity by oscillating from one type of neutrino to another . |
| 26 | In recent years there has been an improvement in the standard and a number of top athletes have appeared at the event to earn it some respectability . |
| 27 | In recent years there has in fact been an increased incidence of heart disease in women in their thirties and forties . |
| 28 | In recent years there has been increasing emphasis on the importance of training for staff at all levels in libraries of all kinds but apart from a circular letter sent out by The Library Association in 1976 , and two publications on the subject , one in 1977 and another in 1978 , there have been no systematic attempts to assess overall provision of training in the UK . |
| 29 | In recent years there has been an ongoing controversy relating to unmated females . |
| 30 | In recent years there has been an enormous increase in the range and complexity of capital market instruments . |