Example sentences of "[subord] in [adv] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before the 1790s higher spending on poor relief , although it convinced many contemporaries that the incidence of poverty was increasing , probably did not , except in particularly bad years , reflect much other than the increase in population and in food prices . |
| 2 | And ever since , while the styles of writing have constantly changed , it 's fair to say the standard has stayed high , if in more recent years , less abrasive . |
| 3 | While in more recent years central government 's efforts at budgetary reform have centred around the Public Expenditure Survey Committee ( PESC ) , there were efforts in the 1960s to adopt the PPB system of budgetary control . |
| 4 | In years of high prices 20 per cent would have been in this situation , while in extremely hard years , such as 1801 , the proportion would have exceeded 40 per cent . |
| 5 | This was , admittedly , the rather indeterminate ‘ walking speed ’ , though in more recent years it has been followed by widespread adoption of 30 km/h limits , especially in Germany . |