Example sentences of "and in [adj] years there " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Ciba-Geigy runs company management courses and in recent years there has been a steady increase in the number of women in these courses .
3 The choice of channels utilised by a producer is determined ultimately by the customer , and in recent years there has been a trend towards shorter channels , as customers , especially in consumer markets , realise that there are price advantages to be gained when middlemen , or retailers , are by-passed in the chain of distribution .
4 In 1873 , Edward Dannreuther talked on the music of the future ( meaning Wagner 's ) and Sidney Colvin on taste and artistic judgement ; and in succeeding years there were always some Discourses essentially on the arts-a word which by this time had come to mean literature , music , painting and sculpture rather than crafts and techniques .
5 There may be little rain for ten months of the year — and in some years there may be no rain at all .
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