Example sentences of "and in [adj] year [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And in recent years they 've played a growing role in encouraging the public to recycle their rubbish . |
| 2 | And in the 70s , we were again working in Appalachia ; and in recent years we have expanded our program to again include the entire south . ’ |
| 3 | Although appointed to represent a cross-section of British life — one each from Wales , Scotland and Northern Ireland ; at least one academic ; one trade unionist ( almost always from the right-wing of the movement ) ; one with an interest in the arts ; usually a scientist ; a retired diplomat to represent the Foreign Office ; and in recent years one representative from the ethnic minorities — they have their amateurism in common . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Ciba-Geigy runs company management courses and in recent years there has been a steady increase in the number of women in these courses . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | And in recent years it is impossible not to see that Dale Thomas ' name occurs more than others , including being five times the Club Champion — winning on one occasion after a 60-hole match ! |
| 8 | I 've worked with children in various settings , mainly in secondary school , and in recent years I 've worked with students , so when I try to make that sort of categorization I find it very difficult . |
| 9 | Dance has always been his first love and in recent years he 's been on tour six times with his own company . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The subject turned out to be vast and in one year I barely scratched the surface ! |
| 12 | In nineteen ninety one the S S A was introduced as the measure for assessing local authority needs and in that year our spending , instead of being one or two percent below what the government thought , it shot up to forty nine point nine five percent above the S S A figures . |
| 13 | By 1917 his paintings were to fetch the highest prices during his lifetime and in that year he is credited with painting one hundred and twenty-five canvases , a painting every three days . |
| 14 | In 1890 he officially attended the installation of the 46th Mayor in his long career and in that year he also attended the unveiling of the Armada Memorial . |
| 15 | Where or with whom James received his training is not known , but by 1783 he was established in London ; and in that year he announced himself by publishing a pamphlet on A Method of Constructing Vapour Baths , and began to exhibit at the Royal Academy . |
| 16 | In 1850 therefore the deer were officially banished , and in five years they had all been killed off . |
| 17 | As Cynthia says : ‘ We found Dave entertaining children at Chessington World of Adventures , and in 25 years I had never met anyone who got on more naturally with children . ’ |
| 18 | A former schoolteacher and the wife of a Magee College lecturer , she was of pronounced left-wing sympathies and in later years she became Bernadette Devlin 's secretary in London . |
| 19 | Here John learned to appreciate the material things in life and in later years he allowed journalists to make the mistake of attributing John George 's wealth and position to him at this time . |
| 20 | No more than nine have been recorded in one winter , however , and in some years none is seen . |
| 21 | There may be little rain for ten months of the year — and in some years there may be no rain at all . |
| 22 | ‘ It was made in his atelier so I went over for the fittings and in those years I was very sure of myself . |