Example sentences of "in [adj] years there [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In postwar years there has been a tendency for MPs to be even more middle-class than they were hitherto . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Ciba-Geigy runs company management courses and in recent years there has been a steady increase in the number of women in these courses . |
| 9 | In recent years there has been a great increase in the use of active compounds . |
| 10 | And of course in recent years there has been yet another pressure to move away from Brian Way 's methods . |
| 11 | In recent years there has been an explosion in the growth of business travel . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | In recent years there has been more emphasis on the objectives of library services , and less upon quantitative measures . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 ’ . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | In recent years there has in fact been an increased incidence of heart disease in women in their thirties and forties . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | In recent years there has been an ongoing controversy relating to unmated females . |
| 22 | In recent years there has been an enormous increase in the range and complexity of capital market instruments . |
| 23 | In much of Western Europe a predominant characteristic has been trade union pluralism ( and sometimes reluctance to engage in continuous relationships with employers ) promoted by ideological , philosophical and religious differences , although in recent years there has been rather less emphasis upon the importance of religious affinity . |
| 24 | In recent years there has been a steady accumulation of evidence that personality and allied affective factors play a crucial role in determining subject choice and student success . |
| 25 | In recent years there has been an increasing tendency in some circles to investigate the evolutionary record of fossils in terms of general rules and processes without regard to specific causes operating on specific taxa . |
| 26 | In recent years there has been considerable interest in assessing the general feasibility of predicting future violence and dangerousness in individuals and families ( see Parton and Parton , 1989 ; Parton and Small , 1989 ) . |
| 27 | In recent years there has been a move to teach young people in residential care practical skills such as cooking and budgeting which they will need when they leave care . |
| 28 | In recent years there has been a major media hype about the supposed increase of government funding of initiatives in West Belfast . |
| 29 | In recent years there has been an increased reliance on statute law , for example , in relation to public order and the powers of the police , but , of course , here too , the judges have a role to play in the interpretation of the statutory provisions . |
| 30 | In recent years there has been a trend on the part of certain police authorities to move from discussing equipment , etc. , to attempting to influence styles of policing and indeed to involve themselves in operational matters , for example in relation to industrial disputes and demonstrations . |