Example sentences of "year has [been] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Filippo Pandolfi , vice-president of the European Commission in charge of research , has further remarked that the adopted procedures may help to avoid errors and falsification of research , which in recent years has been a controversial issue in the US . |
| 2 | The house price collapse of the last few years has been a terrible dose of cold turkey for the home owning classes , but has it been a long enough agony to drive out the idea that there 's something inherently beneficial about rising house prices . |
| 3 | Perhaps one of the most important developments of the last few years has been a steady but widespread trend towards protectionism . |
| 4 | In fact , the most significant change in the last twenty years has been a cultural trend towards less formal minute-taking in meetings . |
| 5 | It has out-performed other European markets for most of the period , and this year has been a good 5 per cent ahead . |
| 6 | The past year has been a vexing time for most research councils finding themselves in the situation of having to reduce their volume of activity within a failing budget . |
| 7 | This last year has been a tumultuous one for the Dame . |
| 8 | The first weekend of the new year has been a busy one for the regions fox hunts — and for anti hunt campaigners . |
| 9 | Our opener this year has been a runaway success in the States where the box office success of this relatively low budget film has taken everyone by surprise . |
| 10 | Commenting on the results , Chairman Hugh Laughland said , ‘ The past year has been a stern test of the ability of British industry to weather a recessionary trading climate . |
| 11 | This year has been a tough one for industry and commerce . |