Example sentences of "years [verb] been [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At every C&P plant there is concern about energy conservation but emphasis in recent years has been on improving product quality — something which often uses more energy without increasing output . |
| 2 | The most dramatic shift in recent years has been from soft to underwire garments , which provide greater support and ‘ shape ’ . |
| 3 | The ‘ ship ’ is therefore dwarfed by the size of the ocean which is post-school education and training ; moreover it is an ocean which over the last ten or so years has been in unprecedented turmoil culminating in the hurricane represented by the 1988 Education Reform Act . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , governments have come to accept the extravagant version as a taboo , and , like many such myths , its influence over the years has been in inverse proportion to its constitutional validity . |
| 5 | Normal fluorescent tubes are familiar enough , but the main development in recent years has been in compact fluorescent lamps , which take the place of normal light bulbs . |
| 6 | Certainly the solutions to the ‘ black problem ’ of the past 200 years have been of limited vision — hostile , intolerant and frequently brutal . |