Example sentences of "a [noun] in [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Old Doc Mac was one of the really great forensic scientists — we started together — but there 's no denying that he 'd let the reins slip a bit in recent years . |
| 2 | ‘ Hello , old man , you have n't changed a bit in 35 years , ’ says the colonel . |
| 3 | They have enjoyed a vogue in recent years which they do not always merit and they now seem to be losing some of their popularity . |
| 4 | ‘ I have n't lost a fight in three years , ’ he said . |
| 5 | A Jewish lesbian who breaks the Sabbath and most of the Commandments , eats forbidden food and has n't put foot into a synagogue in twenty years … ’ |
| 6 | Given his tiny literary output — four books and a play in 45 years — he wrote endlessly about his habits , frustrations and miseries : even his one novel We think the World of You was so transparently autobiographical as to prompt fears of a libel action . |
| 7 | ‘ But , ’ Mark continued , transport costs are only one of the factors which have placed British industry at a disadvantage in recent years . ’ |
| 8 | While this system may have been satisfactory when inflation was negligible , it has been seen as more of a disadvantage in recent years . |
| 9 | No significant additions to IT are envisaged in the foreseeable future but as RBG becomes more independent and estates staff and records increase a review in five years will be essential . |
| 10 | The overall trading volume on the EOE , which is mainly in stock options , has fluctuated around a plateau in recent years , and in 1990 was about one third that on LIFFE . |
| 11 | This can be thought of as an investment — an expenditure today for which there is hoped to be a return in future years in the form of a lowering in the costs of production ( for a process invention ) . |
| 12 | So if you have a place in this years ADT London Marathon or indeed any other running event please raise money for St. John Ambulance . |
| 13 | So if you have a place in this years ADT London Marathon or indeed any other running event please raise money for St. John Ambulance . |
| 14 | Though he has not released a record in five years , his success in the 1980s was astronomical : his three solo albums sold more than 75m copies altogether , his two home-videos 1m each . |
| 15 | That was quite a revelation in those years of juvenilia . |
| 16 | In terms of formal policy , a shift in recent years has seen equity ostensibly yield place to efficacy . |
| 17 | I take the view myself that when one has a person in advancing years , in some respects an impairment of movement may perhaps be more serious than it is with a younger person . |
| 18 | Good call on Kelly although if he keeps playing like he is that would be a conservative estimate , how anyone could ask 1.4 for fat ‘ mars ’ mel is beyond belief though — he has n't kicked a ball in 2 years ! ! ! |
| 19 | We should have a play-back in four years time . |
| 20 | In Cumbria , said Redfern , the ‘ height increment [ growth ] does appear to have fallen off markedly since about 1975/6 … down as much as a quarter in recent years . ’ |
| 21 | I had n't ridden a bicycle in thirty years and was none too confidently negotiating the potholes , when suddenly an incredible-looking blue-black bird with a ridiculously long tail flew across the track — and I rode straight into the ditch ! |
| 22 | WHY has my insurance gone up by 30pc in one year when I have not made a claim in 40 years , touch wood ? |
| 23 | And in his opinion that meant sending it all the way to Sotheby 's whose rural saleroom in a stately home in Billingshurst , West Sussex , has made a speciality in recent years of sales of garden furniture , fittings and statuary . |
| 24 | The situation for people disabled from childhood or from birth appears to be slightly different ; there is the same pattern of increasing satisfaction preceding a downturn in later years , but the start of this upward trend often seems to be delayed until early adulthood . |
| 25 | But a rocky economy and the resistance of fans to ticket prices , which have risen by 10% a season in recent years , have slowed revenue growth at a time when expenses continue to soar . |
| 26 | ‘ I hardly missed a game in eight years , and , to be honest , on one or two occasions it got boring . |
| 27 | This criticism was to some extent pre-empted in the report by recognition of such difficulties and there has been a movement in recent years to a further disaggregation of the relevant geographical unit . |
| 28 | There has been a trend in recent years for manufacturers to shorten their channels in order to control more effectively the distribution of their products , particularly where expensive advertising has been used to pre-sell the goods to the consumer . |
| 29 | The result of this strategy is that I 've never missed a plane in twenty-eight years of international travel — except once . |
| 30 | Wraith Grant , who spent £26,000 to win £18,000 before losing his tour status in 1991 , summed it up : ‘ If someone said you could be a millionaire in two years ' time , what would you do ? |