Example sentences of "in [adj] years [coord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hopefully as we improve our business , we may indeed see TV advertising in future years and we hope that we will become as well known as IBM , 3M or ICI . ’ |
| 2 | This was the Finaghy lads first fight at home in six years and you could almost feel seismic waves of anticipation as he came to the ringside . |
| 3 | It 's also the first major re-design of the spreadsheet in 10 years and it 's a vast improvement . |
| 4 | The cards are now larger than in previous years and we have found that this size proved very popular . |
| 5 | Jeff added : ‘ BNFL people from several sites have collected food and clothing for us to take out in previous years and I would be grateful if people could help again . |
| 6 | Thank you Mr Mayor I just wanted t to come in with two fairly quick points er as to why I will not be able to support this amendment , but the first is that the leader of the council has indicated that the efficiency savings erm has got as far as it can go and that , you know , we have been trimming at the margins and there is no more margin left and that leads you to believe that perhaps one should be looking at somewhat more er root and branch type of pruning in the spending that that the labour group want to actually erm deal with , er and the second point I would like to make , and er I thank councillor for giving us a a a a new word tonight obfuscation because that describes exactly what I think the labour group are trying to do by bringing this figure down it removes the embarrassment they would have from having to add on a substantial sum of money f due to the failure to collect the cou er the community charge in previous years and I think that they are trying by by this amendment with some very quick foot work to try and delude the people of this city . |
| 7 | This has meant a fall in the demand for residential care which had been increasing rapidly in previous years and it is the duty of the relevant authorities to plan future provision er so that everything will work smoothly for those most in need . |
| 8 | It gives the impression we 're prepared to spend the money and that 's what 's happened in previous years and it should n't happen . |
| 9 | My mother got it wrong when I was six , but her mistake did serve to galvanise me in later years and I became a successful businesswoman , outwardly independent and self-sufficient . |
| 10 | ‘ He will be out of prison in three years but I have to live with this , ’ she said . |
| 11 | ‘ We are the first England representative team to face the Springboks in 23 years and we must make it a memorable day , one the selectors can not ignore . ’ |
| 12 | Staying first of all with the Maggses — ‘ the first parents I had in four years and I have good reason for not putting parents in inverted commas ’ — in a small country town , he learned the respectable , middle-class way to do things : |
| 13 | Many fishermen have done well in recent years but they now face great pressure on the fish stocks . |
| 14 | The retired docker 's health has suffered in recent years and he has trouble getting up the stairs at their maisonette . |
| 15 | The retired docker 's health has suffered in recent years and he has trouble getting up the stairs at their maisonette . |
| 16 | However , a great deal has been achieved in recent years and I shall always be proud of the Department and more importantly its employees . |
| 17 | That has improved in recent years and I congratulate the local authority and the local schools and colleges on that . |
| 18 | Men have got a bad press in recent years and I think it 's important that women should feel safe and secure with the new contacts they make . |
| 19 | The number of non-party political members of principal councils has declined steadily in recent years and it is usual in the large towns and cities for the authority to be governed by one or more of the political parties acting on a group basis . |
| 20 | Add to this the rapid growth in the numbers of expeditions , climbers and trekkers which has occurred in recent years and it is not surprising that the problem has reached massive proportions despite the availability of new access sites from Tibet which was opened to climbers in 1980 . |
| 21 | The IT industry has been subject to rapid development in recent years and it is confidently expected that this trend will continue . |
| 22 | The debate over what has become known as ‘ blindsight ’ has become very heated in recent years and it is difficult to see which side is correct . |
| 23 | It challenges some of the teaching methods that have been used in recent years and it suggests that schools should concentrate on commonsense , practical teaching . |
| 24 | Timothy Langdale , QC , counsel for Guppy , said he had had high expenses in recent years and it should not be assumed ‘ that there is some pot of gold stuck in some foreign country ’ . |
| 25 | They demolished New Zealand 22–6 in the final for their third win in successive years and they effectively became the second underwater sevens champions since Australia in 1983 , the previous ‘ monsoon ’ tournament . |