Example sentences of "in [adj] years [that] it " in BNC.

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1 In 1848 an experienced mines inspector and engineer could write in A Treatise on the Winning and Working of Collieries : ‘ Explosions of gas have unfortunately become so numerous in late years that it would be impossible in the absence of specific records to enumerate them . ’
2 The town has always been a primary IRA target but this is the first time in many years that it has singled out the commercial centre .
3 I remember him telling one man that had been late three times in fifteen years that it was getting to be a habit : ‘ You 'd better look for your previous employment . ’
4 He had no answer — save that British scientists had been reorganised so often in recent years that it was time for stability .
5 So much has been written concerning this question in recent years that it would waste space to reiterate arguments as to the moral , sociological , psychological and medical aspects of the problem .
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