Example sentences of "in [adj] years and i " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 : |
| 5 | However , a great deal has been achieved in recent years and I shall always be proud of the Department and more importantly its employees . |
| 6 | That has improved in recent years and I congratulate the local authority and the local schools and colleges on that . |
| 7 | 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 . |