Example sentences of "in [adj] years [pron] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As in previous years it was difficult to monitor the fighting in Cambodia during 1990 , as independent confirmation of conflicting claims was extremely rare . |
| 2 | In 1873 , Edward Dannreuther talked on the music of the future ( meaning Wagner 's ) and Sidney Colvin on taste and artistic judgement ; and in succeeding years there were always some Discourses essentially on the arts-a word which by this time had come to mean literature , music , painting and sculpture rather than crafts and techniques . |
| 3 | At first they operated alongside their toastrack predecessors , but in post-war years they were the only open cars in operation . |
| 4 | In post-war years there was only a nine-minute service of Marton cars during the summer season , until it closed in 1961 . |
| 5 | The public corporations — and especially the capital-intensive Electricity Boards — had , it is true , underpinned the sustained high level of both private and public investment spending in postwar years which was one option in a Keynesian strategy for the avoidance of slump and the maintenance of full employment . |
| 6 | There has been one fatal accident on the crossing in recent years which was the tragic death of a young baby . |
| 7 | Throughout her life she was a regular worshipper at Llanfwrog Parish Church , even though in recent years she was largely confined to her home . |
| 8 | The Report concluded : ‘ Moreover in recent years there was a substantial increase in Argentina 's military strengths in all three of its armed services , which must have increased its confidence in its ability to occupy the Islands and retain them . ’ |
| 9 | This is a landmark visible for miles along the coast ; indeed there was a protest from seafarers when in recent years it was feared the spire might need to be dismantled . |