Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] in recent years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway who has followed the actions of the opposition in Bremen or Hamburg in recent years can hardly avoid the conclusion that the Christian Democrats ( the opposition ) are not interested in gaining power ( since lucrative public positions are given to them anyway ) … |
| 2 | Spring passage or arrival in recent years has been noted between 21 March ( 1973 ) and 22 May , but , in ‘ Quail years ’ , arrival possibly continues well into June . |
| 3 | This sector of the industry has been characterized by an extraordinarily rapid series of takeovers and mergers in recent years to create the multiples shown . |
| 4 | Stress is a subject which has received a lot of attention and study in recent years . |
| 5 | The same is true of political projects responding to the specific problems of the public sector and state enterprises , such as those that have emerged in Britain and Spain in recent years . |
| 6 | The parallel markets have grown in size and importance in recent years . |
| 7 | The abandonment of free trade by Britain in 1931/2 has attracted growing interest from historians and economists in recent years . |
| 8 | Much of the systematic anthropological work on war and conflict in recent years has been made within an ecological or socio-biological analytical framework . |
| 9 | Although ‘ the growing relevance of social work research to daily practice ’ may be one of the ‘ most significant of the changes to face social workers and agencies in recent years ’ ( David Jones , General Secretary , British Association of Social Workers ) it is still regrettably true that knowledge and use of research findings in policy and practice are relatively uncommon , and rarely a regular part of routine thinking and planning . |
| 10 | His work remains largely in the hands of private collectors , and has so far escaped the reassessment and appreciation give to fellow Cubists Picasso , Braque and Leger in recent years . |
| 11 | Most of her research and publications in recent years have concerned residential care , quality of life , and social work developments in relation to older people and their families . |
| 12 | Finland 's principal breed since 1960 , originally derived from 1,600 Ayrshire cattle imported direct from Scotland between 1847 and 1923 , since when importations have ceased , though some semen has been brought in from Britain , the USA and Norway in recent years . |
| 13 | The appearance of the countryside — uplands included — has always been changing and the Farming Unions , in particular , make great play of this suggesting that the losses of rough grassland and moorland in recent years are merely a part of continual agricultural change . |
| 14 | YWA 's answer to the Guest Tea has been the annual Treasure Hunt and Barbecue which has been enjoyed by many Edenderry members and friends in recent years . |
| 15 | There have been good levels of investment for business and manufacturing in recent years , as the hon. Gentleman should know . |
| 16 | An Amnesty International report on Venezuela published on Jan. 26 , 1989 , referred to cases of murder , ill-treatment and arbitrary arrest by soldiers and police in recent years . |
| 17 | Karate has made great strides in the fields of sport and entertainment in recent years , so that there are now semi- and full-contact karate sports as well as kickboxing . |
| 18 | A glance at the list of institutions discarding books will show that the largest single category is teacher-training colleges , which have been subjected to more than their fair share of amalgamations and closures in recent years . |
| 19 | Officials said the supply of money remained high relative to economic activity , and that companies that did not speculate excessively in land and shares in recent years had plenty of liquidity . |
| 20 | Most of the studies of relationships between R&D and production in recent years have been of a qualitative and often anecdotal nature . |
| 21 | THE scheme takes its inspiration from the new street furniture and public spaces in Barcelona and , more generally , from the Deconstructionist look fashionable in schools of architecture and design in recent years . |
| 22 | At every C&P plant there is concern about energy conservation but emphasis in recent years has been on improving product quality — something which often uses more energy without increasing output . |