Example sentences of "in [adj] years [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Firstly I have never seen a more clearer er grant from the government to actually let you build houses this year , this is whole point of th th this should happen and if we do n't take it up I believe that in future years to come we shall regret it very , very strongly indeed . |
| 2 | Capital development was a dominant feature in budgets because of the assumption that , for example , in the case of a swimming pool , the revenue expenditure would be available in future years to heat and staff the pool . |
| 3 | With a resurgence of technology , it will be unnecessary in future years to seek artificial academic support for the discipline ; instead the study of construction technology , construction method , design and materials and construction management should be allowed to form the core with the relevant contribution of legal and financial ( rather than economic ) subjects directed towards it . |
| 4 | If there are , it may be possible in future years to identify potential sufferers from addictive disease through a simple blood test . |
| 5 | Precipitation changes showed only a slight ( 1–2 per cent ) overall increase in warm years compared with cool ones . |
| 6 | A survey by the National Association of Head Teachers conducted in 1987 found that half of the schools questioned were using voluntary funds to supplement their spending on materials and equipment which in previous years had been provided entirely out of local authority funds . |
| 7 | Many of the initiatives laboured over in previous years have come to fruition and a host of new ventures has sprung up , bringing fresh opportunities and challenges . |
| 8 | Mr Fallon was told some forces in previous years have not been able to take up the extra posts , which have then been redistributed to other places . |
| 9 | As in previous years spending on social security represented the biggest item of expenditure . |
| 10 | Mr Reg Watson , CHC chief officer , said answers given in previous years included the fact that in-service training was given to nurses . |
| 11 | He sailed for Bombay in 1818 and in succeeding years travelled between Bombay and Canton , as supercargo on the Sarah , of which he was co-owner . |
| 12 | They confer a right to the ‘ equity ’ in the company and , in so far as members can be said to own the company , the ordinary shareholders are its proprietors , It is they who bear the lion 's share of the risk and they who in good years take the lion 's share of the profits ( after the directors and managers have been remunerated ) . |
| 13 | The ¥70.3 trillion ( $520 billion ) budget approved during a late-night cabinet meeting on December 24th is the first in post-war years to put priority on seeking a better way of life for the Japanese rather than achieving higher economic growth or increased exports . |
| 14 | This never materialised , and the pits were extended in post-war years to facilitate routine inspections . |
| 15 | What must be noted here is that much of the strength of the political ethos propagated in prewar years rested on its incorporation and distortion of concepts and assumptions whose origins were far back in Japanese history , and which were broadly unquestioned by the majority of the population ; and that it was firmly integrated with the social system and standard code of morality and behaviour . |
| 16 | Stephanie had in other years enjoyed this believed fairy tale : this year her own heaviness , fear perhaps of real birth , prevented her . |
| 17 | A growing realisation of the threat posed to the economies and stability of States and the well-being of their citizens by drug-trafficking and international crime has prompted governments in recent years to give very high priority to the development of effective international mechanisms to meet that threat . |
| 18 | Many of these pioneer voluntary bodies still exist , and they have been joined by large numbers of organizations that have arisen in recent years to tackle the needs of particular groups among the disabled , so that voluntary effort continues to play a major part in meeting the needs of the handicapped . |
| 19 | Does not the record in recent years show that such contacts can facilitate the resumption of diplomatic relations , especially if tackled on an all-party basis by Members of this House ? |
| 20 | His son Michael has in recent years become the more famous actor , but with the re-release of Spartacus , Kirk Douglas , now 74 , is back on the big screen again . |
| 21 | Articled clerks , recently renamed trainee solicitors , are paid salaries , which have in recent years become increasingly attractive . |
| 22 | The ’ chancer ’ or ’ bodger ’ in the building industry has in recent years become more of a problem . |
| 23 | In fact , in this company division , cost-accounting had in recent years become pre-eminently a pre-investment activity , but this obviously was a function of the nature of the business . |
| 24 | Problems of environmental pollution have in recent years become a matter of growing concern both in EC member states and at the EC level itself . |
| 25 | His shamanistic beliefs and espousal of the Zippy/techno-pagan attitudes that have flourished in clubland in recent years mean that when they 're not running scare stories ( Mister C organises sex and drug cult , Shamen gigs as wild drug orgies etc ) , they can do ‘ Mister C — New Age Wacko ’ stuff instead ( tales of his telepathic connection with his twin sister ) . |
| 26 | Linguistics ought to be simply the study of language , and if the pragmatic , cognitive and procedural dimensions of language study which have become apparent in recent years mean that linguistics ( as an institution and a discipline ) has to take these dimensions on board , then so be it . |
| 27 | Changes in the Pakistan Penal Code introduced in recent years make it a criminal offence for Ahmadis to profess , practice and propagate their faith . |
| 28 | Owing in part to their lower cost , it has become popular in recent years to replace both clay plain tiles and slates with interlocking concrete tiles . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | In recent years teaching in schools has become more project and assignment oriented with less emphasis on teaching and more emphasis on independent learning in the curriculum . |