Example sentences of "in [adj] years [adv] " in BNC.

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1 They 've all been ele these three councillors have been elected at different , in different years okay ?
2 So we 'll , we 'll come back to that issue later , because we 'll have to approve whether we rent the land i in future years anyway , it does come up .
3 planning the availability of IT Advanced Course places in future years clearly needs a proper assessment of manpower demand in terms of number of graduates , " quality " , content and balance of course programmes and mode of teaching .
4 More weed and a seed quickly becomes established in cracks on the asphalt In future years even willow trees will be in a foothold to these doomed power stations stands firm and proud as it slips and silently into decay
5 Although working people are now more likely to be contributing to an occupational or personal pension , even in future years not all people will have been able to accumulate sufficient provision to support themselves in retirement — for example those people who have not worked for many years because they were unemployed or disabled or caring for relatives .
6 Hence there is likely thereafter to be some saving of paper in future years so long as most members do not also demand copies of the full accounts under section 239 .
7 Such oblations to the darkness of the early evenings had not been necessary in previous years when , whatever the season , bright hour and night hour had been dedicated to the service of his flock there were Masses to be said , sick to be visited , meetings to be chaired , burial services to be conducted , bereaved to be comforted .
8 Sgt Ian Martin of Darlington police said that in previous years when BST started at 2am Greenwich mean time there had been no need to check clubs closed down on time .
9 The final stage is to link the movement of prices in 1985 to the movement of prices in previous years back to the base date which in 1985 was 15 January 1974 .
10 In previous years about 20 per cent .
11 Thus although it may be quite safe to sow grasses and clovers on dry soils in the regions of low rainfall in the South and East of England in August , and in exceptional years even later , in regions of high rainfall such as prevail in Wales and most of the North and West of England it is likely to be somewhat risky to defer sowing later than about the middle of June .
12 If such knowledge and techniques were readily available in pre-war years then it is obvious that the same techniques were known about and used during the inter-war years .
13 This trend continued in succeeding years so that during the three-quarters of a century between the first ( 1719 ) and the fifth ( 1795 ) official censuses , the Russian population of Siberia increased by almost two and a half times , from 169,000 adult males to 412,000 , at a time when the population of the empire as a whole less than doubled .
14 This mattered little while Antarctica remained virtually empty , as it did up to the end of World War II , but became important in post-war years when scientists and technicians of many nations began to work there .
15 In recent years over 60% of postneonatal deaths have been due to the sudden infant death syndrome , giving New Zealand probably the highest death rate from sudden infant death syndrome in the developed world ( 4.0/1000 live births ) .
16 Whereabout I mean certainly in recent years anyway , 's had a lot of erm bad publicity in the press and certainly in the press and
17 The attitudes of the courts have altered , becoming more activist in recent years thereby demonstrating an increased desire to be the determinants of legal questions ; but to build an irrebuttable presumption upon less than 25 years highly equivocal judicial practice is not meaningful .
18 In recent years mostly early paintings have been acquired : a 1629 ‘ Self-portrait ’ ( bought in 1976 ) the ‘ Allegorical musical party ’ of 1626 ( bought in 1976 ) and the ex-Thyssen ‘ Tobias and Anna ’ of 1626 ( bought in 1979 ) .
19 It also follows a spate of takeovers for all the other big cognac houses in recent years when market leader Hennessy fell to LVMH , Seagram acquired Martell and Courvoisier was purchased by Allied-Lyons .
20 But apparently smut has never been far away , and in recent years when some crops have been grown from home saved seed which has had no treatment , after two or three years it has appeared with devastating effect .
21 I was questioned about this in recent years when I visited the Camp during one of my lecture rounds to the ATC in the Highlands , but I only add this yarn to illustrate that it takes all kinds to make any air force station , and I am sure our childrens ' children will be told and the tale will no doubt be embroidered to suit the occasion .
22 Would be suitable by anybody 's standard whether locally or by er centrally do n't volunteer either because they find working with councillors and local officials particularly in recent years when local authorities have become much more party political and that 's been a pity , or the suitable people are too busy running their own businesses .
23 In recent years however , scientists have taken a greater interest in the exciting possibilities of observing animals in their natural surroundings .
24 In recent years however two distinct yet equally important changes have come about .
25 Because I think there has been a trend , has there not , in recent years where people tend to take a main holiday perhaps on the continent and then have a second holiday in this country .
26 In recent years both Belfast and Bangor abattoirs have also closed .
27 The provision of evening courses had increased in recent years particularly in the family farming areas .
28 The ancient sandstone bridge at Bangor-on-Dee carries one-way traffic from Wrexham over the river and into the village but it has weathered badly in recent years possibly because of attack by acid rain .
29 At this factory an immense research and development programme is headed by electronics wizard Bob Podhrasky , and in recent years more than $3 million has been pumped into the never ending pursuit of treasure hunting 's Holy Grail … the ‘ perfect ’ machine .
30 In recent years more services have been introduced — cheque books , Unit Trust , a TSB credit card , personal loans , mortgages , all the services our customers need and want .
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