Example sentences of "in [adj] years we " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Similarly , we were relying on the vastness of the oceans to dilute and disperse whatever bacteria and viruses allowed into them ; in 30 years we might be regretting it . |
| 2 | In 10 years we 'll be selling 20,000 . |
| 3 | As in previous years we shall conduct a nationwide advertising campaign in the early autumn to encourage people to complete and return the electoral registration form . |
| 4 | We have included in our proposal this year twenty thousand revenue effects of a hundred thousand pounds capital bid on traffic calming and other similar measures , something which is very popular around the city , as long as you ask people what they want first and which in previous years we put forward as a revenue bid . |
| 5 | In later years we borrowed Blossom , a big Clydesdale-type mare , from John Sayer at West New Houses , and eventually we bought her . |
| 6 | The war was so far away and I suppose it was only in later years we learned how serious the threat was . |
| 7 | In five years we 've had a record of seven per cent success in any enquiry involving the Regal Arms . |
| 8 | My guess is that , with a few exceptions , it wo n't but that in four years we 'll have another Mogg-Davidson book claiming that they got it right all along . |
| 9 | And in the 70s , we were again working in Appalachia ; and in recent years we have expanded our program to again include the entire south . ’ |
| 10 | Additives : In recent years we have been made more aware of the danger of excessive artificial additives in our food and drink . |
| 11 | For example The Sunday Times has asserted that , ‘ In recent years we 've experienced a new , aggressive , liberated criminality in women ’ ( 30 March , 1980 ) . |
| 12 | In recent years we met less often and yet he could conjure up an incident which made us both feel it had all happened a few days ago . |
| 13 | In recent years we have seen great efforts being made at all levels to ensure that children learn effectively . |
| 14 | In recent years we have been witnessing an attempt to place more emphasis on the first two purposes of education to redress what is considered an imbalance in favour of the third in the three decades following the 1944 Education Act . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , in recent years we have been moving , albeit slowly and hesitantly , towards the view that the primary school should regard itself as one element in a united national service to children . |
| 16 | In recent years we have learned much about the internal anatomy of cephalapsids and galeaspids which had a bony skeleton surrounding the brain and gills . |
| 17 | In recent years we have seen the most thorough pursuit ever carried out to find partners in responsibility for the ailments to which we are subject . |
| 18 | Before looking at the way in which the sector has changed in recent years we examine the role of the Bank of England . |
| 19 | But in recent years we noticed that some candidates were writing to us — or their employers were writing — to say that certificates had n't been received for modules completed one or more years previously . |
| 20 | In recent years we have devoted substantial resources to reorganising our education systems in the UK and we see this continuing . |
| 21 | He is perfectly right that in recent years we have been eating into that principle , but if we continue to do so , the principle will go , and that is the civil liberties issue which the system of justice has always been anxious to maintain . |
| 22 | Gorbachev disclosed that " for the first time in recent years we laid quite a strong stress on what our economic relations should be like " , although he failed to provide details on the precise content of the talks . |
| 23 | Now , er , before I hand over to Frank er , a word about the dividend er , in recent years we 've paid an interim dividend which was half the total of the previous year 's dividends and so , er , had a built-in increase . |
| 24 | My bill falls into two parts , one which deals with the need for a full franchise it is sometimes mistakenly believed that we already have a full franchise in this country , but whereas legislation was passed in the past in order to extend the franchise , in recent years we have let matters slip considerably on the methods that are used for registration and no longer can we claim to have that full franchise . |
| 25 | Because there 's been a dramatic increase in traffic in recent years we need to assess the impact on the river 's special environment . |
| 26 | In recent years we have seen a tremendous growth in interest and the range of activities , ’ said Mr Deighton , whose wife Maura was also a founder . |
| 27 | In two years we went from a £32m profit , which I suppose in current rates would be in the region of £150m , to a £14m loss . |
| 28 | If in subsequent years we renew this overdraft , the fee will be reduced to ½%.; |