Example sentences of "but in [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Glass-fibre remains an inexpensive and effective reinforcement material , but in recent years it has been upstaged by Kevlar and carbon fibre , two stronger but more costly materials that owe their high profile largely to their use in formula racing cars . |
| 2 | But in recent years his plays have been more about the paradoxical nature of dissidence itself : the emotional turbulence of the authority given the individual as a public spokesman , and about the fact that one of the worst features of any totalitarian system is the need to conform to other people 's expectations . |
| 3 | Florida was one of the first areas to attract the golfer , but in recent years South Carolina has become popular as European golfers discover the delights of Hilton Head ( 27 courses ) and Myrtle Beach ( 66 courses ) . |
| 4 | Judgement can never be excluded from the weeding process , but in recent years practitioners and researchers have sought a more reliable weeding criterion which can be applied scientifically to produce consistent results . |
| 5 | The company at one time had a significant tie to the defence industry , but in recent years it has focused on what it knows best — speciality chemicals . |
| 6 | In the main it causes few problems , but in recent years there has been a rise in cases that cause conflict for the advice worker . |
| 7 | Assessment has traditionally been regarded as the responsibility of psychiatrists , but in recent years the role of non-medically qualified personnel has been examined . |
| 8 | Walpole-Bond noted that eggs were only very exceptionally laid before the end of April , but in recent years nests with eggs have been found in February ( the 26th , 1967 ) , and have been noted fairly regularly in late March and early April . |
| 9 | Up to 1980 , online education was primarily directed towards intermediaries , but in recent years an increasing amount of attention is being devoted to teaching end-users how to carry out online searching . |
| 10 | Initially the grants were concentrated mainly in the higher education sector but in recent years attention has been switched to the schools sector . |
| 11 | But in recent years students of human ethology — human patterns of behaviour — have begun to follow the lead of their counterparts who observe animals , and to collect and catalogue raw empirical data . |
| 12 | It might seem a daunting task , but in recent years climatologists have begun an intensive study of temperature changes on Earth . |
| 13 | But in recent years he has spent £50,000 of his own money and much time on charitable causes . |
| 14 | All farms have rats and mice but in recent years they have been coming through from the barn into the house and getting into the furniture . |
| 15 | At first the local farmers provided any bales of straw they had left , but in recent years the bales have had to be bought and transported from Selby . |
| 16 | But in recent years it has lost its fury . |
| 17 | But in recent years the knowledge of the role of electricity in the treatment of disease has developed considerably , and there are no technical reasons why the findings and the techniques outlined can not be implemented and developed immediately by any competent specialist . |
| 18 | But in recent years the decline of these industries has meant an end to many traditional working-class communities where the extended family still survived . |
| 19 | Until the 1950s written language dominated the curriculum of our schools , but in recent years teachers have increasingly recognised the importance of spoken as well as written language . |
| 20 | But in recent years a more rigorously scientific approach has unwittingly given some credibility to it — at least to the pentagon 's arbitrary gift of an eastern frontier for the Ocean . |
| 21 | Locomotives and the routes themselves have always attracted authors in profusion but in recent years that trend has been punctuated by some useful and illuminating titles on passenger and freight vehicles . |
| 22 | Greek and Roman objects were the first works the Met acquired after its founding in 1870 , but in recent years the department has figured far less prominently than other areas which have undergone elaborate reinstallation . |
| 23 | For a long time the type remained quite insignificant , but in recent years the increasing attention has added many new varieties , and a few miniature standards are also now available . |
| 24 | But in recent years some greylag geese have begun to stay over the winter , finding the large re-seeded fields to their liking . |
| 25 | But in recent years sterling has appreciated against the US dollar but depreciated against the major European currencies and also the Japanese yen . |
| 26 | But in recent years Microvitec has had a chequered history . |
| 27 | As ruler of Aquitaine Henry felt that it was his duty to impose a settlement , but in recent years Louis VII had been showing some interest in this region , which lay on the route between Paris and Toulouse . |
| 28 | It had been said in the past that there was a convention that the House of Lords would not pass amendments calculated to alter the kernel of a bill approved by the Commons , but in recent years amendments have gone much further than altering the fine details of the Bill . |
| 29 | It was traditionally associated with Persia and the southern Caucasus , but in recent years it has been incorporated into the repertoire of weaving groups in other rug-making countries . |
| 30 | That is still not fully understood , but in recent years tiny particles of magnetic material have been discovered both in their skulls and their neck muscles . |