Example sentences of "and [noun] in recent years " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Stress is a subject which has received a lot of attention and study in recent years .
3 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 .
4 The parallel markets have grown in size and importance in recent years .
5 The abandonment of free trade by Britain in 1931/2 has attracted growing interest from historians and economists in recent years .
6 Much of the systematic anthropological work on war and conflict in recent years has been made within an ecological or socio-biological analytical framework .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 There have been good levels of investment for business and manufacturing in recent years , as the hon. Gentleman should know .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 Most of the studies of relationships between R&D and production in recent years have been of a qualitative and often anecdotal nature .
19 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 .
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