Example sentences of "in recent years and [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Caro 's widowed mother had remarried only in recent years and her new husband already had four children , all grown up and living away from home . |
| 2 | In this programme we are going to look at the way in which British music has developed in recent years and its relationship to that produced by Continental Europe . |
| 3 | Generally , however , discipline has not been a problem between them in recent years and there have been some pulsating contests . |
| 4 | THE Law and its administration have seen changes in recent years and there are more to come . |
| 5 | There has been a lot of this kind of partnership in recent years and there is no doubt that there is some mutual benefit but the benefits are unrelated for each party — the college gets a resource that it can use , the donor a warm sense of public spirit , a tax deduction or some publicity . |
| 6 | We have published reviews of a fair number of headphones in recent years and there is ample evidence that this uniquely personal and involving method of listening to music remains very popular . |
| 7 | The very idea of the ‘ comprador bourgeoisie , ’ central to the dependency approach , appears to have fallen into disuse in recent years and there have been various attempts to reconceptualize what it refers to . |
| 8 | Perhaps those advising Mr Lamont consider the objective has been achieved by the high drilling success rates in recent years and there are enough oil and gas finds to sustain development work for the immediate future . |
| 9 | The retired docker 's health has suffered in recent years and he has trouble getting up the stairs at their maisonette . |
| 10 | The retired docker 's health has suffered in recent years and he has trouble getting up the stairs at their maisonette . |
| 11 | However , a great deal has been achieved in recent years and I shall always be proud of the Department and more importantly its employees . |
| 12 | That has improved in recent years and I congratulate the local authority and the local schools and colleges on that . |
| 13 | Men have got a bad press in recent years and I think it 's important that women should feel safe and secure with the new contacts they make . |
| 14 | The number of non-party political members of principal councils has declined steadily in recent years and it is usual in the large towns and cities for the authority to be governed by one or more of the political parties acting on a group basis . |
| 15 | Add to this the rapid growth in the numbers of expeditions , climbers and trekkers which has occurred in recent years and it is not surprising that the problem has reached massive proportions despite the availability of new access sites from Tibet which was opened to climbers in 1980 . |
| 16 | The IT industry has been subject to rapid development in recent years and it is confidently expected that this trend will continue . |
| 17 | The debate over what has become known as ‘ blindsight ’ has become very heated in recent years and it is difficult to see which side is correct . |
| 18 | It challenges some of the teaching methods that have been used in recent years and it suggests that schools should concentrate on commonsense , practical teaching . |
| 19 | Timothy Langdale , QC , counsel for Guppy , said he had had high expenses in recent years and it should not be assumed ‘ that there is some pot of gold stuck in some foreign country ’ . |