Example sentences of "been [verb] [adv] in [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among the canonist collectors and commentators at Bologna ( and probably also in Rome from time to time ) were the Englishmen , Gilbert and Alan , whose importance in canon law scholarship has been recognized only in recent years . |
| 2 | That is a helpful and positive scheme which has been developing successfully in recent years . |
| 3 | He had not been seen much in recent years , and Peggy Pine — who was Mother Francis 's line of communication with the outer world — said that he was now in a wheelchair as a result of a stroke . |
| 4 | However , the chasm between the pluralist and Marxist views has been narrowing encouragingly in recent years ( McLennan , 1999 ) . |
| 5 | Such a financial obstacle would send most people looking for an easier option , but Dreamflight has been helped enormously in recent years by Spar supermarkets who have raised £350,000 . |
| 6 | An important policy matter which has been aired occasionally in recent years is the size of academic library collections , compared with the amount of use they receive . |
| 7 | The prison population at Pentonville has been cut sharply in recent years , from more than 1,000 to about 600 , and most inmates now have their own cells . |
| 8 | The practical limits on what can be achieved by laws have been illustrated repeatedly in recent years in the United Kingdom in connection with trade union legislation . |
| 9 | The level of contributions had been increased sharply in recent years in order to make provision for a demographic trend whereby in the early part of the 21st century an increased proportion of the total population would be in receipt of retirement benefits at a time when the proportion in work ( and therefore contributing to the funds ) would be reduced . |
| 10 | A large number of models have been put forward in recent years , described variously as ‘ Keynesian ’ , ‘ disequilibrium ’ and ‘ non Walrasian ’ . |
| 11 | Some very valuable ideas have been put forward in recent years by John Bowlby ( Bowlby , 1969 ; 1973 ; 1980 ) . |
| 12 | This has meant a fall in the demand for residential care which had been increasing rapidly in previous years and it is the duty of the relevant authorities to plan future provision er so that everything will work smoothly for those most in need . |
| 13 | The motility of the left hemicolon in its normal position has been studied only in recent years . |
| 14 | MANKIND 'S eternal quest for knowledge about the Universe has been fired afresh in recent years by the spectacular revolution brought about by new astronomy and space technology . |