Example sentences of "been [verb] in the [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | No more detailed official guidance has been given in the succeeding years . |
| 2 | Instead an eclectic approach has been taken , highlighting some of the more significant work that has been done in the five years since the first edition of this book was published . |
| 3 | The phenomenon had first been noticed in the last years of Victoria 's reign , among the new generation coming through who would be the new Edwardians and who would inherit the new century . |
| 4 | The convergence of geopolitical events , of the consequences of the technology that has been fermenting in the post-war years , of new ideologies , of government processes are of a scale and significance unprecedented for half a century . |
| 5 | Much the same impulse had been felt in the early years of reports by the APU . |
| 6 | If , however , they were too pessimistic this should have been belied in the subsequent years since the Nigerian Indigenization Decree of 1972 , implemented from February 1974 , which reserved twenty-six activities in large-scale industry exclusively for Nigerian ownership ; foreign companies operating in these businesses had to sell out . |
| 7 | And when Lugard came to look back on what had been accomplished in the early years of British administration he singled out the improved character of the native rulers , which he attributed to ‘ the unceasing efforts and devoted ability of the British staff , who have by precept and example made them what they are today ’ . |
| 8 | It was decided that sufficient experience had been gained in the three years of presentations for Physical Education and Recreation modules to allow a review in this area . |
| 9 | His words were prophetic , for as I write about it now I realize that it has never been repeated in the thirty-five years that have passed since then . |
| 10 | POLLING stations 83 and 84 for the village of Hath Qila lie down a dusty track that must be one of the few roads that has not been metalled in the five years that Mr Rajiv Gandhi has been cosseting his home constituency of Amethi . |
| 11 | Mike 's inspiration has been redoubled in the six years since that announcement ; Beth , five , has been joined by Felicity , 18 months . |