Example sentences of "year there [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we shall see in chapter 27 , in recent years there seems to have been a greater willingness in the Western liberal democracies to take action outside the normal channels of group and party politics . |
| 2 | In fact over the years there 's always been a significant amount of lesbian/gay film making in the general programme . |
| 3 | and within the last say twenty five years there 's been a dramatic change in the young people 's way of thinking , maybe more of them have gone to university than they did the previous twenty five years and that there is such a difference now than there was that I mean for instance if there was a war there would n't , there would be far more conscientious objectors than there ever was before far more than erm young man saying no I 'm going to fight for my country , be patriotic I do n't think you would find , for instance , the youth of this country so patriotic as they was in the last war , your country needs you . |
| 4 | I 'm a widow of 70 and for the past eight years there 's been a very persistent man in my life . |
| 5 | It 's not about violence or brutal police officers and I say that because for the last few years there 's been an awful lot of publicity about the particularly in the Metropolitan area and I ask you you will have read some terrible things about certain police officers . |
| 6 | He was saying what happened was the last three years there 's been no plums about so the supermarkets have sort of found something else . |
| 7 | There 's always , you know , through the years there 's always been something , some bit of drama , and particularly in the last ten years . |
| 8 | for many years there 's been what 's called the ‘ Rate Equalization Subsidy ’ which has gone from areas of high rateable value to areas of low rateable value such as the middle of Lancashire — central Lancashire , and other parts of the country . |
| 9 | In the debates over the last twenty years there has been considerable interplay of theological and sociological reasoning , with social scientists also contributing to papers and discussions . |
| 10 | During the last few years there has been an increase in swinging and ground looping accidents and these must be analysed to see if there are new lessons to be learned . |
| 11 | In recent years there has been considerable discussion of the role of the Sovereign in the eventuality of a hung Parliament , such as that of 1929–31 , and the general conclusion has been that her role is essentially a passive one . |
| 12 | Over the last few years there has been a dramatic increase in the number of rigs available from shops . |
| 13 | This is slightly up on the previous year but for the past five years there has been no substantial rise in the number of asylum-seekers . |
| 14 | In the last few years there has been an increasing realization that many modern production methods are not only very wasteful but probably also unnecessary … |
| 15 | There is no village now , but for a thousand years there has been a manor . |
| 16 | For a thousand years there has been a manor on this site , which belonged to Hesdins , Wriothosleys , Badds and Worgans until the nineteenth century . |
| 17 | Which is not to say that popular humour in the States is particularly nice : in recent years there has been a great demand for in-your-face racist , ethnic and misogynist stuff , as typified on the respectable side by Jackie Mason and on the unholy by Andrew Dice Clay . |
| 18 | Many fashions such as the kipper tie and the string tie have come and gone , and in recent years there has been an upsurge in the popularity of vivid colours and flamboyant designs . |
| 19 | In recent years there has been a move in UK schools to standardise scientific nomenclature , and to phase out imperial measurements in favour of metric ones . |
| 20 | Ciba-Geigy runs company management courses and in recent years there has been a steady increase in the number of women in these courses . |
| 21 | In recent years there has been a great increase in the use of active compounds . |
| 22 | And of course in recent years there has been yet another pressure to move away from Brian Way 's methods . |
| 23 | They have come from every country on earth … of late years there has been a remarkable influx of Jews into Palestine , but the Turkish government are striving to hinder their settlement by every means in their power . ’ |
| 24 | In the last ten or fifteen years there has been a trend away from this geographical separation of the clinic , and there are now several purpose-built departments above ground designed as integral parts of new hospital complexes . |
| 25 | In the last few years there has been a succession of reports , mostly emanating from the continent of Europe , claiming good results from vaccines against herpes virus . |
| 26 | Over the last half-dozen years there has been a quiet revolution in the water industry as this simple realization has dawned upon engineers , farmers , digger-drivers , and even the legislators in Westminster . |
| 27 | Clearly in the last twenty years there has been growing controversy about fundamental aspects of policing , unprecedented in this century . |
| 28 | In recent years there has been an explosion in the growth of business travel . |
| 29 | In recent years there has also been an increasing trend towards imports of products rather than crude oil which has not helped the domestic oil industry . |
| 30 | Instead for many , many years there has been in Channel 4 a culture , which allowed you to expect these matters to be dealt with properly , without being made to feel that you were being perverse in raising the issue yet again or that you were making a point or a special case . |