Example sentences of "[verb] in [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Colin Todd ( Derby ) and Norman Hunter ( Leeds ) are the only defenders to have won in 18 years . |
| 2 | First , it would undo the anti-inflationary credibility that they have painfully won in recent years , and which is the precise benefit offered by EMS membership . |
| 3 | The team was underfinanced from the start and indeed , some of the finance Emerson did get-like some of the companions and hangers-on he began to attract in those years — was distinctly off-colour . |
| 4 | Dovaston is unable to list them publicly because many of the crimes have been committed in recent years and a number are still sub judice . |
| 5 | And further expansion is on the cards as Sainsbury plans to embark on a similar programme of store opening in future years . |
| 6 | Fieldwork is stressed in all years . |
| 7 | The importance of ‘ generic skills ’ has been stressed in recent years by the Manpower Services Commission ( now Training Agency ) as a flexible response to and preparation for a fast-changing economy . |
| 8 | This deficit was funded by the use of surpluses earned in prior years . |
| 9 | One of the important lessons that doctors and lay people have been relearning in recent years is that physical health and mental well-being belong together . |
| 10 | A hundred and fifty films , television and video productions they 've attracted in four years . |
| 11 | Erm , the storage binder , we , we , er , anticipate that you of course , will wind up with shelves full of storage binders housing various diaries , and you 'll want to know in ten years ' time , which storage binder has your nineteen ninety-four diary , erm , that 's what that label is for . |
| 12 | Adrian , who came 15th despite hopes for a medal , vowed : ‘ I certainly hope to go and win in four years ’ time . ’ |
| 13 | This is precisely what has been happening in recent years , to such an extent that we can without exaggeration speak of a ‘ committals explosion ’ in addition to the remand explosion which we have just outlined . |
| 14 | AMERICA 'S oil patch has seen more whingeing than wildcatting in recent years . |
| 15 | If they stay in the lower divisions they 'll have to eliminate seating in seven years time . |
| 16 | When the Michies moved in five years ago , they had to carry out extensive renovations . |
| 17 | ‘ We moved in nine years ago after my parents , so everything was already well established , ’ says Mrs Weedon . |
| 18 | As a matter of fact you are the first visitor to come to the cottage since I moved in two years ago . ’ |
| 19 | Bryony moved in two years ago , then I came with the kids , and a year later to the day , Clare moved in . |
| 20 | Much of our knowledge about the domestic and workshop accommodation has been derived from aerial survey , supplemented in recent years by larger area excavations and improved recovery techniques . |
| 21 | As we shall see , the latter system has been modified in recent years , but the basic principle upon which the ‘ pool ’ rests remains unchanged , namely that the cost of public sector higher education must be shared among all the local authorities . |
| 22 | The principal investigators will be responsible for interviewing key informants about the way the system has been modified in recent years . |
| 23 | Of the constituent countries of the UK , Northern Ireland had a considerable degree of devolved government but this has been modified in recent years pending resolution of Ireland 's partition problems . |
| 24 | ‘ You can trust us to wake up every day remembering the people we saw in the bus trips , the people we saw in the town meetings , the people we touched at the rallies , the people who had never voted before , the people who had n't voted in 20 years , the people who 'd never voted for a Democrat , the people who had given up hope , all of them together saying we want our future back . |
| 25 | ‘ You can trust us to wake up every day remembering the people we saw in the bus trips , the people we touched at the rallies , the people who had never voted before , the people who had n't voted in 20 years , the people who 'd never voted for a Democrat , the people who had given up hope , all of them saying we want our future back . ’ |
| 26 | In particular , TV buying has come in recent years to be regarded as something of a separate skill — arguably to the detriment of the media operations of agencies as a whole . |
| 27 | Its characteristics include adjustable string tension , a system which has been underrated in previous years but which has incalculable benefits to the regular club enthusiast . |
| 28 | They all have alluvial flood plains or levels of wet permanent pasture in which extensive flooding used to be of frequent occurrence , but many improvement schemes have been instituted in recent years with stretches of river being straightened and flood banks raised . |
| 29 | Questions of pollution control and industrial responsiveness to environmental threat have become particularly pressing in recent years . |
| 30 | Now you 're moving to Bilborough , you 're moving to Bilborough erm just say in five years time they got rid of the flats erm and they built houses on here on the site , would you move back ? |