Example sentences of "[adj] years [vb -s] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of the debate in social services in the past 30 years has been about community care — what it is an how to achieve it . |
| 2 | However , India produces some very good quality rugs , particularly in Kashmir , and the trend over the last few years has been towards finer and finer items . |
| 3 | As well as this , the trend over the past few years has been towards greater accountability from business in the form of information about matters other than profit and loss . |
| 4 | The most significant growth area for Blackwells ' Art & Poster Shop in the last few years has been in calendars . |
| 5 | One of the feminist demands in recent years has been to ‘ reclaim the night ’ . |
| 6 | The trend in recent years has been towards establishing more horizontal committees in the interests of greater internal co-ordination . |
| 7 | At every C&P plant there is concern about energy conservation but emphasis in recent years has been on improving product quality — something which often uses more energy without increasing output . |
| 8 | It is a short-stay winner , however ; the most interesting growth area in recent years has been outside the big cities and the theme parks : we are following the President 's advice to ‘ Discover America . ’ |
| 9 | Normal fluorescent tubes are familiar enough , but the main development in recent years has been in compact fluorescent lamps , which take the place of normal light bulbs . |
| 10 | Much of the major investment in this country 's telecommunications infrastructure in recent years has been from BT , which has made a much bigger contribution to the Exchequer than it did in the 1970s , as it is more efficient , more productive , sells more services , makes more money and pays more tax . |
| 11 | The most dramatic shift in recent years has been from soft to underwire garments , which provide greater support and ‘ shape ’ . |
| 12 | The biggest single chunk of the firm 's spending over the past four years has been on the development of Windows NT , due to be launched on May 24th and aimed at the large and fast-growing market for the software that can link together sprawling networks of PCs . |
| 13 | The HCIMA bibliography has been established over nearly 10 years , and the past seven years has been on a computer database . |