Example sentences of "[prep] years it " in BNC.
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| 1 | If prices remained high for a number of years it would become economic to develop marginal deposits in other parts of the world , such as Indonesia , New Guinea , New Caledonia , Peru and the US . |
| 2 | For hundreds of years it has all been exactly the same . |
| 3 | Over thousands of years it has been recognized that the human body has a non-physical component , and it is striking that through all the descriptions there is a strong energy theme . |
| 4 | Over billions of years it will slowly fizzle out to become a black dwarf . |
| 5 | It used to be ‘ I 'm doing my law moderations ’ — he pursed his lips and wagged his head — ‘ but these last couple of years it 's been , ‘ I 'm reading for my finals ’ . |
| 6 | Biological anthropology in the present context considers infants and their care within an evolutionary perspective , arguing that over the millions of years it has taken for humans to evolve , infant-parent contact was likely to have been virtually constant for at least the first year of life . |
| 7 | For a number of years it was the tallest building in Canada . |
| 8 | Erm see the last couple of years it 's changed again . |
| 9 | It 's no exaggeration to say that I owe my start in politics to the G M B because after having worked , as Dick said , for the G M B for a number of years it was the support of the G M B which helped me win the nomination for Chesterly Street and in the early eighties I can remember when er the Labour Party was going through a difficult period it was officials and members of the G M B who were a steadying influence in my constituency , as they have been ever since . |
| 10 | James and I continued to go out and have lovely times together , but after a couple of years it slowly began to dawn on me that I was expanding . |
| 11 | I mean a lot a lot of years it 's quite iffy but this year it 's not too bad at all . |
| 12 | A final point on this type of clause : if what is regarded as an initially reasonable figure is inserted in standard conditions and remains unchanged for a number of years it may well have become unreasonable through the impact of inflation , either in an absolute sense , or because average contract values have increased . |
| 13 | But now she 's alright , she had a feather of pillow for a couple of years it 's like |
| 14 | in a couple of years it never done a thing and now it 's growing . |
| 15 | Where projects extend between years it is important to have a view of expected completion dates and the level of bidding needed to replace the activity lost . |
| 16 | For years it had not been worked . |
| 17 | I told him we were simply adapting the phrase from the social security regulations , where for years it has worked perfectly satisfactorily in deciding whether or not a worker should get benefit if he is laid off at another workplace from the one where a dispute is taking place . |
| 18 | For years it was left to the family and close associates to keep the search alive . |
| 19 | Polgar resolved to do the same , although for years it resulted in severe poverty . |
| 20 | For years it seemed they were common enough to turn the competitive paradigm into something of little practical use . |
| 21 | For years it was believed that the ‘ fanatic ’ Toscanini conducted everything very fast , though it is an attested fact that his Bayreuth Parsifal was the slowest in the theatre 's history and that his famous Falstaff , not to mention a good deal of his Mozart and Brahms , was unusually broad in its pacing . |
| 22 | For years it had been a dream of Methodist leaders like Hughes , Sir Robert Perks MP and Sir Henry Lunn to have a ‘ monumental Connexional building ’ worthy of Wesleyanism . |
| 23 | For years it was used in support of Edison 's dictum ‘ Invention is one per cent inspiration , ninety nine per cent perspiration ’ . |
| 24 | For years it was in the library of a Spanish noble house , from whence it was acquired by Thomas Thorp ( 1791–1851 ) , a baker who took to bookselling in Bedford Street , Piccadilly and Henrietta Street , Covent Garden . |
| 25 | I I 've been coming here for forty years so far and and provocative statement I think in your programme this Autumn is the best that you 've had for years it 's a very good combination of classical and and modern plays and I really congratulate you on this programme and I would like to see that standard maintained . |
| 26 | For years it has not been clear exactly what the Tate is . |
| 27 | Necessary as legislation was in terms of public safety , for years it was unattractive to Ministers since it required considerable expenditure whilst at the same time being unlikely to attract any votes . |
| 28 | For years it had been evident to him that the phrenological system was sound and he had been tormented by his inability to demonstrate it to people who , like the Collector , were inclined to scoff . |
| 29 | The Medicines Control Agency may not be entirely blameless in this as for years it has tolerated the marketing of other nicotine containing products of unproved value or quality without licence . |
| 30 | For years it continued to give pleasure at countless cinema shows in deaf institutes all over the country until demand for the available films gradually ceased . |