Example sentences of "[adj] years [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alain Tamisier , the head of a French government research team , predicted that the wild areas of the Camargue would disappear within 30 years unless extensive conservation measures were taken . |
| 2 | ‘ Take my word for it , I 've been going for 30 years since the well was a bucket in a hole in the ground , and there is plenty of water , ’ she said . |
| 3 | It is almost 30 years since central planning enjoyed a vogue in Britain . |
| 4 | It was the room they had shared for 30 years since they had moved in to claim his inheritance . |
| 5 | THOUGH it has been more than 30 years since Jim Chilchutt last cut a rug at a high-school dance , he recaptures his lost youth every weekend , cruising the streets of Ventura behind the wheel of a 1948 Studebaker . |
| 6 | It is now at least 30 years since socially-aware musicians in the USA coined the term ‘ Cockroach Capitalism ’ to describe their working conditions . |
| 7 | It 's 30 years since Connery made his debut as the renegade secret serviceman in Dr No . |
| 8 | ‘ It is 30 years since my father 's first victory here and I am sure he would have been the first to have congratulated Ayrton on breaking his record of five wins . |
| 9 | It 's almost 30 years since the last steam train crossed the Thames at Shiplake . |
| 10 | ‘ Although I emigrated in 1965 it must be more than 30 years since Keith and I celebrated our birthdays together , ’ he said . |
| 11 | All the old favourites are there in a medley of hits which , like him , have hardly failed to age over 30 years since they first hit the charts . |
| 12 | There may be a latent period of 30 years before it actually erupts . |
| 13 | Black people are now moving back to the People 's National Movement , which ruled for 30 years before Mr Robinson came to power . |
| 14 | Golf 's popularity was putting pressure on the course because more local people played , and earlier in the day than previously , so the Artisans ' starting time was brought forward to ‘ no later than 8.30 a.m. ’ ( 30 years before it was 9.30 a.m . ) . |
| 15 | Adding to his work of 30 years before he proved Galois ' assertion that if a finite group G contains pm elements , p being a prime , when G contains a subgroup of order p . |
| 16 | It took him more than 30 years before he told anyone other than friends of his terrifying experience . |
| 17 | Joan nursed at the Memorial for more than 30 years before she retired due to ill health . |
| 18 | She crammed more living into her 30 years than most people experience in two lifetimes , according to her heartbroken parents Ken and Diana . |
| 19 | Yet almost 30 years after Indira Gandhi stripped the princes of their titles , the ex-Maharajah of Bharatpur continues to exert a regal influence over the affairs of his former state . |
| 20 | The technique in question is Bob Blake 's Managerial Grid , still going strong 30 years after it was developed in the US , and likely to show new life in the UK now that management consultants P-E International have taken on the somewhat dusty licence . |
| 21 | The school leaving age was raised to 16 ( nearly 30 years after this was recommended in the 1944 Education Act ) . |
| 22 | He still lives on the outskirts of his adopted city close on 30 years after he signed for them . |
| 23 | A VANDAL-PROOF stained glass window is to be installed in a village church 30 years after the original was vandalised . |
| 24 | During his time at the flour mill ( which is actually 30 years if you include an earlier spell ) he has been mixerman , cuber operator , machine man , bran packer and even cleaner — when there were seven employees per shift ! |
| 25 | The application captures all sensor readings in real time and stores them for 30 years as required by law . |
| 26 | The application captures all sensor readings in real time and stores them for 30 years as required by law . |
| 27 | The company has built a strong reputation over more than 30 years as producers of fresh pork , cooked meats , sausages and bacon products for UK supermarkets , retailers and the food service industry . |
| 28 | Harry put in 410 League appearances for Crystal Palace and that stood as a record for over 30 years until it was overtaken by Terry Long in the late 1960s . |
| 29 | As such , its loss of support was part of the continuing legacy of the Fitzgerald inquiry into corruption within the Queensland government , where the Nationals had been in power for 30 years until defeated in 1989 . |
| 30 | More individuals therefore enter the population in some years than in others . |