Example sentences of "[art] few year " in BNC.

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1 In the few years that followed , Eliot adopted various strategies to keep his poetry flowing .
2 If Eliot largely renounced his interest in childhood and in anthropology during the few years that followed , he gave up neither entirely .
3 So she knew that in the few years since she had last been in England great changes had begun to take place from some of which she might clearly benefit .
4 At the same time , the social benefits in the few years since 1979 have been significant .
5 In the few years after 1958 a new word ( and , underlying it , a new fear ) took root : the meritocracy .
6 In North America , in areas where conditions are similar to this country , a survey showed that one per cent of houses were affected by damp , but rot was not found in any of these , and in the few years of experience here none of the faults so far reported are due to this cause .
7 Third , there was the severe deterioration of industrial relations in the few years prior to 1914 which brought with it violent strikes and syndicalism .
8 I ca n't remember now whether in fact we were allowed any at all while we were in the Waaf , but I know that for the few years after I became a civilian again and clothes rationing still went on , the ration allocation was so small that the prospect of buying , for instance , a new winter coat was exceedingly small for most women , especially those with children , whose needs had to come first .
9 In the few years that followed , it is unlikely that you would get back as much as you paid in .
10 What the authorities failed to realise was that in the few years since the war had ended , aircraft design had moved forward a long way , and there had been a rapid development of jet aircraft of which Tank had little or no real experience — he had not been involved in this critical new phase .
11 Even in the few years since Volumes I and II of the Supplement were published , numerous words and meanings in the range A-N have emerged which are therefore not to be found in the largest Oxford Dictionary .
12 Extraordinary though such a testimonial may now appear , it was invaluable to Joyce in the few years before the war .
13 However , as you know , you must be very , very careful with the few years that remain to you . ’
14 The few years that remain to me ?
15 But , despite the few years remaining , there is still some positive NPV for investment late in the cycle ( strictly at the end of the upward stage of the life-cycle ) , because prices can be increased given the cost advantage over rivals gained through accumulated experience .
16 In the few years since they have been in existence , the colleges of higher education have had little or no guidance , from the DES or anywhere else , as to the directions they might follow .
17 And to eat there — how she longed to , to drop the few years that made her different from Cad , to lose the ripeness and rotundities that would always make her different from Cati , who was , really , almost boy-like with her stringbean limbs , yet not quite boyish either , angelic rather ; she was not afflicted with the need Rosa felt , the gap opening inside her , where a longing for something other than what lay within her sights sat in occupation , banging her drum and marking out a new rhythm and new steps for Rosa 's spinning wants , calling down the corridors of Rosa 's body to her innermost inguinal life , till her blood rang to the beat .
18 Stainless steel , the dominant material in the sink market , could not meet those needs : ‘ Asterite ’ could , and its sales have grown very rapidly in the few years since its introduction .
19 If it were to happen in a few year 's time when we have the lottery money , then I think the Sutherland Collection Collection is something that anybody concerned with heritage should make the highest possible priority .
20 The British Museum 's show was originally scheduled to coincide with the publication of its new catalogue of the drawings of Rembrandt and his School , due to appear in a few year 's time .
21 And when I come here and I lived here for a few year and then really saw what it was like , I thought , God , never again .
22 Been a few year they 've been , been about , must have been er erm twenty or thirty year now .
23 But now I 've been drug-free for over a year erm but I 'd been trying for a few year before that and had nay managed to succeed .
24 You may agree with honours or not , we 've done this programme a few year ago , Bill , but classless is erm , as I understand it , is to give anyone in this country erm the opportunity to get to the top .
25 To him a few years ago : You are my finest invention .
26 Her view reflected a time when mustard was enjoying a vogue similar to that enjoyed by flavoured vinegars a few years ago .
27 A few years back , I bought an old desk at an auction and , when I got it home , found that the drawers had not been emptied by its previous owner .
28 This noticeboard had already played a significant part in my life : nearly thirty years before then it had displayed the result of my own first degree ( second-class honours ) ; a few years later had come the perfunctory notice saying my doctoral thesis had been accepted by the college ; and shortly after that an even briefer note to the effect that I had joined the teaching staff .
29 This process , which can take several decades in open country , may be contrived in only a few years in a garden by reversing the natural scheme of things .
30 Remember that any such feature is simply a vehicle for the plants to be grown over it , and in a few years the structure becomes incidental to the glory of the climber that smothers it .
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