Example sentences of "time in years " in BNC.
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| 1 | To this Leonard went , and there he stayed for several months , playing his part in the Pullman household under the terse agreement : ‘ If you stay , you 'll pull your weight , like the rest of us ’ ; ensconced in a lively family atmosphere for the first time in years . |
| 2 | Problems have arisen despite this year 's cash for the NHS appearing , when it was announced last November , to allow for real growth for the first time in years , even after taking into account inevitable pressures such as the rising number of elderly people . |
| 3 | As well as being profitable and actually paying a dividend back to Detroit for the first time in years , Vauxhall is an important part of the GM empire for political reasons . |
| 4 | Meteorologists have confirmed that , for the first time in years , the prevailing winter winds were easterly , and a navy hydrographer said the surface area of the submerged craft would have been enough to act as a sail and counter the current . |
| 5 | It was the first personal bequest she had ever received , and the first time in years that she had cried . |
| 6 | For the first time in years he felt what it was like to be a truly free man . |
| 7 | ‘ Last spring , bluebells grew in this cleared area for the first time in years , ’ Alan said . |
| 8 | These last few months of building a new identity had enabled him to relax for the first time in years . |
| 9 | For the first time in years it is possible to walk around the whole building and experience it in three dimensions . |
| 10 | For the first time in years nuclear weapons could well be an issue at the imminent general election . |
| 11 | It was the first time in years that I had blown my top in such a way , and I vowed that it would never happen again , that I would save all my aggression for the track . |
| 12 | For the first time in years Harriet was overwhelmed by a wave of homesickness , and not now for New York , but for the haven of her London flat , the bolt-hole she had made her very own . |
| 13 | It 's the first time in years that I 've enjoyed the charts . |
| 14 | But his attitude was positive as he returned to Obergurgl for the first time in years for our jaunt . |
| 15 | Mrs Frizzell found it impossible to forgive Mrs Dawson 's becoming a widow the same week as her party ; a history of Mrs Dawson one night , and the remarks the following night of the lady secretary of the United Nations ' Society on the role of the Canadian peacekeeping force in Cyprus , had meant that for the first time in years no report of Mrs Frizzell 's party appeared , though room had been found for a report on one of Mrs Murphy 's receptions . |
| 16 | At once she burst into tears and hugging me for the first time in years ( it seemed ) , cried , ‘ If only I had their faith ! ’ |
| 17 | And the whole market — dominated by six firms including Argos and Great Universal Stores — is shrinking for the first time in years . |
| 18 | Briefly , the image of Lexandro 's own two indulged foolish siblings , Andria and Phoeba , flitted through his consciousness for what seemed the first time in years . |
| 19 | ‘ For the first time in years , I can stand proud like any other man . ’ |
| 20 | As one recently retired 62-year-old put it : ‘ I had hardly had a chance to enjoy a couple of days pottering in the garden for the first time in years , when my wife was nagging me to go out and find something to do . |
| 21 | He prayed for the first time in years to the Holy Spirit to come and take his brother 's soul . |
| 22 | For the first time in years she had someone she could rely on . |
| 23 | It 's the first time in years I 've been able to uncoil a little with Ali . |
| 24 | For the first time in years … |
| 25 | I wondered what on earth John would think if he saw all this ; his friends in church , many for the first time in years , strangers saying prayers for him , me weeping over his photograph . |
| 26 | B ) , the corresponding condition for a geometric index is F = Se , where π is the continuously compounded interest rate , w is the continuous dividend rate and h is the time in years until delivery . |
| 27 | This month she is visiting Britain for the first time in years . |
| 28 | For the first time in years it was thick enough to bear . |
| 29 | Puffins were seen on the island for the first time in years . |
| 30 | Duration is defined as the weighted average maturity of a bond using the relative discounted cash flows in each period as weights ( we assume annual coupons ) : where D = duration measured in years , d = annual coupon , B = par value of bond , P d = dirty price of bond , t = time in years to tth cash flows , T= time in years to maturity , rm = yield to maturity . |