Example sentences of "[adj] years [noun] ['s] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | New developments — In the last 20 or 30 years Nepal 's population has near doubled . |
| 2 | In the last 20 or 30 years Nepal 's population has near doubled . |
| 3 | For the first few years Blackpool 's trams represented the only practical example in the World , of electric tramcars running in crowded thoroughfares . |
| 4 | In three years VPI 's value had risen from £9.55 million to £121 million . |
| 5 | For many years solicitors ' practices have employed non-lawyers to do professional work . |
| 6 | During the previous twenty-five years Chesterfield 's burial totals never rose to more than seventy per annum and were usually at a much lower level , but in 1587 the number of recorded deaths reached a staggering 313 . |
| 7 | Bottomore writing in 1965 noted , ‘ For the past eighty years Marx 's theory has been the object of unrelenting criticism and tenacious defence ’ . |
| 8 | For thirty five years Espinasse 's Ale held its own in the turbulent market conditions of Ireland 's eighteenth century brewery industry . |
| 9 | In the past 15 years Denison 's work has had a direct influence on the conservation movement in the North of England . |
| 10 | But over the past two years Ravenscraig 's position has weakened . |