Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [prep] [adj] years [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having enjoyed a remarkable degree of freedom for several years it was now hard to relinquish areas of control . |
| 2 | And of course in recent years there has been yet another pressure to move away from Brian Way 's methods . |
| 3 | As ‘ Lilla ’ has been kept in the South of England for many years its trip to Bala gives Northern fans of these locos a chance to see this one of two in British preservation . |
| 4 | I mean for instance on the question of identification after 45 years it 's very difficult , I saw that in the Demianuk trial , to get satisfactory er evidence , but of course er I think British rules of evidence probably would simply mean it was excluded if that was the case , and it was fairly done and the law were n't changed and it was the law as it stands er then I 'd be in favour of it . |
| 5 | There has , however , been a change of climate in recent years which has been a result of the pressures for accountability spelt out in Chapter 1 . |
| 6 | At the start of the negotiations the ACP countries called for a wide-ranging revision of the convention to take account of developments in recent years which had adversely affected their economies , in particular rising debt ( currently estimated at USdollars 200,000 million for the sub-Saharan countries alone ) and falling commodity prices . |
| 7 | When he thought of India in later years he would always see these two men and two bullocks and the leather bag flooding out its water as it settled on the ground . |
| 8 | Although she has lived in England for 17 years she only married her husband , Qi Can Huang , three years ago . |
| 9 | Having lived in Walton for 29 years she has witnessed how much of the cliff has already been lost to the sea . |
| 10 | Because there 's been a dramatic increase in traffic in recent years we need to assess the impact on the river 's special environment . |
| 11 | Looking at maths as a much wider subject , as a subject perhaps for research and for exploration , have there been any very obvious trends in mathematics in recent years which could be described ? |
| 12 | When you 've lived on subsistence for two years what do you do when your shoes wear out , when you get a £100 fuel bill , when the washing machine breaks down , when a pair of children 's shoes cost you more than you 'd spend on your own ? |
| 13 | Now we 're doing a little bit of reversion and it is much regret by God for five years I have negotiated budgets with the Labour group against intense opposition to Conservatives and central government to improve the services in Oxfordshire . |