Example sentences of "[art] few years [prep] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1	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 .
2	The V&A , we are told , set aside 50 per cent of its objects are required within a few years of their manufacture .
3	Generally , the operational data ( that is the policy records ) were destroyed within a few years of their fulfilment .
4	Betty and George had both worked and were able to enjoy a few years of their retirement together before he had a major stroke .
5	There was a genuine dilemma and conservatives like Spurgeon could , if they had wanted , cite a famous precedent : St Francis of Assisi never disguised his hostility towards learning yet , within a few years of his death , his new Order was dominating much of Europe 's University life .
6	He was treasurer of the RAS from 1831 to 1840 and became president a few years before his death in 1866 .
7	But whereas they had been held for just a few years by his grandfather and father , they were in royal hands for thirty-one of the last forty years of Edward III 's reign , from 1337 to 1360 and then from 1369 onwards to the end of the century .
8	All too often , a ‘ best of all time show-stopper ’ is difficult to find only a few years after its introduction , superseded by yet another new name .
9	For a few years after his return to Edinburgh he prepared anatomical and pathological demonstrations in the Department of Anatomy , but latterly he withdrew from public affairs .
10	The only other Briton to win both Opens is Tony Jacklin who , incidentally , came to Jersey to live and play golf for a few years after his retirement from the professional circuit .
11	A great deal of heart disease could also be prevented if everyone over the age of thirty-five had their blood pressure checked every few years by their doctor .

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