Example sentences of "[art] few years in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ D'ye know what it is , ’ he growled , ‘ a few years in the army would do some of those boyos a power of good . |
| 2 | Maybe that 's one reason why this show has been a few years in the making . |
| 3 | For one thing , the war was only a matter of a few years in the past and the number of potential suitors must have been severely limited , especially of the right intellect and calibre . |
| 4 | Similar criteria have often applied to the education officer who , after a few years in the classroom . |
| 5 | At a future review conference — such conferences will occur every few years in the Community — it might be desirable to go even further and press for a clause in the Community body of law that makes it crystal clear that all powers that are not specifically allocated to the Community should remain as of right with the member states , as is the case in the American constitution . |