Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [adj] years it [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Released from the Vickers factory at Brooklands on September 25 , 1953 , Varsity T.1 WL679 spent most of its life at Farnborough , although for several years it was based at Pershore . |
| 2 | Birds respond to a wide range of sounds but for many years it was assumed that their low-frequency hearing was poorer than ours . |
| 3 | Wherein their Superior Effects for the cure of gun-shot wounds … ‘ , but in those years it was still an uncouth place , better fitted to receive the injured soldiery than sickly , comfort-loving bourgeois . |
| 4 | This is a landmark visible for miles along the coast ; indeed there was a protest from seafarers when in recent years it was feared the spire might need to be dismantled . |
| 5 | As in previous years it was difficult to monitor the fighting in Cambodia during 1990 , as independent confirmation of conflicting claims was extremely rare . |