Example sentences of "[conj] in the [adj] years [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There can be no doubt that in the 112 years it has been standing on the embankment it has become a part of the London scene . |
| 2 | ‘ It is true that in the eighteen years she has been here I have never heard her speak . |
| 3 | Hairdressers and make-up artists know who 's had what done and where , who 's had whom , when and how , and with what , where and how many times , and in the thirteen years I 've known Lynette , I have never known her betray a confidence , so I tell her what the lump is . |
| 4 | As a special train , the Land Cruise was a cut above its immediate predecessors , and in the ensuing years its profile and format have been further refined into a series of repeat itinerary three-day tours which , although still plying the scenic Scottish routes , now do so as part of InterCity 's charter operation utilising specially refurbished first-class stock and Mk 3 sleepers in lieu of the Pullmans . |
| 5 | It employs 1,000 people now , just as it did in 1981 , but in the intervening years it has had to take on far more duties — most notably the upkeep of its building which was looked after by the government from 1816 to 1988 . |
| 6 | But in the three years he had worked for her , she had n't deceived him . |
| 7 | In so far as war recruitment affected the labour market , by emphasising labour shortage in the brisk years it may have helped advance money wages , while in the worst years it may have limited the extent of unemployment . |