Example sentences of "the few years " in BNC.
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1 | In the few years that followed , Eliot adopted various strategies to keep his poetry flowing . |
2 | If Eliot largely renounced his interest in childhood and in anthropology during the few years that followed , he gave up neither entirely . |
3 | So she knew that in the few years since she had last been in England great changes had begun to take place from some of which she might clearly benefit . |
4 | At the same time , the social benefits in the few years since 1979 have been significant . |
5 | In the few years after 1958 a new word ( and , underlying it , a new fear ) took root : the meritocracy . |
6 | In North America , in areas where conditions are similar to this country , a survey showed that one per cent of houses were affected by damp , but rot was not found in any of these , and in the few years of experience here none of the faults so far reported are due to this cause . |
7 | Third , there was the severe deterioration of industrial relations in the few years prior to 1914 which brought with it violent strikes and syndicalism . |
8 | I ca n't remember now whether in fact we were allowed any at all while we were in the Waaf , but I know that for the few years after I became a civilian again and clothes rationing still went on , the ration allocation was so small that the prospect of buying , for instance , a new winter coat was exceedingly small for most women , especially those with children , whose needs had to come first . |
9 | In the few years that followed , it is unlikely that you would get back as much as you paid in . |
10 | What the authorities failed to realise was that in the few years since the war had ended , aircraft design had moved forward a long way , and there had been a rapid development of jet aircraft of which Tank had little or no real experience — he had not been involved in this critical new phase . |
11 | Even in the few years since Volumes I and II of the Supplement were published , numerous words and meanings in the range A-N have emerged which are therefore not to be found in the largest Oxford Dictionary . |
12 | Extraordinary though such a testimonial may now appear , it was invaluable to Joyce in the few years before the war . |
13 | However , as you know , you must be very , very careful with the few years that remain to you . ’ |
14 | ‘ The few years that remain to me ? |
15 | But , despite the few years remaining , there is still some positive NPV for investment late in the cycle ( strictly at the end of the upward stage of the life-cycle ) , because prices can be increased given the cost advantage over rivals gained through accumulated experience . |
16 | In the few years since they have been in existence , the colleges of higher education have had little or no guidance , from the DES or anywhere else , as to the directions they might follow . |
17 | And to eat there — how she longed to , to drop the few years that made her different from Cad , to lose the ripeness and rotundities that would always make her different from Cati , who was , really , almost boy-like with her stringbean limbs , yet not quite boyish either , angelic rather ; she was not afflicted with the need Rosa felt , the gap opening inside her , where a longing for something other than what lay within her sights sat in occupation , banging her drum and marking out a new rhythm and new steps for Rosa 's spinning wants , calling down the corridors of Rosa 's body to her innermost inguinal life , till her blood rang to the beat . |
18 | 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 . |