Example sentences of "but [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Watson 's 1844 plan shows at least twenty-eight thatched buildings , but eleven years later the town had only two . |
| 2 | Sefton today is happy in retirement , but eleven years ago there were many who would n't have believed he 'd still be alive . |
| 3 | But 180 years ago in America someone came up with the idea of a Temperance Society . |
| 4 | The idea may defy the commonly accepted principles of the art of conjuring but fifty years age there was a small and enthusiastic group of nude conjurors . |
| 5 | In the English civil wars of the mid-thirteenth century the cavalry had been in command ; but fifty years later , things were beginning to change . |
| 6 | But fifty years ago , the Fire Service Training Centre in Moreton in Marsh was an RAF base were airmen were trained how to fly Wellington bombers . |
| 7 | Turning now to the representatives of old age who actually believe age is an automatic disqualifier , let us scrutinise the sorts of replies , among which this was typical : ‘ Capability should be the main criteria ( sic ) , but 70 years of age should be the limit . ’ |
| 8 | But eight years before Roberts sat on that hilltop above the city , there were only 24,000 Jews living in Palestine . |
| 9 | This initially ran on a short demonstration track around the works but eight years ago developed into a plan to run month long charity specials up the former trackbed and based on the Leek and Manifold 's former Hulme End terminus . |
| 10 | Eva sang and Margaret watched , filled with admiration for the sister who was only a couple of years ahead of her in age but light years away in confidence . |
| 11 | But 300 years ago , a boy a quarter of his age , would have had no difficulty with double the number of oxen . |
| 12 | ‘ It depends on the demand in the trade at the time but some years the training classes are full and sometimes there 's hardly any recruits at all , ’ he explained . |
| 13 | I do n't know whether I told you … but some years ago she was diagnosed as having … polyneuritis … ’ |
| 14 | Unfortunately his work as art adviser did not allow him much time to paint , but some years ago , moving from urban to country surroundings , he found himself most excited by the wild moors and dales of Yorkshire , and once more began to paint . |
| 15 | David rose through the ranks from education officer to acting director of technical education during his years in Northern Rhodesia , but some years after the country gained independence he made the decision to leave . |
| 16 | Erm it 's quite regular I know , but some years you just ca n't see it very well . |
| 17 | In previous years the selection of the carnival queen had been organised by elimination contests in the town and surrounding villages , but 30 years ago the committee asked that young ladies should send in a copy of a recent photograph . |
| 18 | Novae are now believed to be caused by gas spilling from one star to another in a close double-star system , but 30 years ago they were a complete mystery ; only two dozen had been spotted in time for astronomers to study them while they were still erupting . |
| 19 | He might n't look too glamorous today … but nineteen years ago this rubber alligator was a film star . |
| 20 | But six years after qualifying he became a partner in Price Waterhouse and somehow never quite got into the pure consultancy side . |
| 21 | Waco sheriffs officers close in on Mount Carmel , not this year but six years ago . |
| 22 | Literary critics such as Elisabeth Schneider and Molly Lefebure have suggested that this account is probably a gross exaggeration — that is , that while Coleridge may have dreamed about Cublai Can , the poetry was not provided in the dream in its complete form , but required years of revision . |
| 23 | But 100 years ago , I am sure than many an older mechanical engineer would not have cared to contemplate the day when robots would be able to manufacture engine components to much higher tolerances than could be achieved then . |
| 24 | Mr Livingstone said he was against pacts , but 10 years of Thatcherism had demonstrated the dangers of giving power to elites . |
| 25 | Atari is now Nintendo 's arch-rival , but 10 years ago , it owned the video games market . |
| 26 | Gerald and Kath Mitchell are recognised as the pioneers of the breed in the UK but 10 years on they are still not totally happy with the breed 's progress . |
| 27 | Allowance would also have to be made for depreciation ( estimates of equipment life vary , but 10 years is a reasonable average ) and interest on capital . |
| 28 | But 10 years ago , Gerald Kingsland hit the headlines when he advertised for a woman to live with him on a desert island . |
| 29 | He later returned to Britain to work at Manchester airport , but 10 years of research by Professor Ivan Smith has drawn a blank about his present whereabouts . |
| 30 | Leslie had clearly avoided this mishap , for the face that presented itself at the church to the sound of other bells was unblemished — only so very much older than that of the newly-commissioned boy of the Stirling studio photograph , taken but three years before . |