Example sentences of "but two years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Born in 1844 to a family noted for its piety and scholarship , Lazarus had decided to emigrate to Canada in 1869 , having heard reports of the young country 's potential : its federation was then but two years old . |
| 2 | This is the first time UEFA has banned a Dutch club , but two years ago the national team were ordered to replay a European Championship qualifying match behind closed doors after Cyprus 's goalkeeper had been struck by a firework . |
| 3 | A fine of $200,000 for violating customs laws brought her collecting to a halt in 1904 , but two years later the museum was open and Mrs Gardner was collecting again . |
| 4 | In 1914 he enlisted in the Pembroke Yeomanry but two years later was seconded to Signals , then a branch of the Royal Engineers . |
| 5 | They selected Hughes , who was duly elected with an 11,867 majority , but two years ago changed their mind and de-selected him . |
| 6 | The very first of these may have been held in Burrell 's Hall off the High Street , but two years later , Glasgow 's first Concert Hall was cobbled together . |
| 7 | The General 's father was the Rev. Henry Montgomery , the vicar of St. Mark 's Church , Kennington , when Bernard was born , but two years later he was appointed Bishop of Tasmania , to whence the family moved returning to England some twelve years later , when Bernard was fourteen years of age , and in January 1902 , the family moved into a Victorian house , 19 , Bolton Road , Chiswick , quite close to the River Thames and open sports grounds . |
| 8 | This started up in 1985 , but two years later suffered a serious accident when some of the liquid sodium coolant leaked out . |
| 9 | But two years ago the idea popped up again , as part of the Lucas Aerospace workers ' alternative corporate plan . |
| 10 | He was not often given to anger , which required more energy than he had to spare , but two years without life 's bounty , all for a small matter of dealing drugs to his friends , seemed little short of scandalous . |
| 11 | But two years later the earth-moving equipment to build the dams had still to arrive , and the bush-clearing programme , optimistically assigned to the Masai moran ( men of the warrior age-group ) , had made no progress at all . |
| 12 | In 1895 he was promoted back to the second class , but two years later , at the age of forty-five , a medical board found him unfit for duty ‘ due to chronic rheumatism and cracked feet ’ . |
| 13 | Woking then splashed out £300,000 on ground improvements , but two years on , painter decorator Biggins is really struggling . |
| 14 | Any chance of aid or succour from her brother-in-law , William Charles Titford , would have been swept away by his death in 1828 ; but two years earlier than that , Elizabeth 's name appears in the registers of Shoreditch Workhouse . |
| 15 | The singer was brought up in London , but two years in Leeds and five in the North West have given him an oddball Midlands-tinged accent . |
| 16 | His inability to make the weight limit forced him to relinquish his title , but two years later , at the age of 22 , he moved back to the USA and won the featherweight crown ( subsequently losing it , regaining it , losing it again and winning it back finally in 1898 ) . |
| 17 | Patients sent to the lunatic asylum , which was off the Ampthill Road , were charged at a weekly rate to the directors according to the numbers ; in 1818 for example , the cost was £18.12s. , but two years later , £78 . |
| 18 | It said that it was difficult to use insurance mechanisms to cut car crime , but two years on , it is now using insurance premiums formidably well . |
| 19 | But two years on , your rights have become limited . |
| 20 | But two years of severe drought in the region have prompted suggestions to give the project a higher priority and to build it over the next two years rather than the next 14 , as originally planned . |
| 21 | But two years ago he was finally discharged , to be treated as an out patient . |
| 22 | When David Walker led the poll tax rebels of West Oxfordshire out of the tory fold many pundits expected the new Independents would be replaced by more compliant conservatives at the first electoral opportunity … but two years on independents still hold more than half the council wards . |
| 23 | But two years ago Clive restored his first American police car . |
| 24 | Next pit stop was Italy … and the fiery Ferrari … but two years riding with the prancing horse finished in frustation and retirement … |
| 25 | For most of his life Ron Letts ran a bakers round from a mobile shop , but two years ago he started work as a security guard , because the round was n't making enough money . |
| 26 | The boat which regularly patrols the waterway was once crewed by police officers , but two years ago they were withdrawn . |
| 27 | But two years later , aged 29 , he joined the Stockton Gazette and Middlesbrough Times , for which he worked , as sub-editor and reporter , for five years . |
| 28 | He joined the Post Office at Bedale in time for the Christmas rush of 1957 , but two years of his service were part-time . |
| 29 | But two years ago , he bought 122 Pizzaland restaurants from Grand Metropolitan with the help of Mercury Development Capital . |