Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] only [art] few years " in BNC.
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1 | The fords at first included were later replaced by some 40 bridges , many of which still stand , and many miles of the original road were in use until only a few years ago . |
2 | In the space of only a few years , they regularly flitted around Manchester . |
3 | Yet within the space of only a few years , all this optimism , not for the first time , was in tatters — against a world backdrop that was also changing : the waning of American economic strength ; the rise of Japan ; the rapid expansion of decolonialisation ; new superpower hostility with the Cuban missile crisis ; the slowing down of economic growth and indications of problems to come . |
4 | It is particularly appropriate for young patients with diabetes of only a few years ' duration and without complications . |
5 | A poll showed that Mr Da Silva won it , burying the myth that as an ex-factory worker with only a few years schooling he is unqualified for the presidency . |
6 | The first truly indigenous press was almost certainly that of Egypt , which began to appear during the nineteenth century ; but it predated black Africa 's press by only a few years . |