Example sentences of "[noun sg] of the [adj] year ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lively portrait of Albert and the literary and musical aspirations of his circle is contained in Günter Grass 's The Meeting at Telgte which also provides an evocative and credible background to the horror of the Thirty Years ' War . |
| 2 | The exuberant rush of ecclesiastical building was a byproduct of the Thirty Years ' War , which interrupted the German Renaissance and delayed the arrival of the Baroque until two generations after its origins in Italy . |
| 3 | It was through their influence that Goodricke was appointed as minister-resident to Sweden in 1758 ; he had to wait in Copenhagen until 1764 before the Swedish government resumed diplomatic relations with Britain that had been severed at the outset of the Seven Years ' War . |
| 4 | By 1648 , at the end of the Thirty Years ' War , Catholicism held total sway . |
| 5 | If you die within five years of retirement , most schemes pay the balance of the five years ' pension as a lump sum . |