Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [art] [adj] years ' " 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 | Further , more local , threats are posed for the sake of a few years ' supply of raw materials . |
3 | She is in fact already a teacher of a few years ' experience , with one class in her own village of Strathkinness in Fife , and two more in nearby St. Andrews ; she has even more experience as a traveller , having for some time regularly made the journey to Edinburgh by bicycle and train to attend training Saturdays with Rita Quick and Monday recreational classes with Muriel Jessop , and during the last two years undertaken the long trip south to take part in Aston Clinton weekends . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | The dissolution of the monasteries by the French in 1809 was the violent culmination of a twenty years ' campaign . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | By 1648 , at the end of the Thirty Years ' War , Catholicism held total sway . |
8 | If you die within five years of retirement , most schemes pay the balance of the five years ' pension as a lump sum . |