Example sentences of "[art] [adj] years [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few years ago one writer described a particularly difficult winter ascent of Wildboar Clough as ‘ The second worst journey in the world . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ A few years ago this painting would have been worth about £3 million , now it is a third of that . ’ |
| 3 | Until a few years ago this test had not been performed in any species with a bizarre male form , and the theory remained a speculation , tentatively accepted by most ethologists in the absence of any plausible alternative . |
| 4 | ‘ A few years ago this sort of equipment was found only in the big teaching centres but now it is the sort of equipment that is a basic requirement of a district general hospital , ’ he said . |
| 5 | A few years ago this game was used in evidence for a players ' international quality , but there is so much serious , competitive rugby now that a post-Christmas frolic is not rated in assessing credentials . |
| 6 | Until a few years ago most wood dyes tended to fade in strong sunlight , but now many of them contain transparent iron oxides , which do not fade and can be used on interior and exterior woodwork . |
| 7 | Who would have thought , with all this talk of millions to be made by gene juggling , that just a few years ago genetic engineering was considered to be so dangerous that one small accident could unleash upon the world a virulent plague that would make the black death look like an outbreak of summer flu ? |
| 8 | A few years ago any self respecting farmer would have been ashamed of this field , with its bumper crop of nettles and thistles … |
| 9 | Within a few years over 800 exchange lines and 300 private lines were in use operating from the new headquarters of the amalgamated telephone companies , the National Telephone Company Headquarters at 13 Royal Exchange Square . |
| 10 | Up to half a dozen years ago any invitation by the government that offered users meaningful involvement in planning community care would have been seen as unrealistic and even cynical . |
| 11 | It was a hundred years later that electricity was first used . |