Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [prep] [art] [det] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | He retired from public life for a few years and then returned to full prominence . |
| 2 | The bank is looking for someone canny — not to say extremely gifted — who has developed the right skills in a reasonably sized corporate environment within a few years of qualifying . |
| 3 | Many Glaswegians were to join the International Brigade within a few years , Scots like James Robertson Justice , pointing rifles upwards at the Heinkel 111 and Junkers 52 of Adolf Hitler 's Luftwaffe . |
| 4 | Even putting by a relatively small sum on a regular basis can lead to a healthy nest-egg after a few years . |
| 5 | After she had finished midwifery and two years as a Benedict 's junior sister she had joined the Royal Navy as a nursing sister for a few years . |
| 6 | The company 's chief executive , Dr David Horrobin , said that employment could be expected to increase if progress continues and the products are licensed by the Government for clinical use in a few years ' time . |
| 7 | But I was n't into heroin on a full scale for a few years after that . |
| 8 | The results come hard on the heels of a forecast by the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency , who says he is confident that a series of factors will lead to a ‘ relaunch ’ of nuclear power in a few years ' time . |
| 9 | That is still a far cry from the several years of falling output that would be needed to justify the term ‘ depression ’ . |
| 10 | Looking back at the stormy relationship of a few years ago , he realised how much she had mellowed . |
| 11 | In Kufra the police and , so far as it is possible to know , the secret police , were all Kufrans ; in Ajdabiya the officers reflected the tribal composition of the local population ( although their deputy chief was an outsider on temporary assignment for a few years ) . |
| 12 | It was a difficult period for a few years until the market caught up with us . ’ |
| 13 | If your memories are stirring uneasily around thoughts of the odious and contemptible graverobbing expedition of a few years back to try and recover Mallory and Irvine 's ‘ camera and other remains ’ , forget it . |
| 14 | It is for this reason that the CDP has advocated direct government funding , an advocacy which seems extremely unlikely to succeed as the government will surely want to try out the new system for a few years before sanctioning any radical alteration . |
| 15 | The rhizome ( rootstock ) will remain in the heated tank for a few years producing fresh plants after periodic overwintering . |
| 16 | It is quite impossible to believe that he will fade from the scene on formal retirement in a few years ' time . |
| 17 | Saying that it would be a year of difficulties , with China entering the peak repayment period of domestic and foreign debt , he further stated that people would have to " live an austere life for a few years " . |