Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [prep] [adj] years [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is perfectly right that in recent years we have been eating into that principle , but if we continue to do so , the principle will go , and that is the civil liberties issue which the system of justice has always been anxious to maintain . |
| 2 | From then on his rise was rapid and within three years he had become the supreme influence at Edward 's court . |
| 3 | The universities are also concerned that in three years they may be obliged to give any available permanent position to a WIPer instead of advertising it for open competition , thereby reducing their ability to attract the best talent . |
| 4 | He is also proud that in 37 years he has never lost a single victim whose life he has been called on to save . |
| 5 | It is not surprising that in recent years they have served interchangeably in the hands of various theorists as models of each other . |