Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] year [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not so many years ago the country was covered with windmills . |
| 2 | Yet only twenty years later the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield was the focus of the attention of around twenty million viewers as Steve Davis was defeated on the final ball of the final frame by Dennis Taylor , who became the world champion in what The Times ( won over to ‘ popular culture ’ under its antipodean ownership ) declared to be a ‘ heart-stopping ’ match . |
| 3 | It is evident that only 200 years ago the possibility of educating the deaf and dumb was still regarded by one of the most enlightened representatives of his age as bordering on the miraculous : |
| 4 | Only seven years later the pope recovered this stone in the new tiara presented to him to make him look the part while anointing Napoleon as self-crowned Emperor . |
| 5 | Just five years ago the term desktop publishing was , to all but a select few , a totally unknown expression . |
| 6 | This provoked fierce opposition on the part of the Magistrates ' Association , however , which viewed it as an unwarranted attack on the independence of magistrates , and just five years later the measure was repealed as a result . |
| 7 | Nearly 50 years later the language has altered but the substance looks strikingly familiar . |
| 8 | About fifty years ago the price of sugar increased , and so the farmers changed from turnips as a fodder crop to sugarbeet . |
| 9 | About 10 years ago the use of ml and l for millilitres and litres respectively was banished suddenly from British Standards in favour of mL and L , though both are permitted as alternatives by the ISO standard dealing with the layout of standards . |
| 10 | About ten years ago the agriculture ministry , which runs the agency , made a half-hearted attempt to staunch its losses . |
| 11 | Unfortunately the new machines were not sufficiently reliable , and about ten years later the mill ceased production . |
| 12 | ABOUT 15 YEARS ago the computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum announced that he had discovered a new personality type — the compulsive programmer . |
| 13 | Until about four years ago the return was produced by hand ( and its equivalents still are in some areas ) , a time consuming and laborious job . |
| 14 | About two years ago the playgroup leader left and I was asked to take charge . |
| 15 | Until about 20 years ago the citadel still served as barracks and prison , and seems to have been thought suitable for confining revolutionaries . |
| 16 | Even ten years ago the notion of the nurse as the patient 's advocate had not been formally recognised , and the stress involved in being unable to act properly in the patient 's defence was almost enough to persuade me to give up altogether . |
| 17 | Even ten years ago the idea that English-speaking children should be educated completely in a foreign language for every subject , including science , without actual specific prior tuition or without reinforcement at home , would have been considered strange to say the least . |
| 18 | Almost 1,000 students will be voting , though the result may differ from the real thing tomorrow four years ago the school ‘ elected ’ Michael Dukakis . |
| 19 | We were surprised to see this fantastic marble everywhere — on the table tops , on the benches , on the counters — but when we went back there three years later the place was a total mess . |
| 20 | Around two years ago the town council of Liège decided to build an underground car park under the square of St Lambert , one of the busiest areas of the city . |
| 21 | However , over 30 years ago the theorist Paul Dirac suggested the possible existence of particles carrying single magnetic poles or ‘ charges ’ — in other words , magnetic monopoles . |
| 22 | Yet 8,000 years ago the sea stood 25–50 ft ( 8–15 m ) higher than it is today . |
| 23 | ‘ And yet six years ago the music of the sidh was heard in Ireland again , Fergus . ’ |
| 24 | Of course barely three years later the company rescinded and donated the land to the town . |
| 25 | Just over twenty years ago the war had ended . |
| 26 | Tenterden Station was featured in the first television series and although shown over two years ago the railway still receives numerous visitors on ‘ Darling Buds Country ’ coach tours . |
| 27 | It is very heartening to us to realize that over 130 years ago the faith of many individuals , both young and old , rich and poor , built our beautiful Cathedral , adorned with bells which proudly rang out through the City of Lancaster , not only for themselves but also for their children and future generations . |