Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] [art] [adj] years [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Although in the early years control did largely rest with the imperial family , others increasingly came to wield power in its name , and the years after 1185 saw hegemony pass to a succession of military rulers who achieved pre-eminent influence by virtue of superior military strength .
2 This data does not mean that absolute wages are higher , because in the early years wages in Japan are relatively low .
3 But y I think you can also see the appeal of this to Freud in that time because in the early years Freud 's model of the mind , which is really what we 're talking about today , was erm a kind of hydraulic one .
4 A year later Frederick I of Prussia ordered that in future deserters should have their nose and one of their ears cut off and be sent to hard labour for life , while after the Seven Years War a chain of military posts was set up on France 's frontiers to prevent the escape abroad of soldiers fleeing from their units .
5 One possible answer is that in periods of structural change major upheavals and dislocation are felt — a crisis is obvious — whereas in the intervening years changes occur smoothly and are felt to be less dramatic .
6 This treaty was probably made either before 724 or after 729 , for during the intervening years Pictland was torn by the dynastic in-fighting among rival princes which preceded the ascendancy of the powerful Pictish king , Óengus , son of Forgus .
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