Example sentences of "twenty years ago [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twenty years ago a film concerning bears would use playful music for bears at play , and portray the animals as living teddy bears . |
| 2 | They did erm twenty years ago a teenager , a girl of sixteen could leave home she could pick up a job just like that ! |
| 3 | Twenty years ago the sight of Japanese tourists lounging in the tropical garden of a Balinese hotel roused curiosity , especially since the Japanese did not travel much for pleasure in those days , and these tourists were only in Bali for the weekend . |
| 4 | Twenty years ago the treasurer 's job was simple and none too arduous . |
| 5 | Twenty years ago the Watergate crisis proved that even the most powerful man in the world could be brought to account by the people and their representatives in the Press and courts . |
| 6 | Twenty years ago the Netherlands was keen to capitalise on the giant Groningen field as swiftly as possible , fearing a short-lived market for gas . |
| 7 | It is difficult to believe that fifteen to twenty years ago the majority of people in this country did not have a bank Current Account . |
| 8 | Twenty years ago the rainforests covered 65 per cent of Thailand , now they only cover 12 per cent . |
| 9 | Twenty years ago the city 's population never thought of spending a day at the beach . |
| 10 | Twenty years ago the intention was to exploit the Groningen gas as quickly as possible while there was a market . |
| 11 | It 's quite commonly said that twenty years ago the universities and colleges decided to treat students as adults and leave them to organise their own affairs erm and the argument about what to do in this area is n't an argument about whether it 's a serious problem , but about what are appropriate and even effective forms of intervention . |
| 12 | Just over twenty years ago the war had ended . |