Example sentences of "until a [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | The butteris was in use until a hundred years ago in Britain with local variations in form , as seen in the examples from Oxfordshire and Sussex ( fig. 6.2 ) now in the Museum of Rural Life at Reading . |
| 2 | Until a few years ago most wood dyes tended to fade in strong sunlight , but now many of them contain transparent iron oxides , which do not fade and can be used on interior and exterior woodwork . |
| 3 | He continued to work until a few years ago and from then on passed much of his time in London . |
| 4 | Cider and culinary apple orchards have gone the same way , all helped along until a few years ago by government grants to grub up the old trees and replace them with easy to spray , prune and pick bush types . |
| 5 | It was not until a few years later that I think his talent really started to manifest itself because you could n't quite think where it was going . |
| 6 | The Clintons ' marital problems , they say , began then and lasted until a few years ago . |
| 7 | The Cabernet Sauvignon from Languedoc is made by a company that was struggling to make ends meet by blending plonk until a few years ago . |
| 8 | Until a few years ago this was deadly serious stuff : ‘ The Americans would ram us if we came close — they knew it took us longer to get repaired . ’ |
| 9 | Until a few years ago it was possible to stand on the incline , particularly in summer , without becoming the least aware that here once stood one of the most complex and sophisticated pieces of apparatus ever constructed on English canals , and the idea of two narrow boats going up while another pair came down would have been quite beyond belief . |
| 10 | Until a few years ago , the existence of sexual harassment as a genuine problem in many businesses was scarcely acknowledged . |
| 11 | Until a few years ago , it seemed clear that there was redundancy where an employer no longer required the same number of employees . |
| 12 | But as with Gibson 's non-reverse Thunderbirds — and remember , until a few years ago the same could be said for Fender Jaguars and Jazzmasters — they are just not currently de rigueur . |
| 13 | Until a few years ago , sex education was left to parents . |
| 14 | Until a few years ago it had been clear that the courts would be prepared in such situations to exhibit a marked degree of ‘ tenderness ’ towards wives in such cases , greater tenderness in fact than would be applied to any other third party surety . |
| 15 | Until a few years ago , the opportunity to purchase AVCs was only available to members of occupational schemes that offered AVC facilities , which not all did . |
| 16 | Until a few years ago , married women had to have paid full NI contributions for half the time they were married and working to get anything at all in their own right . |
| 17 | The " mothers " , as they are generally referred to , are women who until a few years ago had never spoken in public , never organized a campaign . |
| 18 | Until a few years ago , only what was the London County Council , and is now the Inner London Education Authority , employed chartered librarians in schools , though counties such as Nottinghamshire , Somerset , and Cheshire have now followed suit . |
| 19 | In the manufacturing sector , an employer 's ability to pursue a strategy of using temporary workers depends on the availability of a body of labour which , until a few years ago , scarcely existed . |
| 20 | No-one ever spends much time thinking about the longest holiday of their lifetime — retirement — until a few years before the big day actually arrives . |
| 21 | Sarah was keen to catch her brother up but did n't really get involved in the sport until a few years later whilst studying at Nottingham University . |
| 22 | Until a few years ago this test had not been performed in any species with a bizarre male form , and the theory remained a speculation , tentatively accepted by most ethologists in the absence of any plausible alternative . |
| 23 | Until a few years ago , the DMS was awarded to students satisfactorily completing a course at a college approved by the DES Committee to offer the Diploma in Management Studies or , in Scotland , by the Scottish Committee . |
| 24 | An unknown writer observing at the restoration work of 1887 says of the nave , the walls were found to be covered with old surface paintings , and Fielding in his Memories of Malling , writes , " In Halling Church until a few years ago existed the uncouth painting over the chancel arch , variously described as the tale of the unfaithful wife and the emblematic representation of the seven deadly sins . |
| 25 | Until a few years ago the parish had the right to nominate one person to the Aims Houses at Cobham , also known as Cobham College . |
| 26 | Until a few years ago , consideration of race issues at policy levels was rare in most local authority social services departments , even in areas with substantial black populations . |
| 27 | ‘ But until a few years ago you were chairman , Mr Glastonbury . ’ |
| 28 | Until a few years ago this was the uncontested domain of surgeons because of the poor results of pharmacological treatment . |
| 29 | ‘ Until a few years ago , the only ones on the Island were people like him . ’ |
| 30 | This was an older narrow definition , in fact the only one until a few years ago . |