Example sentences of "a [noun] [prep] [adj] years [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While they had shared championship success when they had first met , after a split of four years it was their second era together that brought the ultimate honour for them both — the 1987 Open Championship title . |
| 2 | The problem is , when you have conducted a piece for many years you have a knowledge of the interior musical structures that are closed to most theatre directors . |
| 3 | Having been confined to a wheelchair for 18 years I had been in similar situations to this . |
| 4 | Barnard inherited a large fortune from his father : over a period of fifty years he devoted himself to the formation of a collection of prints , drawings , and paintings , becoming one of the foremost connoisseurs of his day . |
| 5 | Over a period of fifteen years he noted that not only were the ridge and furrow patterns of each individual 's prints unique , but that they never changed . |
| 6 | Over a period of nine years it has become clear that the breeders referred to in the cup of that name do not include those operating on this side of the pond . |
| 7 | Over a period of many years I had a succession of research students working On the Eocene strata of the Isle of Wight , off the south coast of England . |
| 8 | While this study is limited to one university and deals with a relatively small intake of mature students over a period of six years it does demonstrate that non-standard entry mature students can do particularly well when compared with other students . |
| 9 | Over a period of twenty years it is claimed that a fast reactor could breed enough additional plutonium to fuel another similar power station . |
| 10 | According to bogus sexologist Dr John R Brinkley , goat glands held the secret to combating male impotence and over a period of twenty years he amassed a fortune of more than $12 million administering them to 16,000 men worried about their sexual inadequacies . |
| 11 | But levied over a period of three years it brought in about £80,000 and became the prototype for later subsidies . |
| 12 | The government announced on Nov. 26 that over a period of three years it intended to cut 122,000 government jobs — approximately one fifth of state employees — at an estimated saving to the state of the equivalent of US$1,500 million . |
| 13 | In a period of ten years he recorded at least thirty proven cases of clairvoyance between himself , or his wife , and a horse . |
| 14 | I was subsequently paid to fly by the RAF ; after a lapse of 33 years I returned to the skies five years ago , when I could finally afford a share in a Cherokee which I now fly regularly from Ludham . |
| 15 | If a viable product is not produced in a total of three years it is felt that the project should be abandoned since the technology in use will have been superseded and a competitive product is likely to be nearing launch . |
| 16 | If a viable product is not produced in a total of three years it is felt that the project should be abandoned since the technology in use will have been superseded and a competitive product is likely to be nearing launch . |
| 17 | But I 've been a member for many years I like the policy and erm my friends and I just decided that we would fund raise for them as they have n't got anyone in this area . |
| 18 | For just £30 a year for four years you can buy one of the 550 seats available and have it names after you or someone of your choice . |
| 19 | The current Royal Commission report indicates that this type of er , this likely to be on average twenty times the current legal limits within a year to two years we will be looking at receiving it which is ten times plant producing two hundred fold the legal limits dialysis . |