Example sentences of "that in [art] [adj] years of " in BNC.
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| 1 | This , it was argued , suggested that in the first years of life the two hemispheres have similar linguistic abilities and that the left side became dominant only as speech itself developed . |
| 2 | Indeed so high was their reputation for self-denial in this respect that in the first years of the twentieth century the brothers Paul and Jules Cambon , French ambassadors in London and Berlin respectively , entrusted their private correspondence regularly to the British diplomatic bag rather than sending it through the French ministry of foreign affairs or the French post office : if either of these channels had been used it would almost certainly have been opened and read . |
| 3 | It is clear from Clarkson 's History that in the early years of the anti-slave trade agitation local organisations were established through existing religious networks ( an example would be the Quaker Lloyds in Birmingham ) or contact by Clarkson or others with a small group of prominent individuals who already had an interest in the issue . |
| 4 | There can be no doubt that in the early years of the twentieth century the use of revolvers was widespread among adult mobsters in London 's criminal underworld , and that feuds between rival outfits were not uncommonly settled by gun battles in the open streets . |
| 5 | It has been estimated that in the early years of civil registration in some parts of England up to 15 per cent of births were not registered . |
| 6 | This discovery does make the point that trade had been established and there is no reason to think that in the closing years of his reign , when Cunobelinus was showing strong pro-Roman tendencies these commercial links with the Roman world would not have been fostered . |
| 7 | It may come as a surprise to learn that in the last years of the twentieth century there is still a part of one of Europe 's most enlightened democracies where women can not vote . |