Example sentences of "but [prep] [adj] years [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for twenty years a south hereford district council has tried to get them evicted . |
| 2 | The plaintiff did not enter the wool trade but after nine years the defendants stopped the pension . |
| 3 | At first the hedges were no more than double rows of seedlings protected by a rail on one side or both , but after twenty years the thorns had grown high enough to be cut and laid , a practice which William Marshall describes as the latest improvement in his Rural Economy of the Midland Counties in 1790 . |
| 4 | But in recent years the knowledge of the role of electricity in the treatment of disease has developed considerably , and there are no technical reasons why the findings and the techniques outlined can not be implemented and developed immediately by any competent specialist . |
| 5 | But in recent years the decline of these industries has meant an end to many traditional working-class communities where the extended family still survived . |
| 6 | But in recent years the wisdom of fostering in all cases has been questioned and the merits of a less emotionally demanding atmosphere , which a home can provide , have been increasingly accepted . |
| 7 | Assessment has traditionally been regarded as the responsibility of psychiatrists , but in recent years the role of non-medically qualified personnel has been examined . |
| 8 | At first the local farmers provided any bales of straw they had left , but in recent years the bales have had to be bought and transported from Selby . |
| 9 | Greek and Roman objects were the first works the Met acquired after its founding in 1870 , but in recent years the department has figured far less prominently than other areas which have undergone elaborate reinstallation . |
| 10 | There were 3,000 pawnbrokers in Greater London in the 1960S , but in ten years the number dropped to 150 . |
| 11 | Peak numbers were usually present in September or particularly October , but in some years the autumn peak was as late as November . |
| 12 | By March 1918 this figure had dwindled to 78,000 , but within two years the number had more than doubled . |
| 13 | There were only 9 inhabitants of the hamlet called Porthmeor before the harbour was created , but within 10 years the population had risen to nearly 300 . |
| 14 | Mortality in the first three months was greater in the oesophageal transection and gastric devascularisation group ( 20% v 1% ) but by two years the survival curves were the same and thereafter there was no difference in mortality . |