Example sentences of "year [adv] a [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ten years later a state of emergency is still in force , renewed in May 1991 for a further three years , and political detainees held incommunicado under emergency provisions continue to be denied basic protection against torture . |
| 2 | Certainly as far as we 're concerned at Traidcraft , when we started eight years ago a packet of coffee was two pound twenty five . |
| 3 | Twenty five years ago a band of motoring enthusiasts who wanted more than rallying or racing teamed up to start the All Wheel Drive Club … |
| 4 | So that the wearing of mourning , fifty years earlier a sign of virtue , had now in Mrs Maugham 's generation become a habit to be scorned and condemned ; it was ostentatious and therefore it was insincere . |
| 5 | Well , about fifty year ago a suit of staple tweed cost £3 10s . |