Example sentences of "in [art] [adj] years [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | in the five years since they were first subjected to competition , Swedish Railways have transformed both their efficiency and their performance . |
| 2 | They say the stage is a respectable profession nowadays , well maybe it is , but I ca n't think it 's changed all that much in the five years since I left . |
| 3 | ‘ Would it surprise you to know that in the five years since I first set eyes on you , I have not looked seriously at another woman ? |
| 4 | It was a goal of the highest class , reflecting the progress the 29-year-old striker has made in the five years since he left Blundell Park to earn fame and fortune with Norwich City and Rangers . |
| 5 | Pinchbeck acknowledges that in the five years since he left , Magnus has undergone interesting change . |
| 6 | We had given them the prospect of an out in the five years and they did very well out of their investment . ’ |
| 7 | In the four years since we looked at the Subaru estate , it 's gone upmarket with a bang . |
| 8 | Stock , Aitken and Waterman 's achievements in the four years since they had joined forces were — even in an industry known for its hyperbole — sensational . |
| 9 | Carden is Europe 's most northerly commercial vineyard and in the four years since it opened has already established itself in the wine market . |
| 10 | Pakistan also have strong support from ex-Test stars from other countries such as Australia 's respected former captain , Richie Benaud , who says : ‘ On the opening day of the final Cornhill Test I was privileged to witness some of the finest swing bowling in the 44 years that I 've been in the game . |
| 11 | Software has improved dramatically in the six years since I bought the old computer and this one is faster and easier to use . |
| 12 | Carol , a jeweller for more than 25 years , has built up a steady following for her original designs in the six years since she moved out of London and started her own business . |
| 13 | I 've never had a contract of employment in the six years that I 've been there but erm less than forty eight hours after all this happened every employee was issued with a contract of employment . |
| 14 | a lot of it is er propaganda by the Conservative if , if they were gon na get it right , why could n't they get it right in the thirteen years that they 've been in power ? |
| 15 | In the fifteen years that I have been giving lectures on sleep and dreaming to many groups of sixth-formers as well as undergraduate students , I have , in fact , only once had a single positive response to this question . |
| 16 | I note that the report to which the hon. Gentleman refers says : ’ Labour , if elected , would have little scope for increased spending in the early years unless it were willing to increase taxes by more than it has indicated . ’ |
| 17 | In the hundred years after he died , the Pilgrim 's Progress found an increasingly wide readership among Nonconformists . |
| 18 | For me , a highlight of this time was a weekend visit from a college friend , whom I 've only seen once in the forty-three years since we left college . |
| 19 | In response Fujimori criticised Amnesty International and the United States human rights body Americas Watch for failing to denounce the activities of Sendero Luminoso or human rights violations in the eight years before he came to power . |
| 20 | He has as many centuries in the two-and-a-bit years that he has been England captain as he had in all his years in the ranks . |
| 21 | He has as many centuries in the two-and-a-bit years that he has been England captain as he had in all his years in the ranks . |
| 22 | The GP said that Peter had been to see her many times in the two years that he had been married , with small ailments that seemed to be stress-related . |
| 23 | ASSURED TENANCIES — residential tenancies in properties that are newly built or have had at least £5000 spent on improving them in the two years before they were first let . |
| 24 | One of the latter is a book that has become a favourite in the two years since it first appeared in hardback form . |
| 25 | In the two years since it was formed it has attracted $6m in venture capital and another $4m from big-name strategic partners , on the promise that the application development environment it 's designing would be a significant enough advance to turn the company into a nine-digit revenue producer . |
| 26 | The evidence in the two years since he took over at the club suggests Mr O'Neill 's best efforts will be enough to secure promotion from the GM Vauxhall Conference . |
| 27 | They had made the transition to college ‘ inhabitants ’ in the two years since I had left the borough . |
| 28 | In the nineteen years that I have been in Parliament , I can not think of anyone , save for Enoch Powell , who has been a more powerful advocate of liberal economics than John Biffen . |
| 29 | In actual fact your Pete and Margaret have moved more , in the twelve years that they were married , I know they 've been married longer now , but when , th they been married twelve years and they moved four times , |
| 30 | In the first year , £3,000 can be invested and up to £1,800 in the following years until you reach the maximum . |