Example sentences of "[adj] year as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had known Bruce for some years as he often ministered to friends , and on two or three occasions when he had laid his hands on my back , the heat emanating from them was like a blowtorch . |
| 2 | I had known the family for some years as I had been Mrs Singh 's English tutor on a local authority adult literacy programme . |
| 3 | As was common at the time , William went straight from school into the merchant navy and he was seldom at home throughout his teenage years as he sailed the oceans of the world , learning the skills of seamanship and navigation . |
| 4 | It is intended that this system , which will presumably be the basis for pool allocations for some years to come , will be refined during the next few years as it works out in practice . |
| 5 | The German railway system is facing major structural changes over the next few years as it struggles to rebuild its share of the transport market . |
| 6 | It was just a fantasy I nurtured for a few years as I puffed and panted my way through the ten-foots and alleyways of downtown Hull . |
| 7 | There was very much a ‘ municipal ’ theme to our function this year as we celebrated the contribution made to civilisation by car parks run by local councils . |
| 8 | Although trading throughout the Group is improving , we are paying a lot more bank interest this year as we borrowed £67 million to buy . |
| 9 | People are paying about the same this year as they did in 1991 , according to industry figures . |
| 10 | Numbers — in this case VAT registration numbers — are certain to be a major preoccupation for the book trades of Europe this year as they attempt to cope with the transitional VAT regime which will apply from today , 1st January 1993 , to 1st January 1997 . |
| 11 | And the Sheikh 's dominance has been maintained this year as he heads the table with some £1.75m in prize money , half a million ahead of his older brother , Hamdan Al Maktoum , who owns Nashwan , with Sangster languishing in 10th place with a mere £250,000 or so in the kitty . |
| 12 | Nigel is the regular driver of No. 7 although he is not likely to be on the footplate this year as it is being rebuilt . |
| 13 | Whereas Provincial can unflinchingly take what will be a brief reversal in its planned , steady reduction of the expense ratio this year as it assimilates the Prudential 's commercial business and the long-term benefits of having a direct sales force for the first time , 190,000 policies to add to its existing 800,000 , and with them premium income of £70m . |
| 14 | I have explained to the hon. Gentleman why the funding for the Housing Executive is not as easy this year as it has perhaps been in former years . |
| 15 | PEUGEOT Talbot , the UK subsidiary of the big French car-marker , yesterday warned shareholders that trading would remain difficult this year as it revealed a slump in annual profits . |
| 16 | THE ITED approach to training comes of age this year as it goes fully operational after two years of pilot schemes . |
| 17 | ‘ I hope to do the same in London this year as I did last — win it . |
| 18 | I argue the same case this year as I did last year , but with greater justification . |
| 19 | Now we could n't do it anyway next year , we 'll have to do it the following year as we 've heard earlier . |
| 20 | John asked me to help him the following year as I often came to Stamford to see my mother . |
| 21 | She has served the Society for an extra year as we had no nominations for a successor . |
| 22 | ‘ But I know I 've got to be as successful over the next five to eight years as I have been so far . |
| 23 | It 's just one of those little things you learn when you working on as many bloody years as I 've been now ! |
| 24 | She saw affection and concern in his eyes , but imagined that the love was gone , the intensity of the gaze , that knowingness that she had shared for so many years as they had fought to find this place through the forest . |
| 25 | For as many years as he was allotted he would remember this girl and love her . |
| 26 | The Club proved very popular for many years as it appealed to the many actors , artists and musicians who found the atmosphere of Bedford Park most congenial . |
| 27 | These carvings have been off display for many years as it was discovered that atmospheric pollution , even within the museum , was eating away at the stone . |
| 28 | You know you 're allowed to go up to nine percent as you say and you just pay as many years as you like . |
| 29 | Candida Gray , Candida Gray , a name that she had known for as many years as she had known any such names ; she had not read as many of the novels as she ought to have done , but she had read one at least , and that one she actually remembered . |
| 30 | Ten years as it happens is not a lot different to eight years . |