Example sentences of "[adj] years [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was enfeebling , it had killed off his efforts at meditation , and there was something almost sinful in allowing his imagination to feast on these buried years when he considered the present turmoil and growing anarchy engulfing the city that had made him one of its own . |
| 2 | To think that not less than 30 years ago we still had a fiver worthy of the 18th century and felt no need to supplement the revenue by the constant issuing of new postage stamps . |
| 3 | They say that 30 years ago everyone recognised it instantly as belonging to the late of Orwell Lodge ( 's step great-grandmother ) . |
| 4 | Novae are now believed to be caused by gas spilling from one star to another in a close double-star system , but 30 years ago they were a complete mystery ; only two dozen had been spotted in time for astronomers to study them while they were still erupting . |
| 5 | Until 30 years ago there were recognised world champions only at the eight classical fighting weights ( in bold print in the table ) . |
| 6 | But even 30 years ago there was sometimes a conflict of interests . |
| 7 | The scale can be illustrated by the fact that 30 years ago our young people were maturing at a later stage than now , but in many cases were leaving school at an earlier age and taking up employment — the gap between adolescence and employment was perhaps only 12 months . |
| 8 | John Butterworth joined the company as an apprentice 30 years ago he says Westcott has changed beyond all recognition . |
| 9 | Leonard Coote , President has a record of service to the Association extending back in excess of 30 years when he was first elected a branch representative . |
| 10 | Of the thousands of chair makers living in the scattered villages of the Chilterns in 1880 , 30 years later there were only a handful , working in factories concentrated in High Wycombe ( Saville 1957 ) . |
| 11 | He banged it into us very successfully , but singing Mozart 's Requiem 30 years later I found I knew most of it by heart . |
| 12 | Some years ago we lent to a colleague a memory-training book with a very attractive title , which implied that after studying the book the reader would have a superb memory for all occasions . |
| 13 | I think that they are only just getting into their stride on this particular issue , because some years ago we had flooding in Worthing , quite severe flooding , so every application went to the Southern Water Authority and we never got back no , you ca n't develop on that area and it was , it was very difficult . |
| 14 | I told them how some years ago we in Scotland had not co-operated with the media . |
| 15 | On the other side , ‘ some years ago we observed that quite a large proportion of the concentrated acids we sold was diluted by our customers on site and sometimes in rather unsatisfactory conditions ; small companies did n't have facilities to dilute acid safety — it generates a lot of heat . |
| 16 | It is ‘ theoretically ’ , because the then Home Secretary introduced new guide-lines some years ago which severely restricted the application of parole to men serving sentences for offences of violence , sexual offences and the supply of illegal drugs . |
| 17 | Some years ago there was a vet , who besides always smelling of methylated spirits , would always conscientiously swab a horse 's neck with meths before giving an injection . |
| 18 | Some years ago there was a wonderful letter published in the ( then ) Manchester Guardian from a person who signed himself ‘ Student of the Press ’ . |
| 19 | Some years ago it decided the damage must be repaired , and Derek Owen , a landscape surveyor with the company , who retired recently , was put in charge of that repair . |
| 20 | Some years ago it was handed to the chaplain of the Chelsea Pensioners at a funeral , but the clergyman said he had read it many years before . |
| 21 | Although some years ago it seemed that a new general classification scheme based upon the theory of faceted classification might emerge and be widely adopted , organizational factors have militated against this . |
| 22 | On many a winter morning I jumped out of bed and put a letter of his in the fire , feeling it would be wrong to allow it to survive ; and when some years ago I was asked by a distinguished man of letters if I could help him to write an account of Maurice |
| 23 | Some years ago I saw on TV a most splendid series by a marvellous writer called Brian Clark . |
| 24 | Some years ago I saw Sister Gemmell of the Church Army on television . |
| 25 | Some years ago I discussed my beliefs with a learned Professor of Agriculture at a leading university . |
| 26 | SOME YEARS AGO I painted a woman sitting next to a table lamp . |
| 27 | I am glad to report that A.agassizii is not one of these species — some years ago I had a male live for four years in hard alkaline water , and a lifespan of three years is quite normal . |
| 28 | Some years ago I worked with a golfer who had achieved a considerable amount of success , winning several amateur trophies . |
| 29 | SOME YEARS AGO I wrote an article for The Artist 's and Illustrator 's Magazine , entitled Painting Naturally . |
| 30 | Some years ago I said to him , ‘ I live on Mikonos now . ’ |