Example sentences of "[adj] years [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was built only 30 years ago to service the huge and ambitious Ord River reservoir and irrigation scheme , but it gives a fascinating glimpse into the colossal pioneering effort needed to transform the arid outback into a workable landscape . |
| 2 | FLOWER ESSENCES A Method discovered 30 years ago to use wild flower essences to heal through the emotions . |
| 3 | We made a very definite decision some years ago to make the Gardener Centre look towards the community as a whole , rather than just make it a university toy , or part of the formal academic programme . |
| 4 | A ‘ commercial operation but not run for commercial values ’ , it made a conscious decision some years ago to recruit the ‘ best people available ’ . |
| 5 | But you 've got to get some years in to get a really good pension , but I 've got thirteen and the maximum you can get is forty years but you get , then get two thirds of the salary you would have got , |
| 6 | Because of this , the tobacco industry has been legally obliged for some years now to print health warnings on packets . |
| 7 | Retired some years back to grow vegetables on an allotment , and sit and stare out of the window . ’ |
| 8 | It had started out as a ship 's boiler but Selwyn had acquired it some years before to ensure a plentiful supply of soft water for his garden . |
| 9 | Isaac and Austin Copley set up the rail users group over 2 years ago to complain about poor service on the Banbury London line . |
| 10 | In the meanwhile , the British system devised by Lord Waverley forty years ago to retain the works of art most essential to Britian 's artistic and historical heritage will be a largely pointless administrative hoop-la as works of art are declared to be national patrimony by the committees of experts , and then are exported anyway for lack of funds . |
| 11 | A small group er from my own parish went to India two and a half years ago to visit our missionary partner . |
| 12 | Famous for its marketing campaign that guaranteed bug-free software — if you found a bug you could claim a VW Beetle from the company — Ready Systems embarked on an ambitious project two and a half years ago to build a completely new tool suite . |
| 13 | In 1752 Horace Walpole instructed his brother , Ned , to collect tea seed ; Gilbert White came a few years later to discuss difficulties over growing melons at Selborne ; and Charles Hatton selected two pots of passion flower , ‘ lusty and strong ’ in April 1760 . |
| 14 | Erle returned to Dorset a few years later to become a ship-money refuser and to head the poll in the county election of March 1640 ; but he resigned the seat to George Digby , second Earl of Bristol [ q.v. ] , and served for Lyme Regis in the Short Parliament , to which he reported on innovations in religion . |
| 15 | I recall going into such a shop a few years ago to replace my survival bag . |
| 16 | Child benefit is the only benefit which is in fact available to women , even then the government tried a few years ago to change that and to make it paid to the man . |
| 17 | British farmers who sold up a few years ago to buy cheap agricultural land in France are also finding that the grass is no greener on the other side of the Channel , and costs more . |
| 18 | If your memories are stirring uneasily around thoughts of the odious and contemptible graverobbing expedition of a few years back to try and recover Mallory and Irvine 's ‘ camera and other remains ’ , forget it . |
| 19 | Meanwhile the London Stock Exchange appears to be about to announce the closure of the USM , which was started some 12 years ago to help smaller , growing companies obtain equity finance . |
| 20 | Continued the woman : ‘ This is one of the quietest parts of Northern Ireland and that 's why we moved here six years ago to get away from the city . |
| 21 | The hospice movement started six years ago to help terminally ill people . |
| 22 | He set up his own business , Metamorphosis , six years ago to provide science workshops for pupils and he says demand has increased dramatically since the National Curriculum imposed science lessons on five to 11-year-olds . |
| 23 | Sir John reserved the right to become a partner at the end of the first three years term for a quarter share of all mines and ores , then opened , got , or sold , … or … at the end of six years also to commence as a partner for one quarter share … or … at the end of nine years to commence as a partner for the same … or … at the end of 12 years the same , and at 15 years ditto . |
| 24 | And it went on to enjoy sporadic mail and fare-payers use before being put into regular use six years later to bolster lightly loaded services serving this most rural of communities . |
| 25 | Setting up on his own six years later to provide a service for companies recruiting people in this field , he charged a $200 non-returnable retainer , which was subsequently deducted from his commission : 5% of the successful candidate 's first year 's salary . |
| 26 | The project went into cold storage , periodically resurfacing over the next six years only to sink once more . |
| 27 | Italy 's monarchy set up the agency 100 years ago to provide services to some 90 regional consortia that helped farmers and food companies sell their output and buy supplies . |
| 28 | I have been living in the same bungalow now for 10 years , and it seems no easier now than it was 10 years ago to find staff . |
| 29 | The lease has 10 years still to run . |
| 30 | Joyce joined the advertising department as secretary in 1979 and moved to special projects eight years later to work in the department setting up the in-store coffee shops . |