Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] years be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from these preventive powers , section 5 of the 1936 Act also contained an important statutory offence which for fifty years was one of the central tools in the control of political assembly and public nonconformity . |
| 2 | They were given a grandstand view of how the world 's first new man-made fibre for 30 years is manufactured . |
| 3 | The White Paper represented an important policy shift ; dispersal policies , pre-eminent for 30 years were now secondary to a switch of resources to inner areas . |
| 4 | The worst drought for 30 years was reported to have hit northern Namibia in late 1989 , with no rain at all falling between September , the normal start of the rainy season , and mid-January 1990 . |
| 5 | THE most important reform of the police for 30 years was announced by the Home Secretary , Kenneth Clarke , yesterday . |
| 6 | THE most important reform of the police for 30 years was announced by the Home Secretary , Kenneth Clarke , yesterday . |
| 7 | The first change in directorship for 12 years is a new opportunity to explore the prospects for the survival and development of a ‘ critical culture ’ in Britain and to consider the role of an institution like the ICA in its development . |
| 8 | A section of canal derelict for forty years is to be reopened after the installation of four new lock gates . |
| 9 | His father 's body that had lain in the great lead-lined stone coffin there for forty years was reverently removed and buried below the flagstones inside the chapel , which was hung with black , and the old man was told that all was ready for him . |
| 10 | It emerged that Hayman had for some years been connected with the Paedophile Information Exchange ( PIE ) , and had received their contact magazine — carrying advertisements from men seeking sex with children — through the post . |
| 11 | In the United States , academics have for some years been engaging in what has been termed the ‘ deregulation critique ’ of the federal role in education . |
| 12 | ‘ As a biologist , my main interest has for some years been human genetics , the study of the way in which various characteristics are passed from parent to offspring . |
| 13 | Similar assumptions were made by those authorities , like the London County Council , which had for some years been committed to the development of comprehension . |
| 14 | Stravinsky had for some years been his favourite composer , and he had worked with Hanns on ideas for the setting and costumes . |
| 15 | University College London has for some years been offering a one-year postgraduate diploma course in librarianship to experienced graduate teachers . " |
| 16 | The use of a written procedure was pioneered in the House of Lords where each party has for some years been required to lodge a ‘ Case ’ with the court which is very similar to the skeleton arguments more recently introduced in the Court of Appeal . |
| 17 | Details are given below under Teaching , but it is worth mentioning here the training course in French law at the University of Aix/ Marseille , for which scholarships have for some years been offered by the Cultural Service of the French Embassy , 22 Wilton Crescent , London SW1 . |
| 18 | Europe now produces more food than she needs and has for some years been supporting a section of industry that provides employment for less than 1% of our National workforce ; good for British agriculture , but how much better if the support had gone to those industries that took up a greater proportion of the work force , i.e. the engineers with 10% . |
| 19 | It has for some years been established beyond doubt that Elisabeth used her long period as custodian of her brother 's works and papers ( during which time she wrote and rewrote his biography , as well as overseeing the editing of his works ) to misrepresent important aspects of his life and thought and , in extreme cases , to falsify letters and unpublished writings . |
| 20 | SOUTH AFRICA 'S return to Test cricket after 22 years was marked by a match as tense and as fluctuating as any they could have played in their former life . |
| 21 | The fact I have remembered its message after 12 years is a testimony to its effectiveness . |
| 22 | He came to Bedale and after 12 years was transferred to Ripon . |
| 23 | Alternatively , a bonus of one share for every 15 held after three years is being offered on allocations of up to 1,500 shares . |
| 24 | Malc is my ex-husband , we were married when we were 17 — ( just ) and after 18 years were divorced to a chorus of , ‘ I knew it would n't last ! ’ |
| 25 | IBM Corp traditionally sends departing executives off with glowing resumees of their illustrious careers , so it was striking that the announcement late Friday that former chairman and chief executive officer John Akers had just retired from the company after 33 years was accompanied by the briefest and curtest summaries of his career — after all , the man had significant achievements behind him when he acceded to the top job , and it is arguable that many of the problems that plagued the company during Akers ' tenure were the fault of his predecessors , although it must be said that he was also in the loop at the time . |
| 26 | If the anticipated maturity proceeds after five years are £15,000 for an initial premium ( including any bonus allocations ) of £10,000 , then the following amounts will be paid to you : |
| 27 | ‘ Malc is my ex-husband , we were married when we were seventeen and after eighteen years were divorced to a chorus of ‘ I knew it would n't last ! ’ ‘ |
| 28 | The association provided flats for young couples who after two years were given a return of half the rent they had paid to be used as a deposit on the purchase of a house . |
| 29 | NEW figures which show only one Northerner is still waiting for hospital treatment after two years were yesterday greeted with caution . |
| 30 | The proportion of women married below age 20 still childless after 20 years was about 2 per cent for women married in 1951 , 3 per cent for women married in 1956 . |