Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | During my early years at Lancaster , much of my time was spent in the collaboration with , , and on GCE . |
| 2 | During my inglorious years as a concert agent I used to reduce my clients to tears by stubbornly refusing to call them ‘ artistes ’ . |
| 3 | But it was not painless : he had been , after all , my main emotional support through my middle years in this country , however flawed . |
| 4 | ‘ Through my early years , I always did a lot of running and I came to the conclusion that that was the reason for my injuries . |
| 5 | I did not get a grant for my preclinical years so I worked half time in research for two years . |
| 6 | For example after their early years in Britain , Sikh women were allowed to go to work but even after all these years of earning a wage they rarely make , or are consulted about , decisions made about money . |
| 7 | Eva had only been at Usher a couple of months and was preparing to go to the International College for Officers ( ICO ) in London on a refresher course after her long years overseas . |
| 8 | It was her natural defence after her early years of domestic service . |
| 9 | He had taken this attitude himself , but was finding it very uncomfortable to maintain , after his long years of quiet in the bush , untroubled by anything worse than wind or weather . |
| 10 | The harbour 's purpose was to ship china clay and copper from Rashleigh 's quarries and mines , and it was enlarged twice during its early years of operation . |
| 11 | It is salutary to be reminded that during its early years the processions of the newly created Salvation Army were often the subject of violent attack from other protesters , sometimes hooligan groups , who formed a counter-force called the Skeleton Army . |
| 12 | Appointed sole Admiralty chart agent in 1830 , Bate was co-publisher of the Nautical Magazine during its early years , and he wrote and/or published navigation books and some dozen handbooks concerning apparatus which he sold . |
| 13 | During its early years this Church was well supported , thanks to Mrs Still , with social functions for young and old . |
| 14 | During its early years the Commission was given a wide range of briefs , and considerable information and understanding was gained about the nature of the competitive processes that existed within British industry . |
| 15 | However , because I knew her at close quarters only during her maiden years and have not seen her once since she went to the West Country to become ‘ Mrs Benn ’ , you will perhaps excuse my impropriety in referring to her as I knew her , and in my mind have continued to call her throughout these years . |
| 16 | ‘ Children in all social groups are storing up health problems by eating the wrong foods during their developing years . |
| 17 | For most of the period about one-third of those unmarried by age 25–29 failed to marry during their reproductive years ( the figure rising from 27 per cent in 1871 to 35 per cent in 1931 ) . |
| 18 | During their fertile years they are either pregnant or breastfeeding . |
| 19 | However , as John Springhall has recently argued , there is little evidence that teenagers suffer anything like an ‘ identity crisis ’ during their adolescent years . |
| 20 | Today 's elderly experienced great hardship and deprivation during their formative years . |
| 21 | We simply must do more , he would say , to help young people during their formative years , to understand what is at stake and to want to become involved . |
| 22 | Tommy and Bren , as they are affectionately known , are now in their 80's ( as indeed are most members of the WHAM choral group ) and are probably best remembered for their haunting rendering of songs such as ‘ Roamin' in the Grogan ’ , ‘ Old Mother Hibbard ’ and ‘ Annie , Get Your Pistoll ’ during their teenage years with WHOOPS ( Wichita , Home Of Other People 's Songs ) . |
| 23 | At the beginning of the eighteenth century domestic exports accounted for around 7 – 8 per cent of national output , through its middle years perhaps 10 or 12 per cent and at its close peaking around 17 per cent . |
| 24 | DESPITE THE flow of Helm county histories and other recent surveys of the county game through its 100-plus years , we have another , its offered raison d'être being a compulsion to relate the fame to ‘ the changing context of society at large ’ . |
| 25 | A good example is one of a woman who went through her teenage years coping with the stresses of modern life and the hormonal changes that occurred in her body . |
| 26 | In a series of flashbacks , we follow the pair through their teenage years , their weekly visits to the dreamscape of the pictures , the real-life dramas of school , family , dances and boys , rehearsals with the Staneyburn Amateur Dramatic and Light Operatic Society ( another fantasy-world ) and the gradual intrusion of realities black-and-white in the technicolor of their aspirations . |
| 27 | For most of its life , and certainly for its early years , it was either too outspoken to be a children 's show , but not high-brow enough to be considered as adult entertainment . |
| 28 | Not all the evidence about its early years pointed towards good management . |
| 29 | The NHS relies on cross-subsidisation , not just between high-risk and low-risk groups but also for every individual between their low-risk years ( young and middle aged ) and high-risk years ( old age ) . |
| 30 | And now that I am inclined to hear time 's winged chariot hovering near , and see deserts of vast eternity not too far ahead , I am determined to make the most of my remaining years both in my secluded garden and on my open-space allotment . |