Example sentences of "[prep] those years [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Casaubon says of his left-wing , bar-propping days in the early Seventies , ‘ I could write the political history of those years based on how Red Label gradually gave way to 12-year-old Ballantine and then to single malt . ’ |
| 2 | The turmoil of those years seems now , in this new era of superpower co-operation , to be very far away . |
| 3 | Now the old Stormont-based hegemony in the north has been swept away , destroyed by its own excesses in the half-century to 1972 — though the poisonous legacy of those years lingers on in terrorism . |
| 4 | From 9 January to 10 February she has invited many of the artists with which she has been closely associated during those years to show . |
| 5 | The technique learned during those years did n't fail him on this occasion , for he stepped forward , swung the bitel in such a way that to my amazement and also that of the onlookers , the disc just sprang up the standard and hit the gong with a resounding clang , whereupon Dad modestly collected his prize of a coconut , handed it to me to carry and we went on our way . |
| 6 | But see what my reward 's been for those years spent glorifying God at my craft . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ All the people who worked with Laura in those years experienced the rough edge of her humour at some time or other , usually when you were so run down and exhausted , after four or five days travelling with no proper sleep , that you could not fight back . ’ |
| 8 | Colin Renfrew On the international scene , archaeology in those years underwent the revolution sometimes referred to as the ‘ new archaeology ’ and has continued , as I see it , with what is now called processual archaeology : the most important component is a much greater concern to make archaeological theory and reasoning methods explicit . |
| 9 | The measure allows such companies in those years to apply their mineral depletion allowances to 50% of the value of the finished products rather than to the lower value of raw clay alone . |
| 10 | Because of his fame , his history and his continued presence in the sport , as well as the strength of his personality , Emerson remained a figure ; but also the shadows lengthened about him and few who worked with him in those years have much good to say about their relationships with him or with his team . |
| 11 | The connection led to an invitation to drive in FI for Ferrari , an arrangement which in those years seems to have been a rather casual affair . |
| 12 | More immediately , before those years pass and there is any immediate prospect of monetary union , it must be recognised how vulnerable Britain would be if the Government 's strategy were to avoid commitment to the process under way in the European Community . |