Example sentences of "[art] few years of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In North America , in areas where conditions are similar to this country , a survey showed that one per cent of houses were affected by damp , but rot was not found in any of these , and in the few years of experience here none of the faults so far reported are due to this cause . |
| 2 | ‘ His former students will within a few years of graduation be earning a salary twice that of his , ’ the report says . |
| 3 | ( More often than not they are women , since many elderly male refugees from East African have died within a few years of coming to Britain . ) |
| 4 | After a few years of gutting chickens for 14 hours a day , they are often thrown out of work by younger and cheaper competitors . |
| 5 | Within a few years of this last attempt by an emperor to rally the Roman empire to paganism , a Greek bishop could speak of Julian 's pagan revival as a misguided attempt to introduce ‘ novelties ’ in place of the traditional religion ; but at much the same time in the West , Christians were still regarded as outside the mainstream of respectable upper-class culture , as the foolish minority who rejected the wise and hallowed traditions of their forefathers which had made Rome great . |
| 6 | There was a genuine dilemma and conservatives like Spurgeon could , if they had wanted , cite a famous precedent : St Francis of Assisi never disguised his hostility towards learning yet , within a few years of his death , his new Order was dominating much of Europe 's University life . |
| 7 | Peter Hall and Trevor Nunn made their reputations within a few years of leaving Cambridge . |
| 8 | If such soil as this is covered in grass , after a few years of grazing it degrades into desert . |
| 9 | Within a few years of closure , the mill pond was filled in and much of the mill 's machinery removed . |
| 10 | She and Herbert had enjoyed only a few years of happiness together . |
| 11 | It is true that the quality of most waters runs in cycles ; a few years of mediocre fish followed by a few years of quality fish . |
| 12 | It is true that the quality of most waters runs in cycles ; a few years of mediocre fish followed by a few years of quality fish . |
| 13 | With the addition of the large numbers of children and teenagers who have had only a few years of schooling , rates of illiteracy of well over 50 per cent seem entirely credible ( see Chapter 16 ) . |
| 14 | Betty and George had both worked and were able to enjoy a few years of their retirement together before he had a major stroke . |
| 15 | As the article correctly acknowledges , generally magnox fuel must be reprocessed within a few years of discharge from a reactor , from an advanced gas-cooled reactor ( AGR ) , fuel may be stored underwater for somewhat longer periods and for much longer in a dry store . |
| 16 | ‘ Citation frequency within a few years of publication is a reliable indicator of a paper 's lifetime citation expectancy . ’ |
| 17 | Within a few years of transfer to the South Metropolitan system , all these cars had the headlamps moved from the canopy front to the usual position on the dash , one reason being that it enabled them to carry advertisements in the same positions as the rest of the fleet . |
| 18 | The bank is looking for someone canny — not to say extremely gifted — who has developed the right skills in a reasonably sized corporate environment within a few years of qualifying . |
| 19 | At an average £200 or so for installation , meters do n't come cheap , and it will take a few years of saving on bills to meet the initial cost . |
| 20 | Originally ascribed to the 1660s it now seems highly likely that they date from the 1630s and were made within a few years of each other . |
| 21 | It broke up within a few years of Anselm 's death under the impact of forces which were too strong for it . |
| 22 | Within a few years of Karak Eight Peaks ' fall the Night Goblins had settled permanently in the ruins and split into many tribes based around the adjoining mountains and the tunnels that ran beneath them . |
| 23 | Under the legislation this was not in fact required ( only the Boards as a whole were required to break even ‘ taking one year with another ’ ) , but Citrine and his senior colleagues believed that it was a desirable principle that each Board should break even , and within a few years of nationalisation this was also tacitly accepted by the Boards . |
| 24 | Data on accelerated soil erosion in the tropics is generally derived from small experimental plots , with only a few years of data . |
| 25 | After a few years of indecision Nero finally chose military glory . |
| 26 | After a few years of that , I found myself becoming the kind of man I always hated . |
| 27 | In any case , one or another form of ‘ Christianity ’ must have reached Britain within a few years of the time specified by Gildas . |
| 28 | When you start working in advertising get a few years of solid experience with one agency under your belt . |
| 29 | The escalating cost of these tax benefits would be checked within a few years of this policy being implemented . |
| 30 | But after a few years of this , you ca n't really see any attraction in it , except the security , of course . |