Example sentences of "[art] few years in " in BNC.
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| 1 | This process , which can take several decades in open country , may be contrived in only a few years in a garden by reversing the natural scheme of things . |
| 2 | After a few years in atomic energy research he then discovered his vocation as teacher and enthusiast as a lecturer in chemistry at Birkenhead Technical College , where he also voluntarily taught about theatre , literature and music in a humanities section . |
| 3 | After a few years in management , you know who they are , and it will be put right . ’ |
| 4 | If anyone deserved a few years in an open prison it was Beamish . |
| 5 | ‘ D'ye know what it is , ’ he growled , ‘ a few years in the army would do some of those boyos a power of good . |
| 6 | Similar criteria have often applied to the education officer who , after a few years in the classroom . |
| 7 | A few years in Leeds will broaden her horizons , even if she does n't find a husband . |
| 8 | This brought the number of District Geologists in Edinburgh up to 3 , a repetition of the situation which had existed for a few years in the 1920s . |
| 9 | Maybe that 's one reason why this show has been a few years in the making . |
| 10 | They were , and the Pryces spent a few years in married bliss before the third Lady Pryce died in 1748 . |
| 11 | I have had a few years in which to practise cooking and , somewhat immodestly , I think this cake recipe could be classed as excellent . |
| 12 | Although financial director Michael Langley said that the product is approaching the end of its life , he believes ‘ there are a few years in it yet ’ , and expects 1993 sales levels to be maintained at roughly the same as 1992s . |
| 13 | I know if I get into trouble again I 'll be done for the arson charge and breach of probation , and that means a few years in jail and I could n't handle it . |
| 14 | He was my foursomes partner for a few years in international golf and there is no better way to assess another 's playing ability . |
| 15 | Cheyney passed from Sandhurst into the army , buying a commission in a regiment which was ordered to India , where he spent a few years in inactive service . |
| 16 | In spite of an inauspicious beginning , Laura and Bernard succeeded within a few years in developing an absorbing private life in their adopted country . |
| 17 | For one thing , the war was only a matter of a few years in the past and the number of potential suitors must have been severely limited , especially of the right intellect and calibre . |
| 18 | For a few years in the mid-1980s this pattern was reversed , and the number of people leaving the United Kingdom fell below the number entering . |
| 19 | There was never a more astonishing Revolution accomplished in the internal system of any country than there has been within the compass of a few years in that of England … |
| 20 | One of the points we made was that even a few years in multimedia development is a very long time . |
| 21 | Hugh began as a chargehand in the Teasing Department , where he returned to become foreman after a few years in the Dyed Wool Blending Department . |
| 22 | Having spent a few years in both camps the matter was resolved in 1981 when Stoddards and Templetons were merged . |
| 23 | I just wondered if someone who had spent a few years in medical school might take a job away from the field … just for a summer . |
| 24 | For a few years in the Sixties , scooter clubs replaced cycling but the phase passed and the emphasis was switched again to entertainment and raising money for charity . |
| 25 | At a future review conference — such conferences will occur every few years in the Community — it might be desirable to go even further and press for a clause in the Community body of law that makes it crystal clear that all powers that are not specifically allocated to the Community should remain as of right with the member states , as is the case in the American constitution . |