Example sentences of "[adj] years [pers pn] [is] " in BNC.
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1 | In the intervening years it is estimated that 111 died while trying to escape and a further 77 lost their lives on the Berlin Wall itself , with most of these deaths occurring in the 1960s . |
2 | One is brought back to the fundamental conclusion that throughout the Primary years it is the children 's activity that is the key to full development . |
3 | And although the dominant enterprises in this sense have undoubtedly grown considerably in size , by any measure , over the post-war years it is not obvious that the operating units have grown in the same way . |
4 | If applications have not been received five months into bodies ’ financial years it is assumed by the Council that they do not need , and therefore do not intend to apply for , grant aid . |
5 | In recent years she 's suffered two heart attacks and been treated for cancer and she says she ca n't stand much more of the strain . |
6 | I like big heads that are flat at the back , not pointed , and for that reason in recent years it is Korean males who have attracted me most , with their rich , straight black hair laid perpendicularly on that square-backed skull — always , to me , the sign of a male good at mathematics , the sexiest science . |
7 | And in recent years it is impossible not to see that Dale Thomas ' name occurs more than others , including being five times the Club Champion — winning on one occasion after a 60-hole match ! |
8 | This is less true of public sector services than of the private sector , but in recent years it is in the latter that growth in employment has been concentrated . |