Example sentences of "[adj] years in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time , he was entering with a new singleness of purpose the creative landscape of his own mind , and sensed already that what he might achieve in the months ahead would surpass anything which had resulted from two very public years in Bristol . |
| 2 | There is little point in denying that if Britain is to enable the very old in the present as well as the future to live out their remaining years in dignity , more human and material resources will have to be devoted to their welfare . |
| 3 | This was well captured by George Orwell who , in Coming up for air ( 1939 ) , describes the return of George Bowling , after 18 unimaginative years in insurance and marriage to the joyless Hilda , and now shaken by the fear of a future war , returns to the village of his childhood : Lower Binfield . |
| 4 | It seems providential at a time when good news and dreams are in short supply : 430 unknown drawings by Amedeo Modigliani from his eight crucial years in Paris ( 1906–14 ) , which will be published by Noel Alexandre in September . |
| 5 | The decade ended with the retirement of the Chairman , by then Canon Mackenzie , after thirteen crucial years in office . |
| 6 | Belinda did n't know exactly where they were going , and in her five hard-working years in Brisbane had never been through these opulent suburbs before , but in a way it was nicer to surrender herself to a mystery drive . |
| 7 | If Mr Major , having presided over an economic recovery , should also win the next election , the Tories would come within striking distance of Sir Robert Walpole 's record of 21 unbroken years in office , set between 1721 and 1742 . |
| 8 | Looking back I am constantly amazed and grateful for the high risks that others took by giving me responsibility in my early years in ICI . |
| 9 | THE EARLY YEARS IN ENGLAND |
| 10 | The early years in Tennessee were hard and the family was frequently hungry , but in 1868 Frances , who from her earliest childhood had been a compulsive inventor of romances , sold her first two stories to Godey 's Lady 's Book , raising the money for paper and postage by selling wild grapes . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Einstein , which had been written for the Philip Glass Ensemble , was followed by Satyagraha ( ‘ truth-force ) , a more lyrical opera utilising full orchestra which was concerned with Gandhi 's early years in South Africa and the development of his philosophy of non-violence . |
| 13 | The early years in work are of great importance . |
| 14 | Admittedly these characteristics became more obvious later on ; Kim Il Sung was dependent on the Soviet Union for assistance in the early years in north Korea and had to tread warily . |
| 15 | In his early years in Edinburgh , he spent much time in reorganising and rationalising the pathology service in the Royal Infirmary and associated hospitals and he laid a sure foundation of academic pathology in the Medical School . |
| 16 | During his early years in London he lived south of the river . |
| 17 | Both men were part Austrian by birth and spent formative early years in Vienna . |
| 18 | Documents declassified under the 30-year rule tend to confirm the wisdom of his early years in politics . |
| 19 | He spent his early years in training at Southampton General Hospital and the Royal Berkshire Hospital , Reading . |
| 20 | It also marked the breaking of a link with the past through the death of Miss Helen Stocks who had done much to promote and sustain the work of the District and the WEA in its early years in Northamptonshire . |
| 21 | After early years in Jamaica and Erriboll , Scotland , the family settled in London . |
| 22 | Cardus ' current heroic status is a far cry from his early years in GPs when his name became a by-word for crashing . |
| 23 | It seems reasonable to suppose that John was born and spent his early years in Grimston , Norfolk , where his family was recorded as having an estate in 1664 , but there is no record of his educational background . |
| 24 | He 'd served his early years in Wandsworth . |
| 25 | ‘ I would seriously think about coming here for a longer stay if the right opportunity arose , but I do have a lot going for me back home , ’ said Lloyd , who spent his early years in Epping . |
| 26 | Thirty odd years in Manchester is definitely er |
| 27 | It had been his first and only history lesson , and throughout their hungry and needy years in Bunarkaig he never lost the sense that they lived under threat , that government was pitiless , and that some day they would have to fight again for the right to live at peace in their own place . |
| 28 | One Sunderland councillor , Stuart Deacon , who grew up near Roker Park , said last night the win marked another achievement in one of the most remarkable years in Wearside 's history . |
| 29 | Part lecture , part slide show , part comedy act , it is Miller 's take on Noakes ' life , whisking us from John 's fledgling years in Halifax , through to startling revelations about Valerie Singleton , Joy Division and Shep 's death , and finally to Majorca , where he comes face to face with his hero . |
| 30 | Excitement for many at the thought of returning home after the long hard years in exile . |