Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] years [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a reign of only six years Charibert died . |
| 2 | The capacity and speed of optoelectronics make it an ideal means for simplifying switching and routing with optical networking a possibility for perhaps 10 years time — a prospect that researchers from University College are currently co-researching with British Telecommunications Plc in Harlow . |
| 3 | All around , tacking between the galleys , milling around the Doge 's vessel , I see the myriad small craft by which for so many years Venice exerted its supremacy around the Adriatic shores . |
| 4 | Property agreements sometimes state that the terms of conveyances or leases are to be agreed by the parties , or , if they fail to agree , will be settled by a solicitor specialising in real property of so many years qualification and practising in a particular locality , such as the City of London . |
| 5 | To allow for this inflation all you have to do is calculate the value of £1 now in so many years time and use this as a correction factor . |
| 6 | Putting me and Billy together ten years back would probably never have occurred to them . |
| 7 | With having all those years experience , I know when a player is nervous or choking , whatever people want to call it . |
| 8 | The sole surviving Metrovic D5705 , withdrawn after just 10 years service on BR , was stabled between former ECML Deltics D9016 and D9000 . |
| 9 | why this week … well in exactly three years time the Olympic flame will be lit in Atlanta for the next games … and one of the new sports will be laser sailing … and all the boats are being built by the company in Banbury |
| 10 | In just three years fish and fishkeeping have taken over reader JAY CHANDLER 'S life . |
| 11 | As the eager spectators applauded , and their cheers echoed around the field at Louis Paulhan 's success , how could anyone imagine that in just nine years time the Atlantic Ocean would be conquered by a young man in the crowd . |
| 12 | By this time the guitar had made its popular impact , and in just five years time it would be considered virtually the instrument of musical expression . |
| 13 | In just two years Opren captured well over half the market for drugs to treat arthritis . |
| 14 | With no previous running experience , Pamela has spent just under two years training and preparing for the race . |
| 15 | In more recent years provision by the associations of advisory services in labour matters , dispute settlement procedures and legislative issues — as well as pressure-group activities — have all become general , reflecting the increasing complexity of industrial relations and the enlarged role of government . |
| 16 | In more recent years specialists from other areas have also criticized ROI ( see Hayes and Garvin , 1982 ; Hill , 1985 ) . |
| 17 | In more recent years Jim passed on to me his copies of The Nottingham Graduate . |
| 18 | For nearly 30 years Mike Hooper from Water & Ventilation , Salisbury was a rally navigator , but 5 years ago he stopped when a large tree jumped out in front of the car . |
| 19 | Although some of them have clocked up nearly forty years service , they 'll get no redundancy pay from the company , and their pensions have disappeared . |
| 20 | For nearly 3 years Susan Hurd has made an RAF house her home . |
| 21 | AFTER nearly ten years work a £400m Indian power station , built by NEI Power Projects of Newcastle , will be handed over to the country 's power authorities tomorrow . |
| 22 | And Siward of Northumbria , whether counted as kinsman or enemy , must be nearly ten years Thorfinn 's senior . |
| 23 | For the first time in nearly 40 years Bentley has a shape to call its own . |
| 24 | I have been thinking about my nearly twenty years friendship with him and especially what it was that he gave me in terms of belief and understanding of the job . |
| 25 | For nearly four years Tony has lain in a coma , sustained by a feeding tube but trapped in what one doctor described as a ‘ living death ’ . |
| 26 | It was as irrational as it was melodramatic , but so was the darkened room where for nearly thirty years Alfred had striven to keep alive the great illusion of his youth . |
| 27 | We have nearly 200 years experience of selling in the area . |
| 28 | Backed by nearly 200 years experience and boatbuilding tradition , a Moody is above all a boat you know you can trust . |
| 29 | The reason why ex-boarding school pupils are forever divorcing is that during some of their most formative years love is characterised by distance , not closeness . |
| 30 | For about forty years Clanricarde spoke frequently in the House of Lords on a wide range of subjects . |