Example sentences of "[det] years [noun] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There to witness the start of this years harvest were representatives of some of the world 's biggest breweries . |
| 2 | When the giant African frogs appeared , everyone thought this years contest was a foregone conclusion . |
| 3 | Even more puzzling is why , throughout the five and a half years Blake was in Wormwood Scrubs , no action was taken to move him to a more secure establishment . |
| 4 | A quick spin of his ‘ Sweet Freedom — The Best Of ’ compilation album of a few years back is proof enough that he has had many hits in his home patch without making similar in-roads here . |
| 5 | Calcium ions turn on the zygote at fertilisation , and a few years back were named the ‘ final common pathway ’ in cell death . |
| 6 | One of the wonder boys we sold a few years back was Ian Snodin , to Everton . |
| 7 | It is most unlikely that a mother or father looking at a new-born child will be saying : — ‘ We have here a potential villain , who could , in a few years time be getting a living by robbery , violence or some other criminal activity . |
| 8 | During the next few years children are likely to be engaging in more sustained projects as part of their learning of mathematics . |
| 9 | Having been rare for many years doubles are now much more widely available and many are proving to be good garden plants . |
| 10 | For many years Shardlow was ‘ an improving place ’ , but the Derbyshire directory for 1857 observes that business had declined greatly after the opening of the Midland and other railways . |
| 11 | IT is stressed that the braking distances learned for that driving test many years back are not idle theory . |
| 12 | ‘ For many years doctors were not able to offer any treatment . |
| 13 | For many years paleontologists were obliged to work with the swamp-dweller model of the sauropods . |
| 14 | Although for many years retributivism was regarded ( at least in academic circles ) as outmoded and even atavistic , it has enjoyed a major revival in recent years , notably in the forms of the ‘ Justice Model ’ and ‘ law and order ideology ’ discussed later in this chapter . |
| 15 | For many years IOLs were made from PMMA , with polypropylene or poly(ethylene) terephthalate ) haptics ( fixation loops ) . |
| 16 | More serious is the allegation that in these latter years Ghana was allowed to accumulate extravagant debts : an amount of £500 million is often quoted , though the true figure seems to have been about £120 million . |
| 17 | While in former years parents were encouraged to stay together for the sake of their children , more recently emphasis has been put on the damage done to children by parents who do stay married but are in constant conflict . |
| 18 | For several years Marton was closed during the winter , and its service cars transferred to Rigby Road shed , which operated the Marton route . |