Example sentences of "[num] year [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On a cold and very windy afternoon at Athletic Park it was far removed from a smiling task for Danaher to sit on the benches and watch his men concede an avalanche of tries , 11 in all , the greatest concession to any Irish opposition in 118 years of international participation . |
| 2 | As Bromberg tells us at the beginning of her excellent mixture of history of science and politics , ‘ The US government has supported a research programme in fusion energy since 1951 , and in the 30 years through 1980 it has expended more than $2 billion . |
| 3 | Pink-footed Geese are not quite of annual occurrence in Sussex , but were noted in 20 of the 30 years between 1947 and 1976 . |
| 4 | Spotted Crakes were recorded in 17 out of the 30 years between 1947 and 1976 , with a total of 26 birds seen . |
| 5 | They ignored temporary conversions from roughland to grass leys ( and vice versa ) and found that in the 30 years to 1980 in their 6 study areas , 15,000 hectares of rough pasture had reverted to roughland but 23,900 hectares of roughland had been converted to grass leys . |
| 6 | In his inaugural address on taking office in January 1991 President Serrano credited the previous President , Vincio Cerezo Arévalo , with promoting national peace talks to end 30 years of civil war [ see pp. 37372 ; 37527 ; 37707 ] but also blamed his administration for the current economic crisis and social unrest and for the country 's lack of international credibility due to widespread corruption and human rights violations . |
| 7 | As this study was concerned with preventing death , or as much as 30 years of long term serious disablement , by neurosurgical intervention the effect of this omission is considerable . |
| 8 | In the general election of December 1986 the NAR won 33 of the 36 seats in the lower house and ousted the incumbent PNM ( which won the remaining three seats ) , ending 30 years of continuous PNM government [ see pp. 35194-95 ] . |
| 9 | This is Spain 's first ever win against the Romanians in over 30 years of mutual contact and could signal Spain 's coming of age as a rugby power in Europe . |
| 10 | The reality is that it is extraordinarily difficult to get any change in these kinds of laws — as the last 30 years of procedural mugging by both sides shows in relation to abortion , and the five-year gestation period of this Bill shows with regard to experimenting . |
| 11 | The family agreed to an authorised biography and Forster started reading du Maurier 's letters , begun when she was ten years old writing to her governess — nearly 30 years of unbroken correspondence . |
| 12 | A meeting in the Norwegian capital , Oslo , between representatives of the National Reconciliation Commission ( CRN ) and leaders of the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity ( UNRG ) guerrillas ended on March 30 with an agreement to continue peace talks to end 30 years of intermittent conflict . |
| 13 | Gallium arsenide , long the bridesmaid to silicon in the electronic industries , has begun to make an impact after 30 years of comparative neglect . |
| 14 | In May 1991 , after 30 years of bitter civil war , Eritrea broke away from Ethiopia , but has to wait for the referendum officially to declare itself an independent state . |
| 15 | In May 1991 , after 30 years of bitter civil war , Eritrea broke away from Ethiopia , but has to wait for the referendum officially to declare itself an independent state . |
| 16 | Only in Queensland , where the ALP had come to power in 1989 after more than 30 years of corrupt National Party rule , was the party free of scandal and able to record healthy public opinion ratings . |
| 17 | FRIDAY LEEDS Film Festival Two weeks of varied film with a horror weekend ( 14/15 Oct ) , a George Romero retrospective with a screening of his new film Monkey Shines , various seminars , and two exhibitions , The Man Who Shot Garbo and 30 Years of Cuban Cinema . |
| 18 | A Dead spokesman said , ‘ 30 years of smoking Camel Straights will leave their mark . ’ |
| 19 | The consequence is that Broad Lane 's two largest personalities have banged their heads together and come up with an undisclosed compromise in an effort to prevent Wivenhoe 's first relegation in 30 years of undiluted success . |
| 20 | 30 YEARS OF LOCAL GROUPS ! |
| 21 | In the first 30 years of this century , bus technology had improved considerably , with pneumatic tyres , better roads and , during the 1930s , the replacement of petrol by diesel engines . |
| 22 | Piggott , 57 on Thursday , puts his strength and stamina down to 30 years of top-class riding . |
| 23 | The Youth League — banned for 30 years since 1960 — was legalised along with the ANC , PAC and SACP in February , 1990 . |
| 24 | The pink second class single illustrated was one of several examples of North Eastern Railway tickets still on sale for up to 30 years after that company had passed into history . |
| 25 | Altogether ( including ‘ series ’ papers ) about 20 evening papers were launched in the 30 years before 1985 . |
| 26 | His fax was created 30 years before fellow-Scotsman Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone . |
| 27 | ( 5 ) It has been estimated that more than 60 million people left the rural areas of all European countries-during the 30 years from 1945 . |
| 28 | Given that the proportion of over-75 's in the population will rise by 14 per cent in the 30 years from 1 98 1 , the needs of the traffic vulnerable will inevitably become more insistent . |
| 29 | The red brick and terracotta building was constructed by the vicar , the Rev. Thomas Massey , over a period of 30 years from 1881 . |
| 30 | During the 30 years from 1951 to 1981 the proportion of males aged 60 — 64 who were defined as economically active decreased from 87.5 per cent to 74.6 ( Figure 2.12 ) . |