Example sentences of "[subord] [adj] year [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even after more than fifty years they have not been fully appreciated by many philosophers , and are still the subject of much controversy . |
| 2 | Gavin Dalzell of Lesmahagow copied his machine in 1846 and passed on the details to so many people that for more than fifty years he was generally regarded as the inventor of the bicycle . |
| 3 | If your pond is planted , now is the time to cut back dead growth : although this year it seemed a pity to butcher my waterlilies , which continued to flower right through until late September . |
| 4 | Investment banking although this year it 's a very different difficult environment for investment banking particularly a house that concentrates on , on corporate finance er there has n't been a great deal of M and A activity and if , if there has it has n't been a very high erm very high ticket . |
| 5 | Young writer Tim Firth scored a big hit here last year with the lunchtime show , A Man of Letters , so this year we 've asked him to write a main house show for us — the hilarious Neville 's Island . |
| 6 | Many of last year 's group were interested in going to a church service , so this year I have arranged to bring them to the morning service at St. Clements on Sunday , 15th July . |
| 7 | As a member for more than 35 years I well understand the reasons for it , but I am inclined to the view now that one impartial professional body would be a far better umbrella organization . |
| 8 | So after less than three years it was removed to Cleveland Lodge in Great Ayton which was the home of John Pease . |
| 9 | Apart from that there is no strong reason for one method rather than another although as the first year has lower production than later years it would be difficult in terms of wearing out to argue for the reducing balance method . |
| 10 | For children older than 6 years they are asked if they can inhibit urination for an hour to teach bladder retention . |
| 11 | For more than 50 years I have nurtured what might be called an insatiable interest in China and the arts , crafts , and accomplishments of the Chinese people , the oldest extant civilization on earth . |
| 12 | After more than ten years he decided that it was time he retrieved some of the money , so from 1921 to 1923 he put the wages of his chauffeur on Arsenal 's expense account and in 1926 charged the club £125 for hiring , over two years , a motor car . |
| 13 | Cos Dave 's been out the country like ehm , well it 's just under ten years , and if he stays out longer than ten years he loose , he loose his citizenship . |
| 14 | However , if this practice has persisted for more than twelve years it will have become what is known as a prescriptive right of way , and you will inherit it and not be able to do anything about it . |
| 15 | For more than twenty years I 've been part of the furniture , a constant teatime companion . |
| 16 | For more than twenty years you have advised me to be cautious , to consider the full implications of my actions , but now , suddenly , you counsel me to rashness . ’ |
| 17 | For more than thirty years he was president of the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol . |
| 18 | For more than thirty years I have been fighting for them . |
| 19 | For more than four years he rented a luxury flat near his home at a cost of £385 a week and showered her with expensive gifts . |
| 20 | They can be sacked If it 's less than two years they 've been working , they can be sacked at a weeks notice or whatever it is . |
| 21 | Even if you are working or have been away from the University for more than two years you can still have Current Vacancies mailed to you for a small charge . |
| 22 | I have been here for more than two years I have lectured them . |
| 23 | In other cases the prisoner will know only that it is 20 years or more , although if he asks and if it is no more than 20 years he will , as I understand it , be given that information . |
| 24 | For more than 20 years she worked as a physio-therapist in the elderly care sector . |
| 25 | So to give you an idea of our size although we may be a little bit smaller than last year we turned over some eighteen million pounds and declared a profit before tax of just over three point one million pounds . |
| 26 | hoping to dominate … the world of athletics this weekend is Gloucester hammer thrower Lorraine Shaw … she 's UK champion … the first from the city 's club ever to win a senior outdoor title … this weekend Lorraine takes on the best in the world as she competes in the AAA championships in Birmingham … the amazing thing is that up until this year she was a discus thrower … |
| 27 | Up until this year it clearly had n't been fully put to the test although you are all aware of its success over recent years . |
| 28 | I do n't know if I 'm going to do it this year cos this year she 's chosen , I 've got four , right there 's two the same which she usually has up those , like she 'll hang one up , fill one up and swop them over |
| 29 | If this year we have to stabilize in this way , do these things , then that 's not a bad achievement compared with what we set out with three months ago . |
| 30 | That 's about the only people that I know of and then , cos later years I would say that they used to cart so much into the erm , into the other farms round here . |