Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two tram routes departed from opposite sides of the central loading island in the Square , where for many years there was an ornamental drinking fountain and later a stone shelter and underground toilets . |
| 2 | There were furious debates in respect of schemes for Oxford and Bath , but the biggest single reversal of policy concerned London , where for many years three ringways had been in mind . |
| 3 | The move has been initiated in the US , where for some years customers have been removing the skin ( the fattiest part ) from the chicken before eating it . |
| 4 | In 1858–9 he was in the service of the Admiralty , before returning to south Wales , where for ten years he was engineer-in-chief and general manager of the Sirhowy Tramroad , which he converted into a standard railway . |
| 5 | In 1923 he obtained two consultant posts as children 's physician , one at the Queen 's Hospital for Children , where for ten years he was in charge of the London county council rheumatic and heart clinic , and the other at Paddington Green Children 's Hospital , where he continued to work for nearly forty years . |
| 6 | I was lucky to move on from Manchester City Art Galleries where after seventeen years I ended up as Senior Keeper of Fine Art . |
| 7 | The fact is now I mean where like two years ago she was taking two and three exams at a time . |
| 8 | Where until two years ago , the scattering of currants near the door was eagerly awaited by a clamouring mix of blackbirds , starling , robins and a songthrush or two , lately there has been almost an indifference to the largesse . |
| 9 | Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that last Friday , on a delegation to Kiev , I took the opportunity — as I had always promised myself that I would if ever I were in Kiev — to visit Babi Yar , just outside the city limits , where in two years of Nazi terror and occupation tens of thousands of people were murdered ? |
| 10 | Where in previous years these vessels had been purely large fishing vessels loading salted fish into barrels for immediate export to their own ports , now there came great numbers of large factory ships and modern trawlers which could process fish , package it and freeze it for indefinite periods . |
| 11 | Estate duty reliefs carried forward to CTT include freedom from tax where an interest in settled property comes to a end during the settlor 's life and the property then reverts to him ( unless , of course , the reverter is by reason of his purchase of the reversionary interest ) ; and an allowance analogous to the old Quick Succession Allowance where within four years there has been more than one chargeable transfer il which the value transferred has been determined by reference to the value of the same settled property in which an interest in possession subsists . |
| 12 | ‘ There is a better atmosphere now than for many years — fewer stoppages , better relationships . |
| 13 | If you ask what is the worst that might foreseeably happen , the answer at the start of 1991 is bleaker than for many years past . |
| 14 | The journals were seen to be in better health , both scientifically and economically , than for many years , and plans to take advantage of this situation , in promoting the journals to both authors and subscribers , were approved . |
| 15 | So , at end-1984 , therefore , the nuclear industry is looking more bullish than for many years , despite the fact that the environmentally committed Greens are strongly represented in state and federal parliaments . |
| 16 | Enjoying better health than for many years , he was able to become an active preacher . |
| 17 | There seems at present , however , a better prospect of completing the line than for many years . |
| 18 | Members of the Labour Party were paying more attention to the Communist Party than for many years , largely as a result of the unique impact of foreign affairs . |
| 19 | ‘ Pedestrians will be able to walk and shop in this part of the town in greater comfort and safety than for many years , ’ he said . |
| 20 | All last week he had been happier than for thirty years ; he was in love , overwhelmed with the charms of Emily Dawson and the outrageous hope that she might return his affection and become his wife . |
| 21 | The climate for doing so is more favourable than for some years past . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Released from the Vickers factory at Brooklands on September 25 , 1953 , Varsity T.1 WL679 spent most of its life at Farnborough , although for several years it was based at Pershore . |
| 24 | Although for some years now people have been suing them for outrageous sums well beyond any amount that could ever be insured , when it came to the crunch litigants always settled out of court for a far lower figure . |
| 25 | The pre-unification figures show that the ‘ German miracle ’ was a feature more of the 1950s and 1960s than of later years . |
| 26 | But it is important to state that although in recent years in Britain , there have been many service innovations whose aim has been to improve the home or community care of elderly mentally frail people ( see for example Age Concern England , l983 ) , unfortunately most of these schemes have either not been systematically evaluated ( often because they have been very small in scale ) , or — if they have — results have not been widely disseminated . |
| 27 | It is a Yorkshire dale in a classic sense with sweeping contours and a fierce beauty on the grand scale , although in recent years it has been placed in County Durham ( not that locals pay any attention to such cultural vandalism ) . |
| 28 | Although in recent years , as second incomes have become more important , it is debatable as to whether this finding would still hold true . |
| 29 | In much of Western Europe a predominant characteristic has been trade union pluralism ( and sometimes reluctance to engage in continuous relationships with employers ) promoted by ideological , philosophical and religious differences , although in recent years there has been rather less emphasis upon the importance of religious affinity . |
| 30 | Balance is better achieved by a mixture — often sold as ‘ blood , bone and fish ’ — although in recent years the fish content has been considerably reduced as it is used more and more in animal and pet foodstuffs . |