Example sentences of "earlier years " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he never succumbs to what Max Scheler termed ressentiment — that mixture of resentment and anger and injured pride that destroys so many , even if it were present in earlier years . |
| 2 | In the mid 1970s there was an abortive attempt to develop a new way of managing the industry in the Territories Plan ( which would have given a structure very similar to that developed in Germany in much earlier years and still in use both on DB and DR ) , but this failed largely on account of union opposition . |
| 3 | In his earlier years he could counsel priests to celibacy and doubters to Catholic dogma with almost papal infallibility , untroubled by a fiance 's feelings or a questioner 's uncertainties . |
| 4 | In their earlier years schoolwork had been a haven . |
| 5 | The calm industrial relations which occurred in 1927 and 1928 also suggested that the militancy of earlier years had evaporated in the wake of defeat . |
| 6 | I found it difficult to get cuttings to root in earlier years , but I discovered that by starting them in water for 10 days , then potting up , I lost very few . |
| 7 | For her earlier years , there are the famous Ronsard poems extolling her charm and beauty , along with those in similar vein by the man who was to become her most vicious detractor , the great Scottish scholar George Buchanan — exactly the kind of thing which would naturally be written about an attractive young queen . |
| 8 | As it sought to serve a predominantly rural region in which the WEA in earlier years had found its own main strength in urban areas , the rural areas were relatively untouched and open to university initiatives when the 1932 Adult Education Regulations were introduced . |
| 9 | Further , in earlier years the branch had attempted to extend its WEA social and educational activity into surrounding villages and it is possible that the branch had pressed the District for the appointment of a resident tutor in East Suffolk — although the documentary evidence on this point is somewhat unclear . |
| 10 | But it was a successful scheme and was much more effective than the generalised , unspecified financial appeals of earlier years . |
| 11 | This policy posed a general problem for the National WEA , which lacked a clear view on its partnership with other providers , and was an especially acute one for the District where important concessions had been made in earlier years to the Cambridge Board . |
| 12 | In earlier years , it was common for children with Down 's Syndrome to be shut away by their families , and sheltered from public reaction . |
| 13 | Figures for earlier years also showed that earnings area more likely to be the main source of income for lone fathers than lone mothers . |
| 14 | Martha stepped back off the verandah , feeling a surge of fear conditioned by the beatings of earlier years . |
| 15 | In his earlier years the emperor Constantine ( c.288–335 ) had been an adherent first of Hercules and then of Sol Invictus . |
| 16 | The most enjoyable film that year was Charles Laughton 's portrayal of Henry VIII , while chain letters were the rage among young and old alike , in vain endeavour to regain the good fortune of earlier years . |
| 17 | The outbreak of the Great War meant that young men from Edenderry as well as from other parts of the Circuit went to serve their country ; some went directly from Portadown and others who had emigrated in earlier years joined the armies of the Dominions , especially Canada . |
| 18 | The shop certainly had not received a coat of paint in a long time and , though looking decrepit , in earlier years the well proportioned double-fronted premises must have been quite smart . |
| 19 | In earlier years , kids trundling hoops or playing pitch-and-toss had been a target . |
| 20 | Students in their final year will receive a lower rate of loan than in earlier years of the course . |
| 21 | He takes us through Charles Darwin 's earlier years , the development of his ideas , his recorded ( and suspected but probable ) ambitions , shyness , doubts , agonies , successes and rebuffs with real insight as to Charles 's personal relations with Charles Lyell and Joseph Hooker . |
| 22 | Efforts in earlier years to raise money from the City had proved fruitless . |
| 23 | The plain-covered wordy tomes of earlier years , largely indistinguishable in appearance ( except for the use of photographs ) from their Lyellian and Geikien predecessors of the century before , suddenly gave way to glossy volumes with brightly coloured covers , two-colour diagrams , larger page sizes and a higher picture-to text ratio . |
| 24 | On the other hand , it is extremely useful to have universities , polys and colleges compared on an equal basis , particularly as in these days of cutbacks many , who in earlier years could have relied on a university place , may have to hedge their bets by applying to polys too . |
| 25 | Parents have to trust that what they have taught in earlier years and , ideally , been able to demonstrate in their own relationship together , will have provided patterns to be followed . |
| 26 | The problem of replacement had been made particularly acute because of the lack of repair and replacement in earlier years , especially during the war and civil war . |
| 27 | It went on to accept ‘ the principle that professional experience should be based on theoretical completeness , and that training in often petty procedures during the earlier years in professional offices has little bearing on the exercise of professional judgement . ’ |
| 28 | The verderers ' familiarity with the district from earlier years could only serve them in a general way , for the woodland paths varied from season to season . |
| 29 | I was a little foolish in earlier years before the electric light , trying to read and sew by the light of an oil lamp and pressing on when I should have stopped and rested my eyes . |
| 30 | The pleasures , anxieties and inhibitions associated with those earlier years frequently come back to haunt us , but in new guises and with different partners . |