Example sentences of "[prep] the first few years " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first few years I rested my chin on the concrete wall separating the spectators from the players and saw many wondrous things . |
| 2 | For the first few years Blackpool 's trams represented the only practical example in the World , of electric tramcars running in crowded thoroughfares . |
| 3 | For the first few years the Sunday School met in a private house , possibly that of a Mr Thomas Leathem . |
| 4 | Sometimes grace periods are granted which means that no repayment of the loan 's principal is required for the first few years . |
| 5 | For the first few years the maximum carriage length remained at 42ft . |
| 6 | Malcolm Cole 's programme notes do n't specify the circumstances of the ‘ grim struggle for survival which left serious composition out of the question ’ for the first few years after he had settled in the United States in 1939 , but , whatever they were , they informed his music with an intensity that the exuberance of his early style did n't find much room for . |
| 7 | For the first few years the work was concerned with the Old Red Sandstone along the southern margin of the Highlands but soon men were stationed at various points around the Grampians , including the Moray Firth area , and were advancing towards the higher ground . |
| 8 | It intends to use its contacts with architects , builders , joiners , electricians etc to provide a building and hopefully also assist in raising income for the first few years ' running costs . |
| 9 | The autumn , for the first few years , brought our greatest problem . |
| 10 | With Lindsey 's Corsair being the only one of its type in Europe , airshow organisers had to approach him if they wanted a Corsair in their flying display , and for the first few years John Allison and Lindsey flew all over Europe with the aircraft . |
| 11 | For the first few years , that would be the big problem for the resettlers too , but a pipeline was being built that would bring a supply down from Canada . |
| 12 | A single budded standard , or a double where one has failed , can look distinctly lop-sided for the first few years until it has had time to develop — this is the sort of stuff you have to watch out for in the cheap ‘ end of season nursery clearance sales ’ and street markets . |
| 13 | Prince Charles argued that they should be brought up initially by Mabel Anderson , his childhood nanny , and then a governess employed to educate the boys for the first few years in the privacy of Kensington Palace . |
| 14 | For the first few years the remands were unopposed , since it would plainly have been inappropriate to proceed against the applicant whilst the Carrian prosecution was still afoot . |
| 15 | Only a few , largely of the younger members , consider that at least for the first few years after an election , the House as a whole should keep a wary eye on the government and seek to support or influence its policy irrespective of the line taken by the official Opposition . |
| 16 | For the first few years I romped to cover up the new loneliness . |
| 17 | For many years , both in the days of glassfibre and for the first few years of plastic , there was little variety in the shape of boats in general recreational use . |
| 18 | I was never out of that for the first few years I was saved , I was always getting in there , confessing my sins . |
| 19 | For the first few years they were happy together . |
| 20 | For the first few years , I was convinced they were being polite in front of me . |
| 21 | The CNAA could not establish boards for every subject component of degrees in education , and in the event for the first few years the Committee for Education , using a range of specialist panels in support , itself carried out the validation work . |
| 22 | Well Mr never been before at least I 've done it for the first few years that I was there . |
| 23 | The CAT scanner which the hospital wants for its X ray department will cost £600,000 to buy and run for the first few years . |
| 24 | This uneasy compromise was not a major difficulty during the first few years as the national economic problems of the early thirties , reductions in public expenditure and depressed employment conditions all led to severe restrictions on the development of adult education . |
| 25 | Some of our final year students who were soon to be ordained , feeling the need for some kind of support system , especially during the first few years of ministry , decided to create their own cells . |
| 26 | It is not known whether or not he ever returned to visit his mother during the first few years but it is certainly true that , latterly , he was not back in the county for many years . |
| 27 | Walnut was used for the bodies and necks during the first few years of production but later Gibson switched to mahogany as this proved to be a more stable material , with less material wastage during the timber selection procedure . |
| 28 | During the first few years after the British first gained control over the Low Country there was much administrative confusion . |
| 29 | This is not to denigrate what the Six did achieve economically and politically during the first few years of the organisation . |
| 30 | Because HAI was in its infancy , in every job he filled during the first few years he had an American opposite number , sometimes with 30 years ' experience of the industry . |