Example sentences of "[art] [adj] years [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The outbreak of the Hundred Years War itself was not unconnected with intrigues on behalf of men such as Robert of Artois in which northern Frenchmen had important vested interests . |
| 2 | It was the Seven Years War which broke up completely and decisively the old system of balance four decades later . |
| 3 | His father , his paternal grandfather and one of his uncles were all porcelain painters in the Meissen potteries , but because of the disastrous economic effects of the Seven Years War his family were not well off . |
| 4 | At the most critical moment of the Seven Years War it amounted to 4.4 per cent of the total population of the country , the highest proportion of this kind reached in any State during the century . |
| 5 | In the current financial year budgets what authorities would have spend in delivering services , not what the Welsh office consider they should spend , were two thousand six hundred and eighty eight million pounds and against that the next years settlement which we 're debating tonight , represents only a point six percent increase . |
| 6 | It 's safe to say that in a few years time they will be playing Las Vegas . ’ |
| 7 | You can see in a Trivial Pursuit question in a few years time what 's the most commonly said three words ? |
| 8 | I know it 's my fault she 's here , I suppose in a few years time I 'll wish I 'd been here , but now I want to be out enjoying myself . |