Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] in [adj] year " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I have never had trouble with any of my lads in 20 years . |
2 | He was actually turned down five times by NME and this had a lasting effect : frustration and perhaps a desire to avenge himself in its columns in later years . |
3 | But last Wednesday , BNFL unveiled the completed plant and said it would recoup its costs in ten years and make a £500m profit . |
4 | The complication here is that the total time period is more than 20 years , and obviously the earlier workers will have had time to publish many more papers than those finishing their studies in recent years , but the dataset is so large that such effects will be the same for all universities , i.e. they will be self-cancelling . |
5 | The complication here is that the total time period is more than 20 years , and obviously the earlier workers will have had time to publish many more papers than those finishing their studies in recent years , but the dataset is so large that such effects will be the same for all universities , i.e. they will be self-cancelling . |
6 | Although it has mended its ways in recent years , the NRDC deserves some of the criticism that has come its way . |
7 | Ominously for users of the postal services , the Post Office was reported to have quadrupled its profits in one year . |
8 | Since transmission is largely on a foal-to-foal basis it is good policy to avoid using the same paddocks for nursing mares and their foals in successive years . |
9 | We will also ensure that home-buyers receive proper advice about the potential cost of their mortgages in future years . |
10 | If mum takes up the game again , then why not her children in future years ? |
11 | His profile at this year 's Balmoral Show was as prominent as any of his predecessors in recent years . |
12 | Scott 's first letter had been an appalling error , and it would seem sufficient reason why Donaldson should suggest reversing the decision to award him the Gold Medal , but Scott , when drafting his Recollections in later years , looked for further motives behind Donaldson 's action as he could not ‘ reconcile it with the character and generosity which Donaldson has usually evinced ’ . |
13 | One piece of the inscribed marble base survives with them , and shows that the dedicator was a Sicilian , one of the Deinomenid family who made themselves tyrants in these years of Syracuse and other cities . |
14 | The flood of motor-cars and lorries and trucks onto our roads in recent years is a tragedy for nature and for the environment and for our health . |
15 | How does he see your lives in 20 years time ? |
16 | Your Benefits in 10 Years |