Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [det] years the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the course of many years the accumulation of mal had made the soil in the paddy fields so dark and rich that it was used as a black dye , together with the red and green dyes from wild plants and flowers , for printing skirts . |
| 2 | Enormous growth in this business occurred through the substitution phase and for a period of some years the business was extremely profitable . |
| 3 | For some who have been caring for a dependent relative for many years the problems involved are only too familiar . |
| 4 | For the first time in many years the statistics are going down . |
| 5 | For the first time in many years the Hungarian minority ( numbering 587,000 or 10.8 per cent of the Slovak population ) was not represented . |
| 6 | Reviewing this same exhibition , both Allard and Apollinaire noticed that for the first time in several years the influence of Matisse and Fauvism was slight . |