Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [num] years ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since being ‘ sacked ’ ( his own expression ) by President Mitterrand nearly two years ' ago , M Rocard had virtually disappeared from the national political scene . |
| 2 | Since being ‘ sacked ’ ( his own expression ) by President Mitterrand nearly two years ' ago , Michel Rocard had virtually disappeared from the national political scene . |
| 3 | The YBC 's members are all elected members of the Bar Council under seven years ' call , together with a small number of coopted members . |
| 4 | Lyall accepted the manager 's job in succession to John Duncan almost three years ' ago after a year as technical adviser to Terry Venables at Tottenham . |
| 5 | There is speculation about new political initiatives , each one a triumph of hope over 20 years ' experience . |
| 6 | Japan remains tied to the Western camp partly because the relationship has become integral to her economy and politics over forty years ' association , and partly because it appears to offer the best defence against Soviet aggression and encroachment — a long-standing fear — in Northeast Asia , and the best hope of Japan 's integrity overall in a world where she has been proved to be economically and militarily vulnerable . |