Example sentences of "[noun] and in [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Generally the curriculum following the three ‘ R ’ s , tonic sol-fa notation for music , Irish and English history , drawing ( both freehand and scale ) , geography and in later years a little elementary science . |
| 2 | Items can be found on every continent and in recent years have become very popular again , especially as collectors pieces . |
| 3 | Generations of scholars and local historians have sought to understand the pattern of roads and tracks in England and in recent years the same enthusiasm has been shown for railways and canals . |
| 4 | If a family is not using planning , in a year they have one child and in ten years , how many ? |
| 5 | It deals with major negotiating items that have not been settled at the RSJC and in recent years has been the forum in which the unions present their annual pay claims . |
| 6 | Another region which suffered badly both during the liberation struggle and in recent years is the North-eastern region in the Zambezi valley . |
| 7 | This comprised quite a large industrial site and in later years became an important iron and tinplate rolling works . |
| 8 | François Couperin , captivated by Corelli 's sonatas , produced his own earliest ones under an Italian-sounding anagram of his own name and in later years paid homage to Corelli in a splendid Apothéose . |
| 9 | The windsurfing concept is not limited to use on the water and in recent years windsurfing sails have been seen on land , snow and ice . |
| 10 | A former schoolteacher and the wife of a Magee College lecturer , she was of pronounced left-wing sympathies and in later years she became Bernadette Devlin 's secretary in London . |
| 11 | The owner and Editor-in-Chief of the Times-Herald , Mr Thomas Miller was a staunch Liberal supporter of William Lyon MacKenzie King and in later years was appointed by the Prime Minister as a Canadian Senator . |
| 12 | The former approach has been the classical one , dating from the early statistical models of rubber elasticity based on random walk theory ; the latter has been followed by the rheologists , those who study solution properties and in recent years developed in new directions by de Gennes and Edwards and their collaborators . |
| 13 | The function of research and development was very active , constantly upgrading product quality and in recent years moving into related products . |
| 14 | ‘ It was made in his atelier so I went over for the fittings and in those years I was very sure of myself . |
| 15 | During World War II the Fielding engine powered a 90 KVA generator and in later years was kept as a standby in case of power failure . |
| 16 | Next lunchtime we rang Conal Gregory , York 's Tory candidate and in nine years as the city 's MP a frequent rail users ' champion . |
| 17 | Here John learned to appreciate the material things in life and in later years he allowed journalists to make the mistake of attributing John George 's wealth and position to him at this time . |
| 18 | Now they are beginning to soak up thousands of unwanted male lambs off Scottish hill farms and in five years are expected to be soaking up even more . |
| 19 | Dance has always been his first love and in recent years he 's been on tour six times with his own company . |
| 20 | It seems unlikely that these three diseases attack with equal intensity in all seasons and in all years . |
| 21 | Ciba-Geigy runs company management courses and in recent years there has been a steady increase in the number of women in these courses . |
| 22 | Students take three subjects in the first year and in subsequent years continue with two of these subjects either as joint or major/minor options for the honours degree . |
| 23 | However the industrial basis for syndicalism was lying in ruins as a result of the Depression and in later years the unions strongly opposed the idea of industrial action for political ends . |
| 24 | Arthritic and near blind , he found he was also suffering from cancer and in human years would have been aged around 90 . |
| 25 | These fish are native to North America and in recent years have been widely used to stock artificial fisheries throughout Britain . |