Example sentences of "[adj] in [adj] years [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was questioned about this in recent years when I visited the Camp during one of my lecture rounds to the ATC in the Highlands , but I only add this yarn to illustrate that it takes all kinds to make any air force station , and I am sure our childrens ' children will be told and the tale will no doubt be embroidered to suit the occasion . |
| 2 | The United Kingdom 's reserves are likely to be empty in forty years even at the current rate of consumption . |
| 3 | This mattered little while Antarctica remained virtually empty , as it did up to the end of World War II , but became important in post-war years when scientists and technicians of many nations began to work there . |
| 4 | If such knowledge and techniques were readily available in pre-war years then it is obvious that the same techniques were known about and used during the inter-war years . |
| 5 | Mike Mahoney , Newcastle 's director of rugby , set the target of promotion to Division One in three years when he moved into the Kingston Park hot seat . |
| 6 | Such oblations to the darkness of the early evenings had not been necessary in previous years when , whatever the season , bright hour and night hour had been dedicated to the service of his flock there were Masses to be said , sick to be visited , meetings to be chaired , burial services to be conducted , bereaved to be comforted . |
| 7 | Eventually we settled for a base at Ardrossan which was not too bad in later years when we had acquired much faster cutters . |