Example sentences of "[adj] for [adj] years [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | That the club marked its centenary in 1990 is unconnected with arthritic administration , rather that for many years Shildon believed it was two years later . |
2 | The history of this is that for many years M O D were unhappy about expansion of the , of the port er , for commercial use and the reason they were unhappy of course was that erm commercial use was competition that they felt would be likely to drive up wages . |
3 | The truth was that for four years Fittipaldi had come close to dominating motor racing in the way Jackie had before him : after two indifferent early years learning his trade , he had been champion twice ( in 1972 and 1974 ) and come second in 1973 and 1975 . |
4 | The lesson of the casualties and the lack of any real gains even to the victors was made harsher by this realization , that for four years Europe had fought a war which no one had wanted . |
5 | ONE of the great virtues of the Soviet armed forces was that for 40 years West Europeans and Americans could agree that they were the main threat to NATO . |
6 | That is not systematic momegliture that has gone like that for ten years universities still use it ! |
7 | The GRIST funding represents a timely response to addressing these issues , although a cautionary note has to be sounded — if the curriculum is not considered satisfactory for four years olds in general , what of its relevance for four year olds with special needs ? |
8 | Having been rare for many years doubles are now much more widely available and many are proving to be good garden plants . |