Example sentences of "[adj] years [art] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 30 years no band has ever come out the system alive . |
| 2 | Over the last 30 years the Trust has helped build 26 village schools , two hospitals and 12 medical centres . |
| 3 | Oxfords and brogue styles have been standard office issue for most of this century , but in the last 30 years the loafer has — thanks to its American and Italian perfectors — become a relaxed and stylish alternative to lace-ups , but there are purists who still harbour doubts about its suitability for the boardroom . |
| 4 | Few of the elderly male messengers now remained , and for some years the Department had recruited women . |
| 5 | After the car had been there for some years the defendant wished to convert the yard into a garage but was unable to communicate with the plaintiff . |
| 6 | For some years the family had lived on the island of Rousay , where both the Social Work and Education Departments were actively involved with them , having been alerted by the school to concerns over the welfare of the children . |
| 7 | But in the past few years a phoenix has risen from the flames of Lakehurst . |
| 8 | After a few years the axiom had taken upon itself the shape of practical reality . |
| 9 | For the next few years the horde ravaged at will through the mountains , desecrating shrines , despoiling tombs , and waylaying travellers , but Grom was unable to take any of the Dwarf holds or bring them to battle . |
| 10 | Remember that any such feature is simply a vehicle for the plants to be grown over it , and in a few years the structure becomes incidental to the glory of the climber that smothers it . |
| 11 | But in the past few years the trend has been in the opposite direction . |
| 12 | Over the last few years the landscape had changed . |
| 13 | Every few years the industry begins a campaign , backed in medical journals , for release from its shackles . |
| 14 | Over the next few years the book saw suggestions for all manner of things — for packet tobaccos to be sold at shop prices , for a device to be put on the smoking room door to stop persistent slamming and a complaint that the bushes on the 5th made the hole a flukey . |
| 15 | Over the past few years the market has boomed : Dataquest expects portables to account for around half of PC sales by 1995 . |
| 16 | Over the last few years the house has changed hands many times . |
| 17 | For the last few years the sum has been £1 0 . |
| 18 | Over the past few years the bourgeoisie has taken probably £10bn of completely untaxed , totally unearned capital profit from selling their houses . |
| 19 | ‘ Nothing like this has ever happened in the 53 years the Palladium has been open . ’ |
| 20 | Over the past 12 years the state has had eight governors . |
| 21 | For the past 12 years the Government have behaved like latter day Don Quixotes tilting at windmills and all the other renewables . |
| 22 | During the past 12 years the Government have shown a lack of interest in regional economic policies . |
| 23 | In my judgment this review of the authorities demonstrates that for over 300 years the law has been clearly established that the visitor of an eleemosynary charity has an exclusive jurisdiction to determine what are the internal laws of the charity and the proper application of those laws to those within his jurisdiction . |
| 24 | During the next 10 years the patient suffered bouts of subacute obstruction and frequent faecal impaction with admissions for abdominal pain , absolute constipation , and vomiting , necessitating left extended hemicolectomy at the age of 22 . |
| 25 | For 10 years the centre has been trying to breed African Fish Eagles . |
| 26 | There were only 9 inhabitants of the hamlet called Porthmeor before the harbour was created , but within 10 years the population had risen to nearly 300 . |
| 27 | And what will he do to ensure that in future years the system pays up at the beginning of the year , not a third of the way through it or later ? |
| 28 | During the preceding years the hairpin had perforated the inner end of the vagina and eventually turned through 180° . |
| 29 | Every thirteen years the eye needs double the amount of light to see so good lighting is very important in making the most of sight . |
| 30 | In the early years the society mounted just one annual expedition for 50 — 65 boys ; this year there will be four , involving over 150 young people . |