Example sentences of "[adj] years [adv] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What was written almost 30 years ago remains substantially true : ‘ Countries including many language and culture groups , like most African and Asian ones , have not split up , and those taking in only part of a single language group , like the Arab ones and North Africa , have … not united . ’ |
| 2 | A few years later Millend too was rebuilt and by 1811 he had built yet another mill , Meadow Mill , downstream from Churchend . |
| 3 | Eight years later John actually found himself playing on a winning Derry side in an All Ireland minor decider alongside Dermot McNicholl , Damian Cassidy and Don Kelly . |
| 4 | Three years ago ICI successfully prevented a wholesaler in East Anglia from importing and selling a substandard version of the company 's lucrative Beta-blocker , Propranolol . |
| 5 | Nearly twenty years later Phoebe still found it hard to suppress a little vindictive chuckle at the looks of growing shock on Jim 's face -Jim and Lisa 's Jonathan and Sue 's Alan — when they discovered that their righteousness was not enough . |
| 6 | Thirty years afterwards Charles still felt deeply the humiliation he suffered at this time ; but unlike some little princes in similar situations , he lived , politically as well as literally , to fight another day . |
| 7 | Sainsbury 's own-label champagne I bought two years ago tastes even better now , developing greater fullness and depth of flavour without losing its keen edge or sparkling personality . |