Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] in [det] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was all too much for Khrushchev 's colleagues — notably Leonid Brezhnev , unequivocally identified as organizer of the coup , and Mikhail Suslov , in charge of ideology in those years , but also Yuri Andropov , a Central Committee secretary in 1964 who 18 years later would succeed Brezhnev as the Soviet leader . |
| 2 | The railway industry had a propaganda purpose in the streamlining of outlines and in the new doctrine of modernism in these years . |
| 3 | But the development of a child 's body and mind in the first three years of life is absolutely vital — any stunting of growth in these years can not be made up for in later life . |
| 4 | The part played by the nobility in the debates about taxation in these years has never been satisfactorily analysed , but it appears that the initiative lay almost entirely with the commons . |
| 5 | It is tempting to imagine that Modigliani was acting out the runner 's part in his life with Beatrice in those years . |
| 6 | ‘ All the people who worked with Laura in those years experienced the rough edge of her humour at some time or other , usually when you were so run down and exhausted , after four or five days travelling with no proper sleep , that you could not fight back . ’ |
| 7 | Though there is no specific reference to Dalriadic support for Oswiu in these years , the suspicion that a Dalriadic alliance was a constant factor in the Bernician situation under Oswald and Oswiu must be a strong one . |
| 8 | The chroniclers were kind to Edward in these years , aiming much of their criticism at his mistress , at those around him at court , and in 1376–7 at John of Gaunt ; but his loss of touch does much to explain the growing political factionalism in England in these years . |
| 9 | Who if anyone was tagos in Thessaly in these years ? |
| 10 | More than 20 plasterers were resident in Bristol in these years and what seems to have happened was that the two Tyndalls brooded over rolls of Chinese wallpaper and popular books of decorative devices like The Modern Builder 's Assistant ( 1757 ) , picking up and choosing the themes and the motifs that pleased them . |
| 11 | Proponents ( and opponents ) argue fiercely that it will ( or will not ) , but we shall not know until the system is in operation in several years ' time . |
| 12 | Edward 's two youngest sons played an insignificant part in politics in these years . |
| 13 | There is undoubtedly some truth in this ; the nobility frequently sent proxies to parliament in these years ; they were too preoccupied with war to have any reason for opposing the king in parliament , and their independent campaigns on the continent took some of them away from England for several years at a time . |
| 14 | The chroniclers were kind to Edward in these years , aiming much of their criticism at his mistress , at those around him at court , and in 1376–7 at John of Gaunt ; but his loss of touch does much to explain the growing political factionalism in England in these years . |
| 15 | All one can say with any certainty is that the Pounds ( and probably the Yeatses also ) paid at least two visits to Sicily in these years , and that on at least one occasion — probably on more than one — they stayed there for some weeks , if not months . |
| 16 | Otherwise des Forges and Harber noted it as occurring on passage in several years between 1947 and 1961 , and between 1962 and 1975 about 29 were seen , 18 in spring between 17 March ( 1969 , Newhaven , earliest county record ) , and 13 May , and nine in autumn between 1 July and 15 September . |
| 17 | ( His claim to fame in these years was the slogan ‘ Kleenex Kitchen Towels mops up like a sponge ’ for client Kimberley Clark . ) |
| 18 | We had screens on wheels in latter years at , last few years at school and er he used to go down to the tea room for a cup of tea half way down the stairs , the teachers ' room and perhaps go toilet as well , and er the one at the back was a foot out from the screen and every now and then he 'd have a look to see if he was coming and er we , what had had a big case with birds in and the lads who were doing it looked in this , saw the reflection and shh he 's coming . |
| 19 | In Sussex this species is largely confined to Chichester and Pagham Harbours , where a few remain to summer in many years , although totals of more than 50 are most unusual . |