Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] years [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The world of secondary schools was one from which I had been absent for eight years and it had in the mean time greatly expanded , so that the new secondary modern schools now occupied most — although not necessarily the most strategically important — territory . |
| 2 | After National Service in the RAF , he worked for for eight years and it was during this time that he came in contact with , whilst the Belfast mill was being refurbished . |
| 3 | However the subscription has not gone up for 2 years and it is only a 15p per week rise . |
| 4 | Particularly Old Speckled Hen could survive ; they 've only been brewing it there in its present form for 2 years and it would be easy for us to transfer that production to their specifications using Morland 's yeast . |
| 5 | I stayed with Robert Fraser for some years and it all ended with Robert going to jail on the famous drug bust with the Rolling Stones . |
| 6 | erm she said she thought everything would be okay apart from partial blind due to accident after teenage years cos it 's basically it 's actually a college |
| 7 | All required records must be preserved for three years if it is a private company or for six years if it is a public one . |
| 8 | They have n't been champions for 26 years and it could be another 26 before they win it again . |
| 9 | He 's been breeding Herefords for 45 years and it breaks his heart to see us importing rubbish from overseas . |
| 10 | There may be a latent period of 30 years before it actually erupts . |
| 11 | All required records must be preserved for three years if it is a private company or for six years if it is a public one . |
| 12 | Well , it 's been going in Oxford now for three years and it 's for people with disability and able bodied people , and with the current production we have which is being produced by Paul Newham , the people there have er suffered with M S and are visually impaired and er you know , various disabilities like that , plus able bodied people . |
| 13 | We 've been together now for 18 years and it do n't seem a day too long , but I can see there does come a time when it 's good for mother and child to view one another from a distance . |
| 14 | It is a fact that the written essay — usually of 400 to 500 words long — has dominated the English language and literature curriculum for many years because it has been seen as the main vehicle for the transmission of knowledge in written examinations . |
| 15 | The combined heat and power industry was held up for many years because it was in the hands of a state monopoly . |
| 16 | The plaster cast lay in his studio for many years until it was selected by the then Taoiseach , Eamon de Valera , as a memorial to the 1916 Rising . |
| 17 | The Club proved very popular for many years as it appealed to the many actors , artists and musicians who found the atmosphere of Bedford Park most congenial . |
| 18 | These carvings have been off display for many years as it was discovered that atmospheric pollution , even within the museum , was eating away at the stone . |
| 19 | Suddenly there was work for everybody and the deaf community took full advantage of this change of climate , as reported in the 1944 annual report : The effect of the war on industry has given the deaf and dumb opportunities such as they had never enjoyed for many years and it is with great pleasure that the committee places on record the excellent work the deaf Have done . |
| 20 | Compared with five years before it was a raging torrent . |
| 21 | People hear within the market place that , that we give good training , that we do develop people and it does attract good people to join us does n't it , whereas very few people want to join a company where you go nowhere , where you 're not given any training you stay in the same job for ten years and it does nothing for you . |
| 22 | It 's also the first major re-design of the spreadsheet in 10 years and it 's a vast improvement . |
| 23 | This has meant a fall in the demand for residential care which had been increasing rapidly in previous years and it is the duty of the relevant authorities to plan future provision er so that everything will work smoothly for those most in need . |
| 24 | It gives the impression we 're prepared to spend the money and that 's what 's happened in previous years and it should n't happen . |
| 25 | In 1848 an experienced mines inspector and engineer could write in A Treatise on the Winning and Working of Collieries : ‘ Explosions of gas have unfortunately become so numerous in late years that it would be impossible in the absence of specific records to enumerate them . ’ |
| 26 | The town has always been a primary IRA target but this is the first time in many years that it has singled out the commercial centre . |
| 27 | Erwin even questions whether there is room for the mainframe in this scenario — ‘ If the mainframe 's price-performance relationship is the same in five years as it is now , it does n't stand a chance ’ . |
| 28 | I remember him telling one man that had been late three times in fifteen years that it was getting to be a habit : ‘ You 'd better look for your previous employment . ’ |
| 29 | He had no answer — save that British scientists had been reorganised so often in recent years that it was time for stability . |
| 30 | So much has been written concerning this question in recent years that it would waste space to reiterate arguments as to the moral , sociological , psychological and medical aspects of the problem . |