Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] years and 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 | They have n't been champions for 26 years and it could be another 26 before they win it again . |
| 7 | He 's been breeding Herefords for 45 years and it breaks his heart to see us importing rubbish from overseas . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It 's also the first major re-design of the spreadsheet in 10 years and it 's a vast improvement . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The number of non-party political members of principal councils has declined steadily in recent years and it is usual in the large towns and cities for the authority to be governed by one or more of the political parties acting on a group basis . |
| 16 | Add to this the rapid growth in the numbers of expeditions , climbers and trekkers which has occurred in recent years and it is not surprising that the problem has reached massive proportions despite the availability of new access sites from Tibet which was opened to climbers in 1980 . |
| 17 | The IT industry has been subject to rapid development in recent years and it is confidently expected that this trend will continue . |
| 18 | The debate over what has become known as ‘ blindsight ’ has become very heated in recent years and it is difficult to see which side is correct . |
| 19 | It challenges some of the teaching methods that have been used in recent years and it suggests that schools should concentrate on commonsense , practical teaching . |
| 20 | Timothy Langdale , QC , counsel for Guppy , said he had had high expenses in recent years and it should not be assumed ‘ that there is some pot of gold stuck in some foreign country ’ . |
| 21 | I WAS an infant teacher for 38 years and it always makes me angry when anyone says that a mother who stays at home caring for her child is ‘ wasting her talents ’ . |
| 22 | She had been married for five years and it took as many years again to finalise the divorce . |
| 23 | I 've worked in these homes for fifteen years and it was going on when I first started there . |
| 24 | The latest flare-up between the two countries — following last summer 's ball-tampering claims and counter-claims — is a direct result of Graveney 's remarks following the infamous Mike Gatting-Shakoor Rana row in 1987 , when he said : ‘ They have been cheating us for 37 years and it is just getting worse and worse . ’ |
| 25 | After the infamous Mike Gatting-Shakoor Rana row in 1987 , Graveney , 65 , said of Pakistan : ‘ They 've been cheating us for 37 years and it is just getting worse and worse . ’ |
| 26 | It all sounds a bit complicated and slightly confusing , but the system has evolved over many years and it works . |
| 27 | Indeed , hundreds have successfully completed modules over recent years and it is evident that the National Certificate 's flexibility is as viable in prisons as in any other centre . |
| 28 | Tony , Jill and their son , Martin , have lived at the Old Rectory for twenty years and it is very much their home — as your hosts they will bring early morning tea ( if requested ) , and arrange numerous activities . |
| 29 | It is a work that could have been written by a man who 'd been writing operas for twenty years and it introduced me to Ben 's remarkable sense of theatre . |
| 30 | Glenys and Neil Kinnock have been regular customers for several years and it was Glenys who had the honour of cutting the ribbon . |