Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] years they have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is not it a sad reflection on the Government that after 12 years they have failed to provide the necessary skills training for our work force to make our industries competitive in world markets ? |
| 2 | Mr Smith added : ‘ There was no enthusiasm for this Government , no admiration for their performance , no sense that after 13 years they had delivered the goods , fulfilled promises or proved themselves worthy of the trust of the nation . ’ |
| 3 | For six years they have transformed half an acre of bleak Cotswold cottage garden into a celebration of vibrancy . |
| 4 | oh , you know , that 's , that 's it because for thirteen years they have dismantled the social system , that 's what they 've done in thirteen years , so they ca n't say overnight , we 'll put it all back because there is n't , there , there is n't the finance there because they 've spent it all to have done what they 've done |
| 5 | I saw my first reed bunting 's nest in 1964 in the marsh between the lochs of Spiggie and Brow , and now in the space of twenty-five years they have successfully colonised the islands , and theirs is the only bunting song that today 's Shetland children will know … |
| 6 | For three years they had neither met nor spoken . |
| 7 | It 's the first time for 11 years they 've reached the final stages . |
| 8 | For many years they had formed part of The Market Place surface . |
| 9 | In three years they had rounded up fifty captive orangs . |
| 10 | In 1850 therefore the deer were officially banished , and in five years they had all been killed off . |
| 11 | In recent years they 've all got the real ale kick and always have too many pumps , which means that the throughput is slow and four out of five beers go off before they 're half sold . |
| 12 | And in recent years they 've played a growing role in encouraging the public to recycle their rubbish . |
| 13 | In recent years they have fallen back . |
| 14 | It is not surprising that in recent years they have served interchangeably in the hands of various theorists as models of each other . |
| 15 | All farms have rats and mice but in recent years they have been coming through from the barn into the house and getting into the furniture . |
| 16 | In recent years they have been streamlined to the point where they are totally identical , except for the name and the cover . |
| 17 | In recent years they have used commercial strategy consultants to undertake this work on behalf of their clients . |
| 18 | It would probably be fair to say that views of this kind have been dominant among British socialists from the Labour-left leftwards , but over recent years they have come under increasing criticism , on both theoretical and political grounds . |
| 19 | For four years they had worked together in Rome . |
| 20 | For seven years they 'd lived apart — Adam in Wickrithe with Gran , herself in Coniston with Aunt Sarah and Uncle Nick — but now that she was back in Wickrithe , helping Gran with her bed-and-breakfast business for the summer , it was as if there 'd been no break . |