Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [det] years be " in BNC.

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1 The main purpose of the costings for the latter years is to identify probable peaks and troughs in the overall programme , which can be smoothed out by phasing in major projects so as to avoid clashes .
2 Defence spending for the same years was 12.7 per cent , 24.2 per cent and 28.2 per cent respectively .
3 These lovely plants may take time to form large flowering clumps but after a few years are a sight to behold and are worth every bit of effort you expend .
4 Carl moved into agency at NEMS in the late 1970s and after a few years was instrumental in the formation of the PAN agency .
5 I was lucky to get a job at Highgate , and after a few years was able tor educe my teaching to three days a week .
6 The only way to test these predictions in the space of a few years is to observe a sufficient number of protons and see if a few decay .
7 The substantial proportion of newly qualified doctors ( 18–25% ) who never practise or who leave medicine within a few years was , however , ignored .
8 The realization that I had an incurable disease that was likely to kill me in a few years was a bit of a shock .
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