Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [adj] years they " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | The governments of the two contracting parties recommend to the legislative bodies of the united Germany that within two years they should deal with the questions regarding amendments or additions to the Basic Law as raised in connection with German unification … |
| 4 | It is not surprising that in recent years they have served interchangeably in the hands of various theorists as models of each other . |
| 5 | The universities are also concerned that in three years they may be obliged to give any available permanent position to a WIPer instead of advertising it for open competition , thereby reducing their ability to attract the best talent . |
| 6 | They chose a spot by a river , on the side of a mountain , they called three hundred workmen together , and for three years they toiled at building the city . |
| 7 | With the loss of Gunbad and Silverspear , the Dwarfs lose their most important mines in the east and within five years they abandon the eastern fringes of the Worlds Edge Mountains altogether . |
| 8 | And in recent years they 've played a growing role in encouraging the public to recycle their rubbish . |
| 9 | In 1850 therefore the deer were officially banished , and in five years they had all been killed off . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | At first they operated alongside their toastrack predecessors , but in post-war years they were the only open cars in operation . |
| 12 | But in later years they got a gig and it was far easier on the pony you see with a big heavy man riding a pony is awful tiresome on the pony you see . |
| 13 | Some small captives become pets but within five years they are potentially dangerous and have to be put behind bars . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 |