Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [adj] years [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The move has been initiated in the US , where for some years customers have been removing the skin ( the fattiest part ) from the chicken before eating it . |
| 2 | limited ( third party ) ( 1991 ) policy did not provide indemnity of survey carried out by nominated person not holding professional qualifications or with 5 years experience and supervised by professionally qualified person . |
| 3 | There is also general recognition that for many years prisons have failed to meet these objectives . |
| 4 | Today 's edition alleges that for five years Declan ‘ Beano ’ Casey , 39 , was the security services ' most valued double agent . |
| 5 | Mr Nathan lamented the fact that for 40 years Israel had been saying it had no one to talk to and now that the other side was prepared to talk , Israel refused . |
| 6 | The Minister will know that for some years London weighting has been frozen because the Minister 's policy is to pay just sufficient to recruit and retain civil servants . |
| 7 | People living near the site say that during last years festival their lives were made a misery . |
| 8 | What is undoubtedly clear is that during these years Henry 's power was still steadily advancing , though most modern writers tend to create the false impression of a king entirely preoccupied with the awkward domestic problem of the quarrel with Thomas Becket . |
| 9 | Although for many years retributivism was regarded ( at least in academic circles ) as outmoded and even atavistic , it has enjoyed a major revival in recent years , notably in the forms of the ‘ Justice Model ’ and ‘ law and order ideology ’ discussed later in this chapter . |
| 10 | I am glad that after two years inspectors were appointed , and that they have expended 18 months upon investigating the take-over of House of Fraser . |
| 11 | Nissan says that after two years car production in Japan will be concentrated in a new factory in Fukuoka , southern Kyushu , where the Zama workforce is to be relocated . |
| 12 | The Department of Transport says it 's ridiculous that after seven years Hereford is still no nearer getting its bypass . |
| 13 | For both these reasons , there is a high likelihood that with advancing years wives will be widowed and will find themselves living alone . |
| 14 | We believe that within 10 years cancer centres will be offering gene therapy as an effective systemic treatment along with surgery , radiotherapy , and chemotherapy . |
| 15 | It is hoped that within two years Mr Stott will lead a management buy-out of the People , making it independent of the other Mirror titles . |
| 16 | Michael Baly , president of the American Gas Association , reckons that within ten years gas could be a substitute for 2 billion barrels of oil — an eighth of current American oil consumption . |
| 17 | I believe that in 100 years people will look back on the middle of the twentieth century as a nightmare period when mankind suddenly discovered the means to destroy itself , and was seriously considering using this as a preferable alternative to reconciling differing political views . |
| 18 | There is some debate about exactly how flexible bonus payments have been and some argue that in recent years bonuses and basic wages have followed similar trends . |
| 19 | Just in case you 're tempted by knockdown prices on old style monitors , by the way , you should bear in mind that in four years time it will actually become illegal to use them at all at work . |
| 20 | It is useful to know what other models can do since microcomputers have a limited life and it may be that in five years time , the librarian and teachers will be involved in seeking a replacement for the existing microcomputer . |
| 21 | In April 1989 a United States drug enforcement agent gave his personal guarantee that in two years time the United Kingdom would have a serious crack problem . |
| 22 | There is no doubt that in earlier years Clarkson 's relations with some of the Claphamites had occasionally been strained . |
| 23 | Paul commented that in previous years Leeds seats would have been occupied long before kick-off , unlike this year where there were still gaps at the Leeds end before kick-off . |
| 24 | What they did not know was that in ten years time , that beautiful picture was to be blighted by Britain 's first commercial nuclear power station . |
| 25 | And I see it as part of my problem in education is to erm , change the attitudes of the the boys who are , you know , at a very young , and I 'll be sorry to think that in ten years time they would still be having erm the rather arrogant attitudes that they have ! |
| 26 | This means that several large microcomputer companies are designing computers which will run most IBM software and it may be that in ten years time , the problem of incompatibility will be lessened . |
| 27 | I think we will be able to say that in ten years time the microprocessor will really be with us . |
| 28 | And for two years Pula lived a luxurious life , safe behind a high fence , feeding on imported peanuts , strawberry yoghurt , and fresh vegetables . |
| 29 | After Nasser , he says , his themes seemed to refer to a vanished society and for five years Mahfouz wrote no books . |
| 30 | in philosophy , Jesuit , and for eighteen years host of the television talk show Rencontres told The Art Newspaper , ‘ The museum was in virtual exile at Cité du Havre . |