Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [prep] [art] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | The blond Australian has been plagued by the worst possible luck over the years . |
| 2 | The book was influential in the abolition of the tied cottage in the years following the war . |
| 3 | Several Test teams could be commissioned from the combined ranks over the years , Garry Sobers rising supreme . |
| 4 | He told the press that he attributed his sudden success in the movies to his parents for their unwavering support throughout the years . |
| 5 | For some time a rumour had persisted that Horemheb , in his moves to clear up the corruption which had flourished like rampant weed during the years in which the city had fallen into neglect , had more than once attempted to close it ; but that the interests which protected it were still too powerful for him to dispense with . |
| 6 | The property assets shown below were valued by independent professional valuers in the years shown on the basis of open market value for existing use or depreciated replacement cost whichever is considered the more appropriate basis of valuation . |
| 7 | My mother , a witness to many acts of motiveless violence over the years , was already holding the door open . |
| 8 | You may not have anything of significance which you can discover , but you should at least give some thought to it ; for what we are doing is to clear through , in order to clear away , some of the accumulated emotional jumble of the years . |
| 9 | The German states in the years before the formation of the Reich sold largely to one another , and this brought pressure to bear on ‘ unfair ’ Jewish trade . |
| 10 | The former CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL ( grade 2 ) was rebuilt in 1837 and remains a simple and charming building in the years before the Victorians let themselves loose . |
| 11 | The absence of verbal onslaughts against the Jews is also a striking feature of Hitler 's public speeches in the years 1933 and 1934 . |
| 12 | To such , the dauphin became the living symbol of resistance to English rule in the years to come . |
| 13 | They maybe have n't listened to their clients enough , particularly their industrial and commercial clients over the years . |
| 14 | More serious was the decline in English football in the years after Chapman 's death . |
| 15 | In the reflection of what is going on out of bed , people with relatively well-integrated personalities find that their sexual intercourse over the years represents a variety of feelings and moods . |
| 16 | There can be little doubt that the administration of criminal justice has paid insufficient attention to problems of sexual abuse over the years , and recent improvements in police procedures and in services for victims are to be welcomed . |
| 17 | The USSR 's essential military needs are met by a network of bilateral treaties entered into years before the founding of the WTO : treaties which have been supplemented by similar agreements between the individual East European countries and renewed at periodic intervals over the years . |
| 18 | This inn has seen many interesting gatherings through the years . |
| 19 | Rather than just a smaller version of the New York show , it has been reshaped to provide a detailed overview of the years 1904 to 1917 , and around 130 paintings , together with drawings and sculpture dating from these years will be displayed . |
| 20 | To the mechanics who 've nutured the old warhouse over the years , it 's like saying goodbye to an old friend . |
| 21 | By the end of the reign it was already falling off , and while Henry VI had much noble support for his coronation expedition in 1430–1 , those who continued to serve him in the French war in the years to come constituted a relatively small group of men . |
| 22 | It was the changed set of political and social conditions in the years before the First War which paved the way for the re-emergence of an alliance between medics , natural scientists and the established church . |
| 23 | Accordingly , detailed statistics for the years 1945 to 1950 are provided in Chapter 2 . |
| 24 | They would pass into the hands of number of different owners over the years , but Charles Titford was to remain the occupier until his death in 1802 . |
| 25 | He quotes from local antiquarians and contemporary records ; ‘ Alexander Brodie of Brodie , the Laird of the lands adjoining the Barony of Culbin , kept a detailed diary throughout the years from 1651 until 1680 , when he died . |
| 26 | , Emma ( 1838–1912 ) , evangelist , philanthropist , and manager of the Old Vic in the years before it was taken over by her niece Lilian Baylis [ q.v. ] , was born in London into a lower middle-class Anglo-German family . |
| 27 | You see , I do n't like Christmas very much because it brings back all those painful memories of the years when I was on my own and there was n't much money — not much of anything at all . |
| 28 | Erm but you will be in that position , you may be so dedicated about something that you want to do like I did , I thoroughly enjoyed it it 's given me a great deal of pleasure , I 've worked with about a hundred different people over the years that have been in my dance group , all ages all personalities , we 've worked with some fantastic music which er erm we 've had to interpret . |
| 29 | All that is happening in a beautiful country which has been the holiday destination of thousands of British people over the years . |
| 30 | Many of our spelling problems were caused by French scribes in the years after the Norman invasion , trying to symbolise English sounds in French spelling . |