Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [prep] [art] years " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Several Test teams could be commissioned from the combined ranks over the years , Garry Sobers rising supreme . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The absence of verbal onslaughts against the Jews is also a striking feature of Hitler 's public speeches in the years 1933 and 1934 . |
| 5 | They maybe have n't listened to their clients enough , particularly their industrial and commercial clients over the years . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | This inn has seen many interesting gatherings through the years . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | History and the action-replay would be less kind to Scottish keepers in the years to come . |
| 13 | Its distinguished pupils over the years had included such famous names in German cultural life as Klopstock , Fichte , Ranke , and Friedrich Schlegel ; and not the least of its products was a series of remarkable classical scholars , beginning with Ernesti in the early eighteenth century and proceeding through Bottiger , Thiersch , Doederlein , Dissen , Meineke , Otto Jahn , Nauck , Breitenbach , Bonitz and Wachsmuth to the illustrious Wilamowitz , four years Nietzsche 's junior . |
| 14 | Granted that I have spent a considerable portion of my theoretical energies over the years criticizing reductionism , should I even be asking this question at all ? |
| 15 | Yet as early as this blacks were also making their own films : ‘ race films ’ , shown in all-black theatres during the years of segregation . |
| 16 | How often have we heard that — and at how many different counties over the years ? |
| 17 | As one of the United Kingdom 's leading industries , employing considerable numbers of engineers and scientists , we naturally have to plan for our future , which includes making sure that there will be adequate supplies of technical and scientific employees in the years to come . |
| 18 | As one of the United Kingdom 's leading institutions of Higher Education employing and educating considerable numbers of technicians , engineers and scientists , we naturally have to plan for our future , which includes ensuring that there will be adequate supplies of well educated technical and scientific employees in the years to come . |
| 19 | Its concerns are primarily those of the Roman Catholic Church , but Anglicans also belong to it and there have been some useful ecumenical conferences over the years . |
| 20 | I am keen for the Bill to cover estuaries , in view of my experience with private Bills over the years . |
| 21 | In his spare time , Geoff is an active life member of the Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust , who dedicate themselves to preserving museum pieces of the rich output of Rolls-Royce and associated companies over the years . |
| 22 | In fact , a great many of the most important decisions by British Governments have been introduced without any prior leave by the electorate as has been the case with respect to the repeal of the Corn Laws , 1846 , the passing of the Trades Disputes Act , 1927 , the departure from the Gold Standard in 1931 , the decision by the post-war Labour Government to opt for a nuclear-defence policy , the decision to apply for membership of the European Economic Community in 1961 , the passage of the Commonwealth Immigration Act , 1968 , as well as a host of foreign-policy matters over the years . |
| 23 | Other jobs and dignities , including the leadership of the House , the chairmanship of the party , the conduct of Central African affairs , the oversight of European negotiations , the first Secretaryship of State , and even the Deputy Premiership , were to be added unto me for varying periods in the years that followed ; and each time Macmillan went abroad-notably during his Eastern tour in 1958 and his African trip in 1960-I was automatically invited to act as head of the government . |
| 24 | On 12 October 1738 , as ‘ B.B. Philo Physiologiae ’ , he issued proposals in the Daily Advertiser for subscribers to this work which was then printed for him by Godfrey Smith in ten volumes , plus plates , between 1738 and 1741 , under the title of Memoirs of the Royal Society ; being a new Abridgment of the Philosophical Transactions for the years 1665 to 1735 . |
| 25 | Rather than being selected for our speciality , which also extends to French naturalism and British art generally at the turn of the century , I believe it has more to do with our publishing scholarly catalogues over the years and with our track record as dealers . |
| 26 | Tremendous changes over the years , in fact I mean you can remember Overnight , , or you know before , before overnight actually existed . |
| 27 | For example a lease provides for rent reviews at fixed dates in the years 1995 , 2000 , 2005 and 2010 . |
| 28 | John Mackintosh has described a convention as " a generally accepted political practice , " arguing that it was necessary to deduce its nature and scope by observing and analysing the conduct of government and politics in similar situations over the years . |
| 29 | Sadly there appeared to be more light engine movements than actual trains in the years before closure . |
| 30 | The project brings together figures about each of the major central departments over the years since 1972 , including such items as budget , total staff , internal specialisation , and territorial dispersion ; various ratios such as generalist administrators to specialists , ‘ Ministers to Mandarins ’ , and the relative proportions of senior , middle-level and junior staff ; measures of turnover in senior positions , and of overall structural change . |