Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [prep] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | A graduate in sociology and education at Florence University , she has for many years contributed articles to Protestant and ecumenical newspapers and currently writes a monthly survey on television for the journal Confronti . |
| 2 | She has in recent years been able to devote more time to dressmaking and tailoring — arts which she has perfected to professional standards . |
| 3 | Dewi , a former Tokyo bar girl , had faced up to 16 years in prison but could now avoid jail completely if she behaves for two years . |
| 4 | It 's a help , but not a complete solution to the problem because once chlorine has been released in the stratosphere , it persists for many years and goes on destroying ozone . |
| 5 | But within this context , Wilkins ' elegant stuccoed facades will be retained , and an important landmark has been saved and will look far more handsome and dignified than it has for many years . |
| 6 | But , in spite of the considerable effort and investment , it has for many years failed to pay its way . |
| 7 | It has for many years been the most widely used method of social research . |
| 8 | While much of the UK is looking gloomily at the dark clouds of a major recession , it seems poetic justice that for at least some of Belfast 's population , the future looks better than it has for many years . |
| 9 | The outcome of these changes is that the drug bill is rising faster than it has for some years and above the rate of inflation . |
| 10 | It has for some years been established beyond doubt that Elisabeth used her long period as custodian of her brother 's works and papers ( during which time she wrote and rewrote his biography , as well as overseeing the editing of his works ) to misrepresent important aspects of his life and thought and , in extreme cases , to falsify letters and unpublished writings . |
| 11 | What hope there is resides primarily in the same section of the news-stands as it has for several years — the ‘ serious ’ and ‘ specialist ’ music press . |
| 12 | ‘ Without Roland Garros , French tennis could never have developed in the way it has over recent years and we would never have won the Davis Cup , which has given us all such a tremendous boost . ’ |
| 13 | Apart from several popular Open Gardens events , it has in recent years twice won the North Humberside prize for the Best Kept Village . |
| 14 | Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates said in a televised interview with CNBC-TV that he knows of no effort by the US Federal Trade Commission to force a restructuring of Microsoft , despite its ongoing probe : ‘ I certainly have n't heard any suggestion that they 're even considering something that would change the structure of our company , ’ Gates said ; he also warned on the Business Insiders programme that Microsoft Corp will not be as profitable in the long-term as it has in recent years — ‘ The kind of profit margin we 've had in the past will be very unlikely for us to achieve in the future ; we 've said after tax margins probably wo n't stay over 20% in the mid to long-term , and they could go quite a bit lower than that in the short-term , ’ the company 's chief executive declared . |
| 15 | Football has not played as great a part in the company as it has in previous years . |
| 16 | He says in 20 years he 's not known a similar accident . |
| 17 | Specifically , a stricture in ulcerative colitis is more likely to be malignant ( 1 ) if it occurs after 20 years of duration of the disease , ( 2 ) if it is located proximal to the splenic flexure , and ( 3 ) if it presents with obstructive symptoms . |
| 18 | It concentrates upon fifteen years of fertile activity until 1927 , by which date Ernst had created his major technical innovations and themes such as his forest and horde compositions . |
| 19 | It ranges from 777 years for Lamech to Methuselah 's 969 years ( apart from Enoch , whom God " took " at 365 ) . |
| 20 | First , the financial year has just ended and not all the figures are available , Secondly , the department appears to have trouble digging out the relevant information even when it applies to previous years . |
| 21 | Under Resolution No.6 to be put forward at the AGM the directors propose that the authority should be extended so that it applies for five years from the date of this year 's AGM . |
| 22 | Today it emerges from two years careful renovation , as a modern hotel where original wooden ceilings , vaults and archways , a 13th century fountain and frescoes remain . |
| 23 | The Middlesbrough businessman cited work commitments and the need for a clean break as his main reasons for deciding to call it quits after three years at the helm . |
| 24 | ‘ I have been with the club for 10 weeks and sometimes it feels like 10 years . |
| 25 | However , an existing tenancy entered into prior to the above date will not be protected , unless it continues for two years , when it will come within the 1954 Act from 11 July 1992 and be protected thereafter . |
| 26 | Which it does for several years . |
| 27 | This particular accolade results from opinions given by our own buyers and coming as it does after four years of recession speaks volumes for our commitment to quality and customer care . |
| 28 | The grass is either permanent or it remains for several years as a long ley . |
| 29 | In a remarkably frank interview , Coppell confronted the troubles he faces after eight years at Selhurst Park , and said he agrees with the inevitable consequence should he be unable to pass the biggest test of his career . |
| 30 | Suffice it to say that Jim Marshall appears on merit and I , for one , hope that he returns in five years ’ time with yet another superb anniversary amp series . |