Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] years it [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After six years it was time for me to move on to Debenham High School . |
| 2 | I mean for instance on the question of identification after 45 years it 's very difficult , I saw that in the Demianuk trial , to get satisfactory er evidence , but of course er I think British rules of evidence probably would simply mean it was excluded if that was the case , and it was fairly done and the law were n't changed and it was the law as it stands er then I 'd be in favour of it . |
| 3 | As a result , artists feel that if they have parted company with their manager after three years it is unfair if their previous manager continues to take commission on album sales for another seven years . |
| 4 | After three years it was possible to revert to your own name or to have another false one , thereby preserving the anonymity . |
| 5 | Labour 's simple , single theme is that after 13 years it is time for a change . |
| 6 | ‘ Did n't you realise that after five years it is n't possible to claim on someone 's estate ? ’ |
| 7 | After two years it was found that the fish eaters had up to 30 per cent less chance of dying from a second heart attack than those who had been told nothing about fish . |
| 8 | For 45 years it was the home of the Wiltshire historian Canon Jackson . |
| 9 | There is also considerable evidence ( as marshalled by Ingram 1975 ) to suggest that up to the age of six years it is mainly short , simple but still hierarchically structured sentences that the child is able to produce . |
| 10 | If a viable product is not produced in a total of three years it is felt that the project should be abandoned since the technology in use will have been superseded and a competitive product is likely to be nearing launch . |
| 11 | If a viable product is not produced in a total of three years it is felt that the project should be abandoned since the technology in use will have been superseded and a competitive product is likely to be nearing launch . |
| 12 | After the age of 5 years it is suggested that language increasingly becomes a tool for higher intellectual functions and therefore is difficult to assess independently of other cognitive processes . |
| 13 | The cultural formation , at this level , is still alternative , but in the crisis of those years it was both necessarily involved in political activities , with direct and dangerous consequences , and in an overlap between what might in a different period be seen as separate kinds of practice ; as Godwin justly observed in 1794 , ‘ the humble novelist might be shown to be constructively a traitor ’ . |
| 14 | Over a period of twenty years it is claimed that a fast reactor could breed enough additional plutonium to fuel another similar power station . |
| 15 | While they had shared championship success when they had first met , after a split of four years it was their second era together that brought the ultimate honour for them both — the 1987 Open Championship title . |
| 16 | For many years it was considered that tea-bags were filled only with tea dust , the fine residue left after the sorting and packaging of tea , and that the drink obtained by using bags was therefore of very inferior quality . |
| 17 | Considerable attention has been focused on the distinction between causing grievous bodily harm ( section 18 ) and inflicting grievous bodily harm ( section 20 ) : for many years it was believed that the more restrictive word ‘ inflict ’ meant that section 20 required proof of a sufficiently direct action by D to constitute an assault , but the House of Lords has now decided that there can be an ‘ infliction ’ of GBH without proof of an assault . |
| 18 | For many years it was a centre for cave exploration but was recently acquired by the Royal Signals for adventure and training . |
| 19 | For many years it was accepted that two-tone fish ( it occurs with other species , but rarely ) are the result of winter hibernation , the dark portion of the fish being the part that is buried in bottom mud . |
| 20 | For many years it was thought that the wreck was a Spitfire , but after delving through archives at the RAF Museum along with information gleaned from various specialist publications , it was discovered that the aircraft was a Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk flown by a Canadian pilot , Harold Fraser-English of 400 Squadron , operating out of Weston Zoyland . |
| 21 | For many years it was described in the Fell and Rock Climbing Club guide as having ‘ one very small and easy pitch about halfway up . ’ |
| 22 | For many years it was supposed that nothing should be revealed about the bargainer 's intentions . |
| 23 | Birds respond to a wide range of sounds but for many years it was assumed that their low-frequency hearing was poorer than ours . |
| 24 | For many years it was thought that in the absence of express provision in the original constitution the continued equality of all shares was a fundamental condition which could not be abrogated by an alteration of the articles so as to allow the issue of shares preferential to those already issued . |
| 25 | For ten years it was The Apostles writ in eight point Univers ( Do n't call us — Production Ed ) |
| 26 | this one was the biggest and best in a long while … for the first time in 30 years it was open to professionals as well as amateurs and drew in two former world champions in Tony Doyle and Danny Clark and three Milk Race winners in … |
| 27 | As in previous years it was difficult to monitor the fighting in Cambodia during 1990 , as independent confirmation of conflicting claims was extremely rare . |
| 28 | In later years it was fed by a banded iron pipe still in place . |
| 29 | Within ten years it was turning over £20m at a gross profit margin of 50pc . |
| 30 | Within twenty-five years it was . |