Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [adj] years [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In general the move towards wage supplementation in the rural South and East enabled the old Poor Law just about to cope with the problem of subsisting the poor in a period of unprecedentedly high bread prices , during which some years can only be described as desperate . |
| 2 | This ‘ tradition ’ is much more recent , yet the ideas have been pervasive : that organised , structured opportunities for ‘ disadvantaged ’ children in their early years can combat or offset the allegedly depriving effects of a poor ( and therefore , by definition , unstimulating ! ) home . |
| 3 | ‘ Our findings mean that those who start to smoke in their teenage years will be at particularly high risk of death from tobacco in later life . ’ |
| 4 | As one analyst puts it , " Some of the Labour loyalty induced in their formative years will have lasted until today . " |
| 5 | For example , an ex gratia payment made to a man moving to further full-time employment in his middle years will obviously not be made ‘ on or in anticipation of retirement ’ . |
| 6 | Whether , and how far , he changed in his later years must be examined in the next chapter . |