Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] years it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pentagon hardliners , who have opposed a chemical weapons ban on the grounds that it could not be verified adequately , suggested the idea of seeking continued production of the new ‘ binary ’ weapons during the 10 years it would take to eliminate all arsenals . |
| 2 | The interior of Mr Broadhurst 's caravan had remained unchanged during the four years it had been sited at Cliff Top . |
| 3 | During the many years it was to remain at Scampton R5868 was maintained and also given the occasional coat of paint . |
| 4 | Before the sustained economic recession of the inter-war years it was thought that the economy automatically moved towards full employment , even though periodic booms and slumps were experienced at the time . |
| 5 | Like its predecessors , it attracted attention from many sources , and in the liberal or liberated social climate of the post-war years it probably created more problems than it solved . |
| 6 | One is brought back to the fundamental conclusion that throughout the Primary years it is the children 's activity that is the key to full development . |
| 7 | Only in recent years has it been taken over as the civic centre , and the Goose Fair relegated to the outer suburbs ; but for something like a thousand years it was the market place . |
| 8 | For a dozen years it was a vintage period in all respects . |
| 9 | For a few years it would undoubtedly be more expensive to cable Britain with optical-fibre links directly into the home . |
| 10 | And for a few years it had just about done so . |
| 11 | For a few years it has a monopoly in world markets and a good order book . |
| 12 | For a few years it has a monopoly in world markets and a good order book . |
| 13 | in the million years it has been taking |
| 14 | There can be no doubt that in the 112 years it has been standing on the embankment it has become a part of the London scene . |
| 15 | In the intervening years it is estimated that 111 died while trying to escape and a further 77 lost their lives on the Berlin Wall itself , with most of these deaths occurring in the 1960s . |
| 16 | It employs 1,000 people now , just as it did in 1981 , but in the intervening years it has had to take on far more duties — most notably the upkeep of its building which was looked after by the government from 1816 to 1988 . |
| 17 | Carroll House was the second Italian-owned winner of the Arc in the two years it has been sponsored by the Italian hotel chain Ciga . |
| 18 | In so far as war recruitment affected the labour market , by emphasising labour shortage in the brisk years it may have helped advance money wages , while in the worst years it may have limited the extent of unemployment . |
| 19 | In so far as war recruitment affected the labour market , by emphasising labour shortage in the brisk years it may have helped advance money wages , while in the worst years it may have limited the extent of unemployment . |
| 20 | If , at first , his rule had appeared to be to the benefit of France , in the last years it had suffered considerable setbacks . |
| 21 | Within a few years it had 200 local groups , had organized the first London rally against nuclear power ( in 1977 ) , and had effectively intervened in the debate about British nuclear policy . |
| 22 | Within a few years it was the Guns Mill Paper Company . |
| 23 | Within a few years it had evolved into the ASEA , and by 1909 there were seventeen affiliated committees in London and ten in the provinces . |
| 24 | But in a few years it could find applications in the long-term treatment of parasitic diseases , and even as a contraceptive pill . |
| 25 | Bankers have warned of ballooning costs over the 18 years it would take to build . |
| 26 | John , one of the PPLs at our flying club , had made a beautiful job of building his little Jodel and I had followed his progress closely over the several years it had taken him to complete it . |
| 27 | And although the dominant enterprises in this sense have undoubtedly grown considerably in size , by any measure , over the post-war years it is not obvious that the operating units have grown in the same way . |
| 28 | The overall cost of the project over the ten years it will run is estimated to be in the region of £1.9 million , and an appeal for sponsorship by commercial sources and private individuals is to be launched early in 1993 . |
| 29 | League is concerned , is the amount of money coming into the game and the danger that over a few years it could widen the division between the haves and the have-nots . |