Example sentences of "[prep] [det] years it [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ Naturally these past few years it has n't been worn . |
| 2 | For most consensus theorists , the answer lies in a theory of social structure made famous by Durkheim in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and developed to such an extent by Talcott Parsons and his followers in the USA between the 1930s and 1950s that during these years it came to be seen as the sociological theory . |
| 3 | For many years it had been thought that high fever had certain curative properties , and some patients were deliberately exposed to mosquitoes which were known to be carrying the malarial parasite in the hope that the resulting infection and high temperature would have a beneficial effect on the disease process . |
| 4 | I should perhaps explain that for many years it had been a regulation in UK registered public transport aircraft that when flying below 15 000 feet hand operated microphones were prohibited . |
| 5 | For many years it lay ignored in store , but was restored a few years ago ; its lack of finish is particularly significant . |
| 6 | For many years it hung in Thorpe Hall . |
| 7 | Even Saudi Arabia , which encouraged its citizens to give money to the Afghan rebel cause — for many years it matched America 's covert financing — is now trying to stop the flow . |
| 8 | For many years it has been known that black people are more likely than whites to be admitted to hospital for treatment of mental disorder , more likely to be admitted compulsorily following being arrested in a public place by the police and far more likely to be diagnosed as having schizophrenia than white people . |
| 9 | For many years it has been claimed that the level of taxes and services is an important factor in moving house . |
| 10 | For many years it has enjoyed an outstanding reputation in Latin American studies , and recent publications in this area include Edwin Williamson , The Penguin History of Latin America . |
| 11 | During those years it has built over two thousand seven hundred ships , including four hundred war ships for the Royal Navy . |
| 12 | It was a phrase with many shades of meaning , but essentially in these years it came to refer to that freedom from lay intervention in ecclesiastical appointments and operations which it was Hugh 's special mission to promote . |
| 13 | For several years it looked like Billy Bremner had calmed down , the excessive niggling was more controlled and the bristling temper was kept on a leash , but trouble was always brooding just beneath the surfaces . |
| 14 | The shop 's three glass doors and old-fashioned set of windows were all adorned with window boxes and hanging baskets and for several years it won a Bath Festival award for the best floral shop facade in the City . |
| 15 | But for several years it remained extremely basic , with only small , medium and large sizes remotely possible so long as the styles were kept simple . |
| 16 | For several years it appears it remained empty , but by 1845 was back in business , with tenants John and Edward Wise producing cloth . |