Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] [adj] years [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The move has been initiated in the US , where for some years customers have been removing the skin ( the fattiest part ) from the chicken before eating it . |
| 2 | Although for many years retributivism was regarded ( at least in academic circles ) as outmoded and even atavistic , it has enjoyed a major revival in recent years , notably in the forms of the ‘ Justice Model ’ and ‘ law and order ideology ’ discussed later in this chapter . |
| 3 | If in five years time Middlesbrough are the richest club in the North but Darlington , Scarborough and Hartlepool have gone to the wall , we might reflect on the formation of the so-called superleague with some bitterness . |
| 4 | This new assessment of his home marked an important casting off , a kind of liberation , and if in later years Ottery remained symbolically important to Coleridge , that was only because his recollections of the shaping years of childhood all seemed to gather at the town . |
| 5 | This is because for many years trade unions themselves were immune from actions in tort . |
| 6 | Because in recent years hypnosis has tended to leave behind its mystical and Svengali-related image — and also because complementary medicine in general is far more widely accepted than it used to be — many people are less worried about the whole concept than before . |
| 7 | Because in ten years time you it 's surprising how you forget . |
| 8 | For example , the flood on the Hwang-Ho river in China in 1887 resulted in an estimated 900 000 deaths while in recent years India has suffered annual average losses of more than 700 people , 40 000 cattle and $90m in property damage . |
| 9 | While in former years parents were encouraged to stay together for the sake of their children , more recently emphasis has been put on the damage done to children by parents who do stay married but are in constant conflict . |
| 10 | I then asked John whether in recent years America was producing good literature , and what he thought of popular authors such as James Michener . |
| 11 | There were apparently no immediate takers as for some years Charles continued to run Eastington 's three mills , but now in conjunction with Beards and Bonds Mills , just outside the parish . |
| 12 | So far , at least , the official policy of the union has been to support the AWB , though in recent years criticism has been growing . |