Example sentences of "[pos pn] [adj] years [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not get a grant for my preclinical years so I worked half time in research for two years . |
| 2 | This may have held great promise in its early years but it soon became divided and then fragmented , due largely , if not wholly to the same age-old misconception whereby the basis of the religion is the assumption of the existence of a completely undefined ‘ god ’ , in this case the ancient ‘ god ’ of the Jews . |
| 3 | ‘ In fact , the club 's most successful time was in its early years and we 'd like to re-create that . |
| 4 | It is to these directors many of whom the industry forgot in their later years that I wish to pay tribute . |
| 5 | And er a very devout Christian who never went to er chapel like in her later years but she was , she was a good Christian lady . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's just that you 're so young , ’ Aunt Lilian said gently , over the immeasurable gulf that stretched between her sixty years and mine . |
| 7 | Women are particularly vulnerable to diseases such as arthritis , osteoporosis ( brittle-bone disease ) and heart attacks in their middle years if they have been leading a sedentary life , sitting slumped in front of the television , losing muscle tone and even bone mass . |
| 8 | Your Committee has purchased an ex G.W.R. coach which some people believe to have run on the BCR in its last years before it went out of use . |
| 9 | It was the first time in his 75 years that he had ever been a hospital patient . |
| 10 | It is a tribute to his determination over his 22 years that he has achieved where so many before him have failed . |
| 11 | As was common at the time , William went straight from school into the merchant navy and he was seldom at home throughout his teenage years as he sailed the oceans of the world , learning the skills of seamanship and navigation . |
| 12 | By 1740 he was one of his father 's workmen and , according to the French astronomer Joseph de Lalande , writing in 1763 , his father was so infirm in his last years that it was he , Jeremiah , who actually made the large mural quadrants for Bologna , Paris , Pisa , and George Parker , second Earl of Macclesfield [ q.v . ] . |
| 13 | Firstly , it is this part of the brain which absorbs the social and sexual training which we receive from our earliest years and it governs our thoughts and actions accordingly . |
| 14 | I think the inde independent corroboration for actuaries was another important factor , custody confirmation by the auditors , veto of transfer of assets , independent auditors for pension funds , independent custodian arrangements , in-house investment management , you made some comments , co-ordination of the various regulators , co-ordination of the professional advisers , establishment of the Pension Tribunal , you know now as far as I was concerned on on my sort of looking through it , those were all recommendations that that you have made over your two years and I could n't really find any response to those in Good , and I think that 's er you know we we personally found that disappointing . |
| 15 | I think the inde independent corroboration for actuaries was another important factor , custody confirmation by the auditors , veto of transfer of assets , independent auditors for pension funds , independent custodian arrangements , in-house investment management , you made some comments , co-ordination or the various regulators , co-ordination of the professional advisors , establishment of a pension tribunal , you know , now as far as I was concerned or on my sort of looking through it , those were all recommendations that , that you 've made over your two years and I could n't really find any response to those in Good and I think that 's a you know we , we personally found that disappointing . |