Example sentences of "[adv prt] the [num ord] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parenting education might begin in schools and continue over the first few years of married life ( Pound et al. , 1985 ) . |
| 2 | Students have worked over the last four years with Castle Eden Walkway and Cleveland Wildlife Trust in planting trees throughout Stockton . |
| 3 | She 's just one victim of the burgeoning burglary business Which has seen one county Police force dealing with a near five times increase over the last thirteen years . |
| 4 | So er to look at it er another way , w I , I 'll stop before I go back to the erm slides , because I want to show you a few on you know erm er the way that money 's worked over the last forty years , but if you look at index-linked certificates , cos somebody mentioned that , are they worth having ? |
| 5 | Experience over the last ten years ( 1963–73 ) has convinced the staff of this Polytechnic of the need for a more flexible type of course than is commonly offered to students . |
| 6 | Publication of the standards is part of a series of initiatives taken over the last few years , including production of the ‘ Best Practice ’ management kit in 1985 , The Society 's model ‘ Office Manual ’ [ 1987 ] , the development of management training , and publication of the ‘ Quality Briefing ’ and ‘ Client Care Guide . ’ |
| 7 | The great steps forward taken over the last 30 years have not been undone . |
| 8 | Sales were up by nineteen percent and there 's also firm evidence in these results of margin improvements which reflect , for the first time , the full benefit of our cost cutting measures taken over the last three years . |
| 9 | If his fortunes improve over the next six years you are still entitled to collect on your judgement debt . |
| 10 | Make a second list of other pieces you think you would like when you can afford them , say over the next five years or so . |
| 11 | While the Camphill Development Project will naturally take up time and energy and demand much sacrifice over the next few years it must not become our only goal . |
| 12 | The really pointless measure is letting councils spend the money they get over the next few years from selling homes and other properties . |
| 13 | It will inevitably take some time before the full benefits of our strategy are realised and , whilst we expect our production and cash flow to remain strong and rise over the next few years , profitability in the short term is likely to remain depressed , even with contributions from disposals . |
| 14 | If lamb prices rise over the next few years , as they may well do , then the subsidies will fall . |
| 15 | I introduced a weekly Sunday series called ‘ The Symphony Hour ’ , which I repeated in at least a dozen other cities around the world over the next 50 years . |
| 16 | Whatever the outcome , the liaison needs of the Branch Committee can not be ignored and so I hope over the next three years that this can be improved to enable a transition through which active liaison is maintained . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm tidying up the last ten years by releasing two compilation albums , ’ he says . |