Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [num] years since [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Some of them have been empty for the 20 years since they were built , others have been empty for just a few years . |
2 | During the six years since he joined the company , he has been involved in many of the major changes that have taken place . |
3 | However , many things had happened during the two years since she had been told that her mother had died of the fever and that , prior to this , she had not been allowed to see her in case she should catch it and spread it further . |
4 | Local authority expenditure during the 12 years since we took office has risen by 26 per cent . |
5 | It 's an age when we feel but do n't think yet , but you did n't seem to have learnt a thing about either yourself or Jones in the whole of the six years since I saw you last . ’ |
6 | Pipe has achieved ever-increasing tallies in each of the 14 years since he took out a licence . |
7 | in the five years since they were first subjected to competition , Swedish Railways have transformed both their efficiency and their performance . |
8 | They say the stage is a respectable profession nowadays , well maybe it is , but I ca n't think it 's changed all that much in the five years since I left . |
9 | ‘ Would it surprise you to know that in the five years since I first set eyes on you , I have not looked seriously at another woman ? |
10 | It was a goal of the highest class , reflecting the progress the 29-year-old striker has made in the five years since he left Blundell Park to earn fame and fortune with Norwich City and Rangers . |
11 | Pinchbeck acknowledges that in the five years since he left , Magnus has undergone interesting change . |
12 | In the four years since we looked at the Subaru estate , it 's gone upmarket with a bang . |
13 | Stock , Aitken and Waterman 's achievements in the four years since they had joined forces were — even in an industry known for its hyperbole — sensational . |
14 | Carden is Europe 's most northerly commercial vineyard and in the four years since it opened has already established itself in the wine market . |
15 | Software has improved dramatically in the six years since I bought the old computer and this one is faster and easier to use . |
16 | Carol , a jeweller for more than 25 years , has built up a steady following for her original designs in the six years since she moved out of London and started her own business . |
17 | For me , a highlight of this time was a weekend visit from a college friend , whom I 've only seen once in the forty-three years since we left college . |
18 | One of the latter is a book that has become a favourite in the two years since it first appeared in hardback form . |
19 | In the two years since it was formed it has attracted $6m in venture capital and another $4m from big-name strategic partners , on the promise that the application development environment it 's designing would be a significant enough advance to turn the company into a nine-digit revenue producer . |
20 | The evidence in the two years since he took over at the club suggests Mr O'Neill 's best efforts will be enough to secure promotion from the GM Vauxhall Conference . |
21 | They had made the transition to college ‘ inhabitants ’ in the two years since I had left the borough . |
22 | Now in his late 40s Mr Rees says he has seen many changes in attitude to transsexuals in the 20 years since he first asked for treatment . |
23 | Despite a growing influx of visitors , it has changed very little in the forty years since I first saw it , remaining unspoiled and unsophisticated . |
24 | He 's done more than just survive in the 31 years since he lost his legs . |
25 | In the 143 years since it was played it has probably never been surpassed . |
26 | A survey of thirty paintings and thirty-five pastels and charcoal drawings created by Bill Jacklin in the seven years since he moved to New York in autumn 1985 opens at the Museum of Modern Art , Oxford , this month ( until 10 January 1993 ) . |
27 | And the wise old bird , who had seen many a bully brought low in the twenty years since he was hatched , clicked his beak and closed his eyes . |
28 | ‘ We are now on our tenth such scheme in the three years since we set up the company , ’ he said . |
29 | ‘ We are now on our tenth such scheme in the three years since we set up the company , ’ he said . |
30 | In the three years since he had broken through as a pop star , Kylie has constructed a network of companies to handle her affairs . |