Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] years since [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the whole matter was another aspect of one of the storms in a set of teacups that accompanied the whole unhappy Profumo matter and has continued to do so for the many years since it was first raised . |
| 2 | Some of them have been empty for the 20 years since they were built , others have been empty for just a few years . |
| 3 | During the six years since he joined the company , he has been involved in many of the major changes that have taken place . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Local authority expenditure during the 12 years since we took office has risen by 26 per cent . |
| 6 | In Chronic Diseases we are told that when giving remedies in solid form i.e. solid form i.e. granules or powders dry on the tongue , Hahnemann found that remedies prepared with more than two shakes were too strong so stayed with two strokes for consistency ; but during the last years since I have been giving every dose of medicine in a solution , divided over fifteen , twenty or thirty days and even more , no potentizing in an attenuating vial is found too strong , and again I use ten strokes . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | Pipe has achieved ever-increasing tallies in each of the 14 years since he took out a licence . |
| 9 | in the five years since they were first subjected to competition , Swedish Railways have transformed both their efficiency and their performance . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 ? |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Pinchbeck acknowledges that in the five years since he left , Magnus has undergone interesting change . |
| 14 | In the four years since we looked at the Subaru estate , it 's gone upmarket with a bang . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Carden is Europe 's most northerly commercial vineyard and in the four years since it opened has already established itself in the wine market . |
| 17 | Software has improved dramatically in the six years since I bought the old computer and this one is faster and easier to use . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | One of the latter is a book that has become a favourite in the two years since it first appeared in hardback form . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | They had made the transition to college ‘ inhabitants ’ in the two years since I had left the borough . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | In the few years since they have been in existence , the colleges of higher education have had little or no guidance , from the DES or anywhere else , as to the directions they might follow . |
| 26 | So she knew that in the few years since she had last been in England great changes had begun to take place from some of which she might clearly benefit . |
| 27 | In the 30-plus years since I started my CIT life as a student , I have found the many local and national meetings and lectures to have been a valuable way of giving and receiving information and help . |
| 28 | Despite a growing influx of visitors , it has changed very little in the forty years since I first saw it , remaining unspoiled and unsophisticated . |
| 29 | He 's done more than just survive in the 31 years since he lost his legs . |
| 30 | In the 143 years since it was played it has probably never been surpassed . |