Example sentences of "a [det] years [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be fair most of us were P C's for quite a few years without radios and we worked out extremely well did n't we , without those radios |
| 2 | A few years at work in a friendly tax climate might give you the chance to build up capital , and to keep it somewhere out of harm 's way . |
| 3 | His spoken English was perfect , as was his comprehension , the result of a few years at Oxford studying languages — four in all . |
| 4 | After a few years of indecision Nero finally chose military glory . |
| 5 | ‘ His former students will within a few years of graduation be earning a salary twice that of his , ’ the report says . |
| 6 | Within a few years of transfer to the South Metropolitan system , all these cars had the headlamps moved from the canopy front to the usual position on the dash , one reason being that it enabled them to carry advertisements in the same positions as the rest of the fleet . |
| 7 | I continued donating until late 1987 when the pressures of my early twenties swept me into a few years of self neglect by alcohol and all those unhealthy things that young people do . |
| 8 | Within a few years of Karak Eight Peaks ' fall the Night Goblins had settled permanently in the ruins and split into many tribes based around the adjoining mountains and the tunnels that ran beneath them . |
| 9 | After a few years of management experience gained in clay-making departments and a brief spell as a studio artist with Johnson Matthey , Roy felt the need for further managerial training . |
| 10 | ‘ Citation frequency within a few years of publication is a reliable indicator of a paper 's lifetime citation expectancy . ’ |
| 11 | As the article correctly acknowledges , generally magnox fuel must be reprocessed within a few years of discharge from a reactor , from an advanced gas-cooled reactor ( AGR ) , fuel may be stored underwater for somewhat longer periods and for much longer in a dry store . |
| 12 | With the addition of the large numbers of children and teenagers who have had only a few years of schooling , rates of illiteracy of well over 50 per cent seem entirely credible ( see Chapter 16 ) . |
| 13 | Under the legislation this was not in fact required ( only the Boards as a whole were required to break even ‘ taking one year with another ’ ) , but Citrine and his senior colleagues believed that it was a desirable principle that each Board should break even , and within a few years of nationalisation this was also tacitly accepted by the Boards . |
| 14 | She and Herbert had enjoyed only a few years of happiness together . |
| 15 | Data on accelerated soil erosion in the tropics is generally derived from small experimental plots , with only a few years of data . |
| 16 | A few years of storms with plenty of rain would probably have undermined this place anyway . |
| 17 | There followed a few years of growth with turnover increasing from £11 million 1982 to £18 million in 1987 . |
| 18 | It is true that the quality of most waters runs in cycles ; a few years of mediocre fish followed by a few years of quality fish . |
| 19 | Frequently , the newer and more expensive designs prove , after a few years of use ( and a few hundred hapless patients ) , to give results substantially worse than this and are quietly withdrawn from the market despite initial optimism over their theoretical advantages . |
| 20 | The bank is looking for someone canny — not to say extremely gifted — who has developed the right skills in a reasonably sized corporate environment within a few years of qualifying . |
| 21 | It broke up within a few years of Anselm 's death under the impact of forces which were too strong for it . |
| 22 | Within a few years of closure , the mill pond was filled in and much of the mill 's machinery removed . |
| 23 | Entrants then work in a variety of units and can expect promotion within a few years to lance-corporal and corporal . |
| 24 | the key to the difference … lies in the family — a truth Daniel Patrick Moynihan was pilloried for stating a few years before Martin Luther King 's assassination . |
| 25 | After a few years in management , you know who they are , and it will be put right . ’ |
| 26 | A few years in Leeds will broaden her horizons , even if she does n't find a husband . |
| 27 | One of the points we made was that even a few years in multimedia development is a very long time . |
| 28 | I know if I get into trouble again I 'll be done for the arson charge and breach of probation , and that means a few years in jail and I could n't handle it . |
| 29 | A few years after Lanfranc 's arrival , Eadmer described the English monks as living the lives of earls rather than monks , ‘ in all worldly glory , with gold and silver , with changes of fine clothes and delicate food , not to speak of the various kinds of musical instruments in which they delighted , and the horses , dogs and hawks with which they sometimes took exercise ’ . |
| 30 | A few years after publication I was introduced to a well known photographer at a party . |