Example sentences of "in [adj] years of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In eight years of operation , the VSOE charter train has not strayed far from its original concept . |
| 2 | An unprecedented entry of 43 teams brought in a charity bonanza with BNFL raising more than £10,000 — the best effort yet in eight years of competition . |
| 3 | The 19 year old lefthander created one of the biggest match upsets in 92 years of Davis Cup when he surprised world No. 1 Stefan Edberg , , in the opening singles of the first-ever World Group series played in Canada . |
| 4 | In 12 years of boxing , he has won an impressive 103 bouts out of 115 , winning seven national titles at different weights . |
| 5 | A 9,000 crowd had the satisfaction of seeing Tendulkar make the highest score in 22 years of Sunday League games against Lancashire . |
| 6 | ON THE LINE Verity Lambert has learnt a lot in 30 years of TV — and she 's going to need it Picture : HARRY PAGE |
| 7 | I 've never seen anything like it in 30 years of voting ! |
| 8 | The new organisation is concerned by the increase in 1992 for the first time in six years of fur imports to £22 million , the equivalent of two million animals , and a renewed popularity in fur clothing or trimmings . |
| 9 | Courageous Carina Hamlet prepares for the latest operation in 10 years of surgery , comforted by her mother Margaret Picture : TEGWYN ROBERTS |
| 10 | One piece of the inscribed marble base survives with them , and shows that the dedicator was a Sicilian , one of the Deinomenid family who made themselves tyrants in these years of Syracuse and other cities . |
| 11 | In three years of misery at White Hart Lane , the former England Under-21 was cruelly nicknamed ‘ Booby ’ Mimms — and he is still struggling to live down the tag , despite being the Premier League 's least charitable keeper this season . |
| 12 | Commenting on the Khmer Rouge position at the talks , the Independent of June 27 said that for the first time in three years of diplomacy , the group appeared " unsure of themselves , and nervous of being outmanoeuvred " . |
| 13 | In three years of running , I had met neither pedestrian nor vehicle along this track . |
| 14 | In succeeding years of wartime the annual conference continued to take place , though not at the seaside and not usually for a full week . |
| 15 | The University 's Careers Service offers careers guidance and job placement facilities to all students at the University in all years of study . |
| 16 | EGYPT — cruise the Nile , soak up the sun and take in 5,000 years of history as you visit the famous sights . |
| 17 | However , in many years of examination of ancient jewellery , cadmium has never been found in pieces from excavation , or from otherwise unimpeachable sources , but only in pieces that were suspect on other grounds . |
| 18 | If politicians came to the conclusion that education was too important to be left to the educators , bear in mind the massive input of public resources , education 's failure to demonstrate significant improvement of standards , poor marketing , uncertain professional leadership and the fact that every year youngsters leave school ignorant of much they might reasonably be expected to know and lacking skills that could have been acquired in 11 years of schooling . |
| 19 | That was quite a revelation in those years of juvenilia . |
| 20 | God knew she had had enough practice in ten years of policing . |
| 21 | In ten years of programming I now have many companies utilising database applications for names and addresses , every one of them would have benefited by including Rapid Address within the database . |
| 22 | Davis 's agent was there , Herrick Shnexnayder , a desperate human being who wore a French smock , a prosciutto cravat and the most complicated double pate-job I have ever come across in ten years of show business . |
| 23 | The European elections saw Labour capture forty-five seats to the Conservatives ' thirty-two , the first major defeat for Mrs Thatcher in ten years of premiership . |
| 24 | But whatever the future might hold , the friendly relationship between Henry and Louis which that act of homage had helped to establish was an important contributory factor in the happy and optimistic atmosphere in which Richard was conceived — the fourth child born to Eleanor and Henry in five years of marriage . |
| 25 | To Major Patti he stated ( in excellent English ) , ‘ I put in fifteen years of service to the Party and I believe I paid my debt . |
| 26 | A MAN murdered on a bus last night became the 3,000th person to die in 23 years of Ulster violence . |
| 27 | A wall is to be created at Wallace Park which will not only raise funds , but also trace the chequered and cherished moments in 150 years of cricket . |
| 28 | In twenty years of knitting , I 've found no reason to discard this principle . |
| 29 | Bolton had made it clear that Jack was not for sale , but Chapman , who in twenty years of football management rarely failed to get his man , was determined . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've never seen that in twenty years of football , ’ he said . |