Example sentences of "it [was/were] [art] few years " in BNC.
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| 1 | His Test debut had come against India in 1978–9 aged only twenty , but , with so many other top bowlers in competition , it was a few years before his place was secure . |
| 2 | The political currency that underpinned the spread of UDCs is no longer so clearly in the government 's control as it was a few years ago . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's like it was a few years ago , when no one bothered too much about how you looked , and you did n't get any edginess or aggression . |
| 4 | It is a great deal more professional than it was a few years ago comparable with the standards of other types of consultancies and partnership firms , and is attracting an altogether higher quality of person than was previously the case . |
| 5 | With the soft detergents now in use , this trouble is not so bad as it was a few years ago , but appreciable quantities still get into some rivers , even though the bulk is removed in sewage-purification treatment . |
| 6 | So when you look at it on a yearly basis and a compare it to what it was a few years ago , Yes it 's gone up a lot . |
| 7 | It was a few years back . |