Example sentences of "as they [verb] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the reduction in coca growing in this part of Bolivia has been significant , drug dealers in the Andes have the same easy access to coca today as they had five years ago . |
| 2 | Women currently outlive men by about six years , so that as they retire five years earlier they can expect on average to spend twice as long as men in retirement . |
| 3 | But children grow up and as they reach twenty years of age , the rights and concerns which have provided them with an education , and their families with a range of supports , begin to fall away . |
| 4 | This week , they play three nights at London 's Town & Country Club , which is n't bad , but it 's a high step down from the dizzy heights of packing out Wembley for several shows on the trot as they did five years ago when they were one of the biggest bands in Europe . |
| 5 | Kenneth , Mary and the boys had come holidaying to the Hebrides , as they did most years . |
| 6 | Counties such as Lincolnshire , Kent and Buckinghamshire can be expected to drag their feet over comprehensive reforms , as they did 20 years ago . |
| 7 | Cochrane 's ( 1971 ) criticisms still seem as relevant and cogent today as they did 20 years ago , and at last seem to be taken seriously by the medical establishment and health policy- makers . |