Example sentences of "of [det] [prep] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I wish to discuss then is the contention of some in recent years that ‘ Jesus was a feminist ’ . |
| 2 | The most obvious example of this in recent years , of course , has been the relationship between Lloyds Bank plc , Black Horse Agencies plc and the various unlimited companies acquired by the latter . |
| 3 | For very few of these past 170 years have Greeks felt properly in command of their own country . |
| 4 | One of the most famous of these in post-war years was the Nyasaland Commission of Enquiry of 1959 led by Mr Justice Devlin who reported in terms of which the government of the day did not wholly approve . |
| 5 | This is partly because politics as such are compromised in the eyes of many after 40 years of the Communist regime . |
| 6 | ( 1984 ) report that for those aged 65 + in 1974 reported activity limitation varied from 61.2 per cent of those with five years ' or less education to 34.2 per cent of those with a college education . |
| 7 | Thus , the mean proportion of time spent retired by those within 4–6 years of pension age was 19 per cent , compared with 57 per cent of those within 3–4 years , and 84 per cent of those with 1–2 years to go before reaching pension age . |
| 8 | The proportion reporting that they thought people were healthier now than in their parents ' time decreased with age , from 78 per cent of those aged 65 — 74 years to 67 per cent of those aged 85 years and over ( Victor 1990a ) . |
| 9 | Censuses of those aged 65 years and over in any type of residential care at midnight on 11 December 1979 and 27 November 1990 . |
| 10 | Thus , the mean proportion of time spent retired by those within 4–6 years of pension age was 19 per cent , compared with 57 per cent of those within 3–4 years , and 84 per cent of those with 1–2 years to go before reaching pension age . |