Example sentences of "and [prep] [adj] years [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And for two years Pula lived a luxurious life , safe behind a high fence , feeding on imported peanuts , strawberry yoghurt , and fresh vegetables . |
| 2 | After Nasser , he says , his themes seemed to refer to a vanished society and for five years Mahfouz wrote no books . |
| 3 | in philosophy , Jesuit , and for eighteen years host of the television talk show Rencontres told The Art Newspaper , ‘ The museum was in virtual exile at Cité du Havre . |
| 4 | As well as being one of the founders of the Automobile Club de France and the Aero Club de France , Salomons was the first director of the City of London Electric Lighting Company and for many years treasurer and vice-president of the Institution of Electrical Engineers . |
| 5 | This is a highly unusual feature , and for many years palaeontologists have interpreted cephalapsids using the lamprey as the model . |
| 6 | Historically and for many years marina charges were too low . |
| 7 | Sedgwick , born in Dent in 1785 and for many years Professor of Geology at Trinity College , Cambridge , and a friend of Wordsworth and Darwin , describes the galleries of Dent vividly and delightfully in his book , A Memorial To Cowgill Chapel 1868 : ‘ The galleries were places of mirth and glee and active happy industry for there might be heard the buzz of the spinning wheel and the hum and the songs of those who were carrying out the labours of the day . ’ |
| 8 | But most interesting of all is the treatment given to Sidney Lee , described in his obituary as biographer , Professor of English , writer on the place of English literature in the modern university , and for thirty years editor of the Dictionary of National Biography.34 In reviewing Lee 's work , Ernest A. Baker identifies him as the complete " humanist " by virtue of his classical scholarship , his faith in beauty and reason , and his exalted hopes of human progress . |
| 9 | The Platinum Award has become a regular feature of Edinburgh College of Art 's jewellery curriculum and for several years students from the section have made it to the finals — frequently winning at least one of the prizes . |
| 10 | After all , he 's quite a handsome guy in his own way , is n't he , as well as being disgustingly wealthy , and after two years love-games can become depressingly boring , ca n't they ? ’ |
| 11 | From the need to produce videos of Virgin artists came the idea of distributing them on a commercial basis as well through their own distribution company ; and within two years Virgin were busily developing their own , European version of MTV , Music Box . |
| 12 | The Great Central , formerly a cross-country line , was the last main-line railway to enter London in 1899 , and within two years Robinson had introduced new and more powerful locomotives for this service . |
| 13 | Players such as Lewis , Fraser , Malcolm , Stewart , Atherton , Hick , Turnell , Lawrence and Ramprakash were introduced , and within 2½ years England 's Test records reads : P24 W8 D9 L7 , a marked improvement despite a disastrous 0–3 defeat in Australia in 1990–91 . |
| 14 | Under existing arrangements oil revenues were simply added to government revenue , and in recent years concern had grown among all political parties that the oil boom had led to wasteful investment . |
| 15 | Invariant theory continued — albeit at a reduced level of intensity — and in recent years activity has begun to pick up again . |
| 16 | The windsurfing concept is not limited to use on the water and in recent years windsurfing sails have been seen on land , snow and ice . |
| 17 | And so that the village benefits from the wood in some way , erm like there 's a teak plantation they 've got going at the moment , and in ten years time , the teak will be used to carry electricity , so that the village can have some electricity as well , I mean it 's to do with giving the village something as well as trying to help the environment . |
| 18 | And in three years time Ford will unveil its challenge to the Renault Espace multi-purpose vehicle . |
| 19 | Sir John reserved the right to become a partner at the end of the first three years term for a quarter share of all mines and ores , then opened , got , or sold , … or … at the end of six years also to commence as a partner for one quarter share … or … at the end of nine years to commence as a partner for the same … or … at the end of 12 years the same , and at 15 years ditto . |