Example sentences of "a few years [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There followed a few years when the situation looked bright . |
| 2 | Speaking at an Amnesty International meeting in Blackpool , Mr Waldegrave said that up to a few years ago the Soviet Union 's record was appalling and its policy unyielding . |
| 3 | Was , because a few years ago the hotel burned down and has gone forever . |
| 4 | It has now been restored to a superb family home by the present Lord and Lady Feversham and it is hard to imagine that only a few years ago the house was little more than an empty , echoing shell . |
| 5 | But as with Gibson 's non-reverse Thunderbirds — and remember , until a few years ago the same could be said for Fender Jaguars and Jazzmasters — they are just not currently de rigueur . |
| 6 | A few years ago the start was changed from the South Reading Community Centre to the Rivermead Leisure Centre ; the new set-up has proved popular with runners . |
| 7 | The swings had gone and the pier had been demolished ; a few years ago the Council had given permission for a café-and-restaurant to be built , but the place had only been open a month when it caught fire and was burned out ; the Fire Brigade could n't get to it , the promenade being too narrow for their vehicles . |
| 8 | A few years ago the cousin of a Sumatran friend of ours was killed by a singularly persistent elephant . |
| 9 | A few years ago the French would come through the tunnel for an evening at Filippo 's , said Gioachino . |
| 10 | Until a few years ago the parish had the right to nominate one person to the Aims Houses at Cobham , also known as Cobham College . |
| 11 | Most secondary schools have now reached double figures in their stocks of micros — but only a few years ago the authors of a book ( Howe and Ross , 1981 ) could gently suggest that ‘ we can readily envisage the time when every educational institution in the country will have access to at least one microcomputer ’ . |
| 12 | A few years later the names were changed to reflect the changes in the operational roles of front-line Canberra squadrons , Bomber Squadron became Strike Squadron and PR Squadron became Recce Squadron . |
| 13 | A few years later the duchy of Austria was awarded to one of the sons of Rudolph of Habsburg . |
| 14 | A few years later the Turks attacked Hungary in sporadic raids which culminated , after the death of Sigismund in 1437 , in a full-scale expedition . |
| 15 | In A.D. 324 Constantine moved his capital to Byzantium and a few years later the Empire was divided into two parts , eastern and western . |
| 16 | Rightly , because there was no easy link to be made and only a few years previously the best criminologists were explaining the increase in crime as an inevitable consequence of prosperity . |
| 17 | It is therefore difficult for him to appreciate the general view of the Service , that , on his return … he must re-establish his professional standing , even though a few years earlier the Service had sent him to University because he had proved himself to be a good , practical policeman . |
| 18 | A few years earlier the reddish-yellow Sheeted Somerset , which probably became extinct before 1890 , had been described as a mainly polled breed remarkable for nothing except its coat pattern : the belted pattern became popular among those who liked decorative livestock in their parks . |
| 19 | A few years earlier the judge observed of a 17-year-old girl who was raped by a motorist with whom she hitched a lift after being stranded following a party , that ‘ the victim was guilty of a great deal of contributory negligence ’ 1 . |
| 20 | A few years back the building was used as a warehouse for chemicals , before that it was a BMW garage . |
| 21 | Although the station was non-operational for a few years following the disaster it was fully operational again by April 1979 and since 1985 has had a modern Tyne class lifeboat on station to cover the wide stretch of north-east facing coast around the port . |