Example sentences of "the [adj] years [pers pn] [modal v] " in BNC.
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1 | If , however , a married man had children young enough to keep his wife at home , then during the high-price years he could not have earned enough to support his family without supplementation . |
2 | Pentagon hardliners , who have opposed a chemical weapons ban on the grounds that it could not be verified adequately , suggested the idea of seeking continued production of the new ‘ binary ’ weapons during the 10 years it would take to eliminate all arsenals . |
3 | In so far as war recruitment affected the labour market , by emphasising labour shortage in the brisk years it may have helped advance money wages , while in the worst years it may have limited the extent of unemployment . |
4 | Bankers have warned of ballooning costs over the 18 years it would take to build . |
5 | By the end of the ten years he would have paid the firm £9,946.80 . |
6 | The overall cost of the project over the ten years it will run is estimated to be in the region of £1.9 million , and an appeal for sponsorship by commercial sources and private individuals is to be launched early in 1993 . |
7 | In so far as war recruitment affected the labour market , by emphasising labour shortage in the brisk years it may have helped advance money wages , while in the worst years it may have limited the extent of unemployment . |
8 | Th in the coming years we will make budget provisions for cameras and the hardware at the site will be provided for by . |
9 | First-timers in their millions were backing the saxophone-playing candidate from the baby-boom years they could identify with . |
10 | Now , note taking is a skill in the sense that y'know the final years you would n't , final year lecturers I mean are so waffly and ah go off in all directions because of different people . |