Example sentences of "in the [adj] years it " in BNC.
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| 1 | in the million years it has been taking |
| 2 | There can be no doubt that in the 112 years it has been standing on the embankment it has become a part of the London scene . |
| 3 | In the intervening years it is estimated that 111 died while trying to escape and a further 77 lost their lives on the Berlin Wall itself , with most of these deaths occurring in the 1960s . |
| 4 | It employs 1,000 people now , just as it did in 1981 , but in the intervening years it has had to take on far more duties — most notably the upkeep of its building which was looked after by the government from 1816 to 1988 . |
| 5 | Carroll House was the second Italian-owned winner of the Arc in the two years it has been sponsored by the Italian hotel chain Ciga . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 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 | If , at first , his rule had appeared to be to the benefit of France , in the last years it had suffered considerable setbacks . |