Example sentences of "but [prep] [adv] [adj] years " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | After 1985 the Americans were increasingly happy to forget about their affair with Ceauşescu , but for almost twenty years it was a important plank of their foreign policy . |
| 2 | But after nearly thirty years ! ’ |
| 3 | It is normally defined as the intra-urban movement of population from the inner to the outer parts of the same urban region , but in more recent years it has become inextricably bound up with the patterns of inter-urban redistribution associated with the urban-rural shift . |
| 4 | It was founded as recently as 1984 , but within only three years the four young players had established an international reputation — a reputation which is now extraordinarily high . |
| 5 | But over almost 23 years in charge of BMW he has provided strong direction and real leadership — and never lost sight of BMW 's primary reason for being ’ |
| 6 | erm There are one or two people who have just begun to identify a faint movement back into an increase in numbers , but over very many years you can know pretty well exactly where you are as far as the total number of pupils you have to provide for is concerned , and therefore , in that sense , the system can plan its resources for a known population . |
| 7 | Tom was clean and dry during the day shortly after his second birthday , but at over 3½ years old he still needs a nappy at night . |
| 8 | But at least two years because it would take us that time to furnish the house . |