Example sentences of "it is [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | This results primarily from the greater longevity of women compared with men ; life expectancy at birth is 78 years for women and 72 years for men , while at 65 it is 17 years for women and 16 years for men . |
| 2 | IT is twelve years since the last Stratford Coriolanus : an absurd neglect of Shakespeare 's best political play . |
| 3 | There is a six-year limitation period for collecting fees and expenses , unless the expert is appointed under seal in which case it is twelve years : ss5 and 8 of the Limitation Act 1980 . |
| 4 | IT IS 500 years since Columbus discovered America — and across the Atlantic they are celebrating in true Hollywood style . |
| 5 | It is eight years since they lost a World Cup qualifying match , six years since they lost a qualifying match for either of the international competitions open to European countries . |
| 6 | ‘ It is eight years since the Tall Ships last raced to the Mersey . |
| 7 | As for O'Leary , it is 3½ years since he had the car accident which left him with a back injury so severe as to necessitate three operations . |
| 8 | It is fifty years since this ‘ temporary ’ RAF station became operational — and it is still in use . |
| 9 | it is thirty years , but when I remember him now |
| 10 | ‘ It is thirty years now , perhaps a few more . |
| 11 | IT IS 14 years since Shostakovich died . |
| 12 | IT IS 18 years since Coatbridge last won the Royal Bank Scottish Men 's Cup , but their tradition in the competition is such that their appearance in another final this year can not be discounted . |
| 13 | It is seventy years later than when I should have arrived . ’ |
| 14 | They were the first national employees to receive service awards in Colombia , as it is five years since LASMO set up business in the country . |
| 15 | It is five years since Microsoft originally launched PowerPoint for the Mac and recently it had been outperformed by Aldus Persuasion and CA-Cricket Presents . |
| 16 | It is five years since Joan left Northern Ireland to join her husband Ted in Scotland . |
| 17 | IT is five years since 11 civilians were blown up by the IRA bomb at Enniskillen 's Remembrance Day Service . |
| 18 | ‘ It is four years since my last midfield appearance because Colin Harvey moved be back to right back and then the injuries began . |
| 19 | It is 45 years since Cheltenham made it this far , nearly 60 since their one and only appearance in the third round . |
| 20 | Though it is 11 years ago the memory of it still haunts me . |
| 21 | If New Yorkers notice it at all , few have any idea that it is 1,500 years old , and many would be deeply shocked if they knew , reckoning that anything over 20 years old must be dirty and out of date . |
| 22 | Within 20 years the instrument will be brown and by the time it is 200 years old it will be virtually black . ’ |
| 23 | It is fifteen years since he first explored the relationship of real flesh and its marble parallels in art history . |
| 24 | IT IS many years since I looked at Punch for anything except the advertisements . |
| 25 | It is many years since I last heard VW 's restless setting of words taken from Chapter I of Ezekiel , which in context form a strangely appropriate backdrop to the work 's actual inspiration , A Vision of Aeroplanes . |
| 26 | In fact , the United Kingdom has never had , in the course of this century , a simple two-party system and it is many years since the party eventually forming government secured a majority of primary votes cast , let alone the votes of a majority of electors . |
| 27 | It fills him with strange satisfaction to think that while the great illumination of the Market Square is quite invisible from this point , the little lamps of Iron Green can be seen glowing through a gap beyond Albert Road , It is many years now since he has visited the lower end of Odborough , for his legs will not carry him up and down the hill , and he growls like a dog if anyone suggests a car . |
| 28 | It is many years since the town last saw a train , but the group believes that for about £1m. the railway could once again link Guisborough with the rest of the country via the Esk Valley line from Middlesbrough to Whitby . |
| 29 | It is many years since my last confession and I confess in the face of God and in the hope of his divine mercy at the imminent approach of death . ’ |
| 30 | It is twenty-two years since I read that letter , first published in Warnie 's selection of his brother 's correspondence , and on and off I have been thinking it over . |