Example sentences of "just a [det] years " in BNC.
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| 31 | I see it as asking : ‘ What reasons do governments feel justify their vast spending on weapons and equipment , which are more important than : a ) public opinion , and b ) the knowledge that such armaments are bound to become obsolete in just a few years ’ time ? ’ |
| 32 | The Matson Sentinel had died , too , just a few years before and the bound copies of its back numbers were also in the library . |
| 33 | Looking forward just a few years , multimedia is clearly going to become a standard , highly influential feature of a vast range of computer applications in all sectors of our personal , professional and business lives . |
| 34 | Watch out for Val Piriou , a young French designer who came to England just a few years ago unable to speak English . |
| 35 | Machines that were seen to be at the forefront of technology just a few years ago are now readily replaced and cast-off with little or no second-hand value . |
| 36 | Just a few years ago , it was raised from 4p , so there 's been quite a big increase already . |
| 37 | Just a few years ago , he used to work in a bank . |
| 38 | That seems a far cry from just a few years ago when the only diesels were lorries , buses and the occasional taxi . |
| 39 | He won a £20,000 prize for the invention just a few years before he died in 1776 at the age of 83 . |
| 40 | But the pressure is on to re-create past glories , to think big like the extraordinary Grand Hotel in East Berlin , built just a few years ago . |
| 41 | It did , just a few years ago , it was a good . |