Example sentences of "many years [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As well as being one of the founders of the Automobile Club de France and the Aero Club de France , Salomons was the first director of the City of London Electric Lighting Company and for many years treasurer and vice-president of the Institution of Electrical Engineers . |
| 2 | Property agreements sometimes state that the terms of conveyances or leases are to be agreed by the parties , or , if they fail to agree , will be settled by a solicitor specialising in real property of so many years qualification and practising in a particular locality , such as the City of London . |
| 3 | It is in the heart of Manchester , but for many years industry and commerce have been moving away from the city centre , increasing the risk that only a lifeless core will be left . |
| 4 | It was not a glib doctrinal position simple culled from the inherited opinions of her own Christian forbears , but the result of many years study and patient listening to all that the African students and officers could teach . |
| 5 | To allow for this inflation all you have to do is calculate the value of £1 now in so many years time and use this as a correction factor . |