Example sentences of "in [adj] years be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jim Callaghan 's response was that he ‘ had never in fifty years been so depressed as a trade unionist ’ . |
| 2 | THE editorship of Wisden is a post of such significance in the cricket world that a third change in 12 years is noteworthy in itself . |
| 3 | As Ivan Nagy , the Russian-trained Hungarian dancer who runs English National Ballet , points out , to produce four great artists like Nureyev , Makarova , Baryshnikov and Mukhamedov in 30 years is not a great striking rate for so huge a nation . |
| 4 | And most of those were anomalies , such as consolation prizes to Julie Andrews ( Mary Poppins , 1964 ) for not being cast in the screen version of My Fair Lady ; and to John Wayne ( True Grit , 1969 ) , whose only other nomination in forty years was for a war movie ( Sands of Iwo Jima , 1949 ) . |
| 5 | Investors should be aware that these securities are irredeemable and therefore the real return in future years is vulnerable if the UK inflation rate rises again . |
| 6 | The land there is now nearly exhausted , and I would suggest that building rates in future years are in fact likely to decrease from what were abnormally high figures in the in the past ten year period . |
| 7 | There is only one reservation : should Miss Jade bear a daughter , can Mr Jagger guarantee that he will in future years be able to keep her away from the attentions of his bass ( sic ) colleague , Mr William Wyman ? |
| 8 | It was thought that this would stimulate our divinity students in being close to the university and so involved in contact with university students who would in future years be leaders of the nation , just as we hoped the divinity students would become leaders of the Church . |
| 9 | But the proposition that the trend of decline in the 1950s could be used as a baseline for planning in future years was much disputed . |
| 10 | To take a team from the Fourth to the First in six years is n't bad going whatever style of football you play . ’ |
| 11 | Fullback and captain Mark Wyatt , who 29 caps in 10 years is just two fewer than the Canadian record set by lock Ro Hindson between 1973 and 1990 , was not the only one to retire after the World Cup . |
| 12 | The impression conveyed by Wilfrid 's career in these years is of a Church still very dependent in the pursuit of its own interests , certainly in territories outside Canterbury 's sphere of influence , on the unpredictable inclination of the princes with whom it had to deal . |
| 13 | ( His claim to fame in these years was the slogan ‘ Kleenex Kitchen Towels mops up like a sponge ’ for client Kimberley Clark . ) |
| 14 | Such identity and unity as she possessed in these years was essentially the identity and unity of a system of power , though one beginning to decay . |
| 15 | While the impact of renewed foreign contacts on both politics and the economy in these years was considerable , the growing power struggle within the country postponed any substantive attempt to resolve the issue of foreign relations on a long-term basis . |
| 16 | Dramatic as the change in the system was , its actual contribution to the royal war-effort in these years was less impressive . |
| 17 | His command of argot acquired in these years was impressively demonstrated in translations of Raymond Queneau ( 1950 ) and Georges Simenon ( 1955 ) . |
| 18 | All who have received watches in previous years were invited together with the families and friends of those being presented . |
| 19 | The report , which in previous years was called British Lifestyles , shows the trends set over the last ten years and predicts changes in the next decade . |
| 20 | The reason for the fall in later years is that costs tend to increase as the product ages — apart from production costs there may be increased costs in selling against more up-to-date competition and sales tend to decrease . |
| 21 | The reason for the fall in later years is that costs tend to increase as the product ages — apart from production costs there may be increased costs in selling against more up-to-date competition — ; and sales tend to decrease . |
| 22 | And perhaps this is just as well , for were it not so , and were we to believe that personality became irreversibly set in the first two ( or three , or five ) years of life we should have to believe , first , that any child harmed then was beyond help and thus clinically not worth bothering about ; and , second , that children in later years were not vulnerable and that experience then was of no consequence . |
| 23 | The owner and Editor-in-Chief of the Times-Herald , Mr Thomas Miller was a staunch Liberal supporter of William Lyon MacKenzie King and in later years was appointed by the Prime Minister as a Canadian Senator . |
| 24 | I think the fare in later years was half a crown return , and he would park up near the Post Office , so that people could come and leave their shopping with him instead of humping it about the streets . |
| 25 | During World War II the Fielding engine powered a 90 KVA generator and in later years was kept as a standby in case of power failure . |
| 26 | She thought more highly of herself and in later years was successful in establishing a mutually supportive and caring marital relationship . |
| 27 | Details of their biggest UK tour in three years are expected next week . |
| 28 | Back on the grid for the first time in three years is derek warwick … he 's racing for the Milton Keynes Footwork team |
| 29 | Any proceeds in year 1 are also present values , but those in succeeding years are discounted by multiplying them by the fraction given at the appropriate year in the chosen rate of interest column in the tables . |
| 30 | Any proceeds in year 1 are also present values , but those in succeeding years are discounted by multiplying them by the fraction given at the appropriate year in the chosen rate of interest column in the tables . |