Example sentences of "in [adj] years and " in BNC.
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| 1 | These blades are horribly sharp , so sharp in fact that one form has not needed sharpening in eight years and has cut around 200,000 straps ! |
| 2 | We have moved house five times in 12 years and although moving itself is stressful , I think what 's more difficult to cope with is the first month when all the foibles of the new house are discovered . |
| 3 | He is determined to lead his injury-stricken outfit to victory in France for the first time in 22 years and last night insisted : ‘ I 've had to fight for respect in rugby league . |
| 4 | As a whole , argyrophil cell densities were smaller in 1989 than three years earlier , which may be a true time-related change in pernicious anaemia patients or a methodological failure caused by different staining intensities in different years and because of variations in the counting procedure of the cells in spite of the presence of the same observer . |
| 5 | Some observers also calculate that , if one takes account of the profits forgone from these enterprises in future years and sets them against the revenues raised now , the government may have sold the assets at too low a price . |
| 6 | There are dangers in over emphasising a particular set of test scores in that the results may not be replicated in future years and all sorts of qualifiers will need to be introduced . |
| 7 | Most commentators would agree that Britain is likely to become a more technological society in future years and so it is likely that there will be an increased demand for a skilled workforce . |
| 8 | Hopefully as we improve our business , we may indeed see TV advertising in future years and we hope that we will become as well known as IBM , 3M or ICI . ’ |
| 9 | They just do n't actually have that information , a lot of small local groups , and I think maybe the C B S could work with the Engineers department in future years and try to get to those groups , because I 'm sure a lot of them , actually if they were given the opportunity in time to get in , that , that you might have a lot of people applying for flag and whatever than you do now . |
| 10 | There is a significant difference between the pattern of the cash flows system of the various projects ( e.g. one project has high cash flow in early years and low cash flows in latter years : while another project has low cash flows in early years and high cash flows in latter years ) . |
| 11 | There is a significant difference between the pattern of the cash flows system of the various projects ( e.g. one project has high cash flow in early years and low cash flows in latter years : while another project has low cash flows in early years and high cash flows in latter years ) . |
| 12 | Now I said to Ken that 'll be your christmas present to me in nineteen years and that 'll do me a treat cos that 's really worth it . |
| 13 | This was the Finaghy lads first fight at home in six years and you could almost feel seismic waves of anticipation as he came to the ringside . |
| 14 | ‘ The wettest August in six years and a record for rain in September have not diminished the chances of the finest crop to date . ’ |
| 15 | It 's also the first major re-design of the spreadsheet in 10 years and it 's a vast improvement . |
| 16 | in 10 years and a great deal of that is due to higher productivity . |
| 17 | It recommends that all planning permissions for quarrying in national parks should expire in 10 years and that permission for dormant sites be removed , or at least reviewed — even though this would require compensation for the owners . |
| 18 | McMillan gained surgical experience in these years and when , in 1959 , he joined Paul Chin and Eric Machell , both pioneers themselves , at Southampton , they made steady progress in closed and open-heart surgery . |
| 19 | One or two of the old films are now on CD video because they are important documents of certain artists , but the way we are filming and editing the films I am now making is completely different We have learnt a very great deal in these years and so we forget about the older films just as you would n't dream of driving around in a thirty-year-old car . |
| 20 | Unitarian tendencies were found amongst some Quakers in both England and Ireland in these years and the Liverpool abolitionist William Rathbone 's sympathetic treatment of them led to his disownment by the Friends and the passage of his family to Unitarianism . |
| 21 | What the clergy particularly wanted confirmed was the freedom of the church , notably from the kind of arbitrary seizure of its property and goods so recently experienced ; but all subjects were eager to curb the malpractices which accompanied ( in these years and for long afterwards ) the collection of prises or purveyances as well as the uncustomary burdens by which Edward tried to augment his revenue . |
| 22 | More than 20 plasterers were resident in Bristol in these years and what seems to have happened was that the two Tyndalls brooded over rolls of Chinese wallpaper and popular books of decorative devices like The Modern Builder 's Assistant ( 1757 ) , picking up and choosing the themes and the motifs that pleased them . |
| 23 | The cards are now larger than in previous years and we have found that this size proved very popular . |
| 24 | in the way that we have in previous years and management teams have n't grown in that sense , but the responsibilities of management have been increased . |
| 25 | He has also agreed , following the practice adopted in previous years and as specifically requested by the employers and the teachers ' unions , to consult the same interested parties on the details of the draft pay document giving effect to the Government 's recommendations . |
| 26 | Jeff added : ‘ BNFL people from several sites have collected food and clothing for us to take out in previous years and I would be grateful if people could help again . |
| 27 | The future strategy for 1993/94 is composed of consolidation and further development of work piloted in previous years and innovation of new enterprise activities throughout the University . |
| 28 | We would also like to record our thanks to the many people who have covenanted in previous years and whose names have appeared in earlier Reports . |
| 29 | This has meant a fall in the demand for residential care which had been increasing rapidly in previous years and it is the duty of the relevant authorities to plan future provision er so that everything will work smoothly for those most in need . |
| 30 | It gives the impression we 're prepared to spend the money and that 's what 's happened in previous years and it should n't happen . |