Example sentences of "in the few years " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the few years that followed , Eliot adopted various strategies to keep his poetry flowing . |
| 2 | So she knew that in the few years since she had last been in England great changes had begun to take place from some of which she might clearly benefit . |
| 3 | At the same time , the social benefits in the few years since 1979 have been significant . |
| 4 | In the few years after 1958 a new word ( and , underlying it , a new fear ) took root : the meritocracy . |
| 5 | In North America , in areas where conditions are similar to this country , a survey showed that one per cent of houses were affected by damp , but rot was not found in any of these , and in the few years of experience here none of the faults so far reported are due to this cause . |
| 6 | Third , there was the severe deterioration of industrial relations in the few years prior to 1914 which brought with it violent strikes and syndicalism . |
| 7 | In the few years that followed , it is unlikely that you would get back as much as you paid in . |
| 8 | What the authorities failed to realise was that in the few years since the war had ended , aircraft design had moved forward a long way , and there had been a rapid development of jet aircraft of which Tank had little or no real experience — he had not been involved in this critical new phase . |
| 9 | Even in the few years since Volumes I and II of the Supplement were published , numerous words and meanings in the range A-N have emerged which are therefore not to be found in the largest Oxford Dictionary . |
| 10 | Extraordinary though such a testimonial may now appear , it was invaluable to Joyce in the few years before the war . |
| 11 | In the few years since they have been in existence , the colleges of higher education have had little or no guidance , from the DES or anywhere else , as to the directions they might follow . |
| 12 | Stainless steel , the dominant material in the sink market , could not meet those needs : ‘ Asterite ’ could , and its sales have grown very rapidly in the few years since its introduction . |