Example sentences of "than a few years " in BNC.
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| 1 | As long ago as 1976 , the marine resources committee of the FAO believed that ‘ populations of all three dolphin and porpoise species were probably being exploited in the Turkish fishery at levels they would not be able to survive for more than a few years . ’ |
| 2 | Pupils can come to identify with the students — sometimes the age difference is not more than a few years — and ask how they can emulate them . |
| 3 | The interior , although fairly basic in its design , is roomy and much better screwed together than a few years ago . |
| 4 | The theme for the ITV series ‘ Van Der Valk ’ , called Eye Level , which got to number one more than a few years ago , was from a production library disc . |
| 5 | Scriptwriter Tony Warren never expected his creation , played by William Roache , to last for more than a few years . |
| 6 | He said it demonstrated how much more acceptable Northern Ireland now was as a business venue than a few years ago . |
| 7 | There is a disarming lightness to the popular No. 7 ( its Mazurka affiliation charmingly highlighted ) , but No. 10 in C sharp minor is much less assured than a few years earlier ; No. 15 commences sadly off pitch and No. 16 is less ‘ driven ’ or trenchant than in the earlier and greatly celebrated account . |
| 8 | It seems as if I have been here a lot longer than a few years , and I do not think that I could ever fit into an institutional regime again . |
| 9 | But cars , lorries and tractors are more effective so are used more than a few years ago . |
| 10 | Posterity stretches ahead without limit whereas disc and tape manufacturers , when they are prepared to commit at all , are reluctant to do so for more than a few years . |
| 11 | Its a reunion of two men who last teamed up at Chelsea more than a few years ago . |
| 12 | Polls show American voters more willing to pay taxes than a few years ago . |
| 13 | If it 's more than a few years old . |
| 14 | So if we 're talking about something talking about something taking a light year to reach us in terms of light , any possibility of human contact we 're talking about millions of years , probably , rather than a few years . |