Example sentences of "in [noun] [prep] several years " in BNC.
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| 1 | At present , horizontal presses of between 2,000 and 8,000 kilograms are allowed , but trials with larger machines have been in progress for several years . |
| 2 | Reclamation of the foreshore to seaward of the Imperial Dock was extended to the Eastern Breakwater to complete a scheme which had been in progress for several years and which would provide additional space for industry . |
| 3 | She had lived in Darrowby for several years but the townsfolk knew little about her . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been working on the unionization of women in Kampur for several years now , ’ she said . |
| 5 | But it also signals the end of an ancient rite rejoicing in human warmth and in the sun 's return.Susanna Rance has lived and worked in Bolivia for several years . |
| 6 | Susanna Rance has lived and worked in Bolivia for several years . |
| 7 | Even the decrees of the Council of Clermont in 1095 , to which he sent Boso as his envoy , and from which through illness Boso did not immediately return , remained unknown to him and went unheeded in practice for several years . |
| 8 | For more than 40 years , since the passage of the 1944 Education Act , central government had no formal role in determining the curriculum of schools ; it probably had little role in practice for several years before . |
| 9 | The annual survey on the Norwegian economy published in early March 1991 by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) reported that inflation , then at an annual rate of 4.5 per cent , was " below the rates prevailing in most trading partner countries " , and that there was a current-account surplus for the third year in succession after several years of difficult adjustment following the mid-1980s fall in oil prices . |
| 10 | Price , who lives at Gresford and has worked in Oswestry for several years , is waiting for the outcome of tomorrow 's Alliance meeting before contacting players . |
| 11 | He has lived in a large house in Buckinghamshire for several years . |
| 12 | She 's been back in Scotland for several years now , and she did n't know that Ryan was dead . |
| 13 | Due to injury the brothers will be unavailable to participate in what is expected to be the largest inland dinghy championship in Ireland for several years — the Heineken GP14 Inland Championship at Lough Erne . |
| 14 | Companies such as BP , Union Carbide , 3M and Ciba Geigy have had environmental audit programmes in place for several years . |
| 15 | Assuming that a common position could be reached between the US , France , Britain , India and the Philippines , either one of the last two countries would convene a conference ; France would be induced to grant Vietnam full independence ; and an international commission would be established that was to remain in place for several years . |
| 16 | Inroads has had quality assurance systems in place for several years and decided to go one step further by introducing its new teamwork scheme . |
| 17 | However , it was also reported that Neamy was an Iraqi dissident who had lived in Sweden for several years and had returned home the previous year to pay a brief visit to his family . |
| 18 | The proceeds of our Oil Reserves are presently being used to cover short term deficiencies and there are really no increased national resources in spite of several years of additional oil revenue . |
| 19 | Belgian-born Dr Michel Pacque , who first carried out tests of ivermectin with workers in a rubber plantation in Liberia over several years , is now taking up an appointment as consultant for Sight Savers ( Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind ) in West Africa with the task of organizing regular supplies . |
| 20 | There is mention of a miller as late as 1937 , and evidence that the mill was in use for several years after that date . |
| 21 | The pub has n't been in use for several years . |
| 22 | I also lived in France for several years — this background has definitely given me my love of food . |
| 23 | THE biggest single letting of industrial premises in Alton for several years has seen local printers Repro Workshop Ltd. expand into a 15,000 sq . |
| 24 | Proponents ( and opponents ) argue fiercely that it will ( or will not ) , but we shall not know until the system is in operation in several years ' time . |
| 25 | The releases mark the first improvement in the human rights situation in Malawi for several years . |
| 26 | This was undoubtedly overdoing the advantages of forward planning , and unnecessarily froze their rate of technical advance ( particularly since some manufacturers were known to hold BEA orders in abeyance for several years after receipt ) . |
| 27 | This programme is based at Brunel University and is designed for those in employment with several years of business experience who wish to extend their career and personal development without leaving their jobs . |
| 28 | He worked in Darlington for several years in a variety of practices around the town . |
| 29 | Describing the plight of Somali children , it explains : ’ Many of them have not been in school for several years when they arrive in this country ’ . |
| 30 | He played in goal for several years for Walsall . |