Example sentences of "[num] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | It used to form part of a trade route in Neolithic times ( 4,000–2,000 years BC ) , providing access between the Norfolk Coast and the downlands of South Central England . |
| 2 | Age at entrance into conjugal union was lowest in the Indian Ocean ( 15.4 years ) and Africa ( 17.0 years ) regions , and highest in the East & South East Asia & Oceania ( 18.8 years ) and Western Hemisphere ( 20.2 years ) regions . |
| 3 | On a cold and very windy afternoon at Athletic Park it was far removed from a smiling task for Danaher to sit on the benches and watch his men concede an avalanche of tries , 11 in all , the greatest concession to any Irish opposition in 118 years of international participation . |
| 4 | Normal mucosal biopsy specimens from three different locations of the upper gastrointestinal tract ( squamous oesophagus , corpus/antrum , bulbus/duodenum ) were taken during endoscopy from six dyspeptic patients without demonstrated pathology ( two men , four women , age 45–48 years ) . |
| 5 | The results from our 1990 serum samples ( 34.8% of subjects of mean age 545.7 years were seropositive ) were similar to those of the cross sectional surveys . |
| 6 | Trick or treat , which is an American idea , which seems to have come er come over here over the past , ooh I do n't know , five tens years has n't it really ? |
| 7 | The median years for return to work for the next cohort , who had their first birth between 1975 and 1979 , is estimated to be only 3.7 years . |
| 8 | Duration of symptoms was at least one year in every patient ( mean 3.7 years ) . |
| 9 | Fred by Posy Simmonds LOUISE CHUNN ( mother of Charlie , 3 ¾ , and Alice , 1 ½ ) Bill 's New Frock , by Ann Fine ( Methuen , £6.95 ) Winner of Smarties Book Prize 89 ( 6-8 years category ) Bill 's an obliging little boy . |
| 10 | It found 70 per cent of those surveyed had never worked in the UK , 12 per cent had worked here for between one and ten years , 4 per cent for ten to 20 years , and 14 per cent for 20–40 years . |
| 11 | AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL 30 YEARS OF STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 12 | 30 years ago on Trinity Sunday , 28 May 1961 , the British Lawyer , Peter Beneson ( right ) started Amnesty International . |
| 13 | Sadly , one thing has not changed in 30 years : certain governments of the world still falsely imprison , torture and execute their citizens , regardless of internationally agreed standards that expressly forbid such abuses . |
| 14 | In Benenson 's words : ‘ The gradual change over the last 30 years in the public perception of the value of human life is a measure of Amnesty 's influence . |
| 15 | Mohamed Srifi , a literature student , was sentenced in 1977 to 30 years ’ imprisonment for advocating that Morocco become a socialist republic . |
| 16 | Sentenced to 30 years for his peaceful political views |
| 17 | Tell the King that you are concerned about the case of Mohamed Srifi , currently in Kenitra Central Prison , Casablanca , who was arrested in 1974 , tortured , brought to trial in 1977 and jailed for 30 years after a blatantly unfair trial . |
| 18 | ‘ It comes down to applying a judgement based on the background knowledge we 've acquired from 30 years of monitoring and reporting human rights ’ . |
| 19 | 30 YEARS OF LOCAL GROUPS ! |
| 20 | He is frequently described as ‘ having the stoop of an ageing crop-picker and the face of a curious little boy ’ — which may have been true 30 years ago , but now belongs to the discard-tray with other caricatures : caricatures , as Oscar Wilde observed , are compliments that mediocrity pays to genius . |
| 21 | ( Nearly 30 years after writing it Leonard was enthusiastically recommending our attendance at a Chagall exposition on Sherbrooke Street . ) |
| 22 | It has taken Warren Ogden nearly 30 years to compile the information on these machines which began in the mid 1950s . |
| 23 | The history of the past 30 years in brewing has been dominated by the emergence of a handful of giant national companies — Bass , Allied , Whitbread , GrandMet/Watney , Courage , and Scottish & Newcastle — driven by a need to maximise profit rather than concentrating on high quality products that also generate a good return . |
| 24 | It was founded in the late 700s , but most of its present buildings ( pastel-coloured and timbered , and punctuated with onion-dome towers ) date from the reconstruction in the late 1600s and 1700s , after the 30 years war . |
| 25 | ‘ Within 30 years the brewing industry has gone from a cottage industry to high tech . ’ |
| 26 | Our properties were here 30 years ago , the impact we have now comes from our staff . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I 've visited Australia 's one and only organic wine producer at Mudgee where he 's been growing organically for 30 years . |
| 28 | It was one of the very best I 've spent in 30 years of climbing round the world . |
| 29 | He was President of FISA ( Federation Internationale des Societes d'Aviron ) , the world governing body , for 30 years ; and most of this body 's attitudes and practices reflect the force of his strict , but genial personality . |
| 30 | Rowing was transformed in the breadth and depth of participation over the 30 years of his term . |