Example sentences of "[v-ing] several years " in BNC.
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| 1 | began power kiting several years ago after seeing BBC TV 's Tomorrow 's World programme . |
| 2 | And it 's my contention , it 's my contention that them people that were er strafing and bombing me , er outside , er in republican Spain , was the same was the same crowd was the same crowd that were bombing and strafing several years later , in the in in the second world war , in in in France er and Holland . |
| 3 | Major civil conflicts lasting several years — other than the wars of liberation and their aftermath in the former Portuguese territories — have taken place in Nigeria . |
| 4 | She was permanently hospitalised , lasting several years . |
| 5 | That contrasts wildly with his reputation , which was that of a fearless truth-teller , and one of his post-war disciples has told how Leavis 's convictions about the ‘ mechanised vulgarity ’ of industrialism so possessed his youthful consciousness that its abandonment amounted to ‘ a personal crisis lasting several years . ’ |
| 6 | We can quickly dispose of the most obvious zone fossil , the king himself , in that he had already lived for 60 years before his era began and we have seen that his era is commonly regarded as lasting several years after his extinction . |
| 7 | Agreement was reached with Turkey in September 1989 after a dispute lasting several years over unfinished building contracts valued at USdollars 100,000,000 . |
| 8 | After an agitation lasting several years the Constituency Parties won the right in 1937 to exclusive choice of their representatives on the National Executive Committee . |
| 9 | It was a costly investment requiring several years to come to fruition and the vast majority of growers could not afford the necessary equipment . |
| 10 | He trained as a military surveyor , spending several years in Cork , but along with most other draftsmen was placed on half pay when the Corps disbanded in 1817 . |
| 11 | One of the most important areas of legal dispute in RENFE has been the calculation of overtime earnings , with matters taking several years to progress through the courts . |
| 12 | Sandra began collecting several years ago after a large repair bill for a timepiece prompted her to learn the intricate ins and outs of their workings . |
| 13 | The first production version appeared in about 1916 , following several years of research and development , and was designed as an attachment for a horse drawn single furrow plough . |
| 14 | In 1976 , following several years of lobbying by feminists , poverty pressure groups , etc. , the Supplementary Benefits Commission of the Department of Health and Social Security produced its defence of the cohabitation rule , a paper entitled Living Together as Husband and Wife . |
| 15 | In 1879 , following several years ' work , he patented his radial valve gear , of simple and compact design , to give improved steam distribution in locomotive and marine engines . |
| 16 | Following several years of development work and unsuccessful but nevertheless promising trials in late 1905 and early 1906 , he won the support of John ( later first Earl ) Jellicoe , ( Sir ) Percy Scott , and Sir John ( later first Baron ) Fisher [ qq.v. ] , which resulted in the establishment of an agreement to perfect the civilian inventor 's ideas for a mechanical system of using observed ranges and bearings to calculate firing solutions for naval artillery that would take account of the relative motion of the firing ship and target . |
| 17 | Following several years of intense competition and excess capacity , the merger was the most significant change to date in the rationalisation of the industry . |
| 18 | I remember one teacher retiring several years ago in Nottingham said to me er he says I 'm sticking with the Nationwide , me . |
| 19 | Assume , for example , that Jaguar had insured itself against a fall of the dollar by covering several years of earnings . |
| 20 | However , the blood-tests for syphilis are regarded in a different light , and prolonged courses of treatment may be prescribed , sometimes spanning several years , in a vain attempt to clear the blood of evidence of past syphilitic infection . |
| 21 | ‘ I mean , I realise I 'm the baby of the family , and a mere female — ’ the latter drew a bleak smile from her father , acknowledging a point of contention between them spanning several years ‘ — but I do n't see how just a fire can mean the end of everything ! |