SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[adj] [noun pl] [prep] the [adj] years	119
2	[adj] [noun pl] [prep] the [adj] years	63
3	[adj] [noun pl] in the [adj] years	49
4	[adj] [noun pl] in the [adj] years	49
5	[adj] [noun pl] [prep] the [num] years	43
6	[adj] [noun pl] of the [adj] years	32
7	[adj] [noun pl] of the [adj] years	32
8	[adj] [noun pl] [prep] the inter-war years	15
9	[adj] [noun pl] [prep] the inter-war years	15
10	[adj] [noun pl] [prep] the early years	15
11	[adj] [noun pl] [prep] the early years	13
12	[adj] [noun pl] during the [adj] years	12
13	[adj] [noun pl] during the [adj] years	12
14	[adj] [noun pl] over the [adj] years	9
15	[adj] [noun pl] over the [adj] years	9
16	[adj] [noun pl] for the [adj] years	8
17	[adj] [noun pl] for the [adj] years	8
18	[adj] [noun pl] [prep] the hundred years	7
19	[adj] [noun pl] [prep] the hundred years	7
20	[adj] [noun pl] [prep] the [adj -er] years	6
21	different [noun pl] [prep] the [adj] years	6
22	[adj] [noun pl] [prep] the [num ord] years	5
23	social [noun pl] [prep] the [adj] years	5
24	economic [noun pl] [prep] the [adj] years	5