SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[adj] [noun] [prep] the [adj] years	326
2	[adj] [noun sg] [prep] the [adj] years	203
3	[adj] [noun] [prep] the [adj] years	195
4	[adj] [noun] in the [adj] years	122
5	[adj] [noun] in the [adj] years	122
6	[adj] [noun pl] [prep] the [adj] years	119
7	[adj] [noun] [prep] the [num] years	93
8	[adj] [noun] of the [adj] years	83
9	[adj] [noun] of the [adj] years	83
10	[adj] [noun] [prep] the early years	59
11	[adj] [noun] [prep] the early years	54
12	[adj] [noun] during the [adj] years	45
13	[adj] [noun] during the [adj] years	45
14	[adj] [noun] [prep] the inter-war years	42
15	[adj] [noun] [prep] the inter-war years	42
16	[adj] [noun] over the [adj] years	22
17	[adj] [noun] over the [adj] years	22
18	[adj] [noun] [prep] the [num ord] years	20
19	[adj] [noun] [prep] the [adj -er] years	15
20	[adj] [noun] [prep] the post-war years	14
21	[adj] [noun] for the [adj] years	14
22	[adj] [noun] for the [adj] years	14
23	[adj] [noun] [prep] the post-war years	14
24	[adj] [noun] [prep] the last years	13
25	[adj] [noun] [prep] the last years	13
26	political [noun] [prep] the [adj] years	12
27	[adj] [noun] [prep] the hundred years	11
28	[adj] [noun] [prep] the hundred years	11
29	[adj] [noun] [prep] the later years	10
30	economic [noun] [prep] the [adj] years	10