Example sentences of "[adj] years it [be] [vb pp] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the intervening years it is estimated that 111 died while trying to escape and a further 77 lost their lives on the Berlin Wall itself , with most of these deaths occurring in the 1960s . |
| 2 | If a viable product is not produced in a total of three years it is felt that the project should be abandoned since the technology in use will have been superseded and a competitive product is likely to be nearing launch . |
| 3 | If a viable product is not produced in a total of three years it is felt that the project should be abandoned since the technology in use will have been superseded and a competitive product is likely to be nearing launch . |
| 4 | For many years it was accepted that two-tone fish ( it occurs with other species , but rarely ) are the result of winter hibernation , the dark portion of the fish being the part that is buried in bottom mud . |
| 5 | Considerable attention has been focused on the distinction between causing grievous bodily harm ( section 18 ) and inflicting grievous bodily harm ( section 20 ) : for many years it was believed that the more restrictive word ‘ inflict ’ meant that section 20 required proof of a sufficiently direct action by D to constitute an assault , but the House of Lords has now decided that there can be an ‘ infliction ’ of GBH without proof of an assault . |
| 6 | Birds respond to a wide range of sounds but for many years it was assumed that their low-frequency hearing was poorer than ours . |
| 7 | For many years it was thought that the wreck was a Spitfire , but after delving through archives at the RAF Museum along with information gleaned from various specialist publications , it was discovered that the aircraft was a Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk flown by a Canadian pilot , Harold Fraser-English of 400 Squadron , operating out of Weston Zoyland . |
| 8 | For many years it was thought that in the absence of express provision in the original constitution the continued equality of all shares was a fundamental condition which could not be abrogated by an alteration of the articles so as to allow the issue of shares preferential to those already issued . |
| 9 | For many years it was considered that tea-bags were filled only with tea dust , the fine residue left after the sorting and packaging of tea , and that the drink obtained by using bags was therefore of very inferior quality . |
| 10 | For many years it was supposed that nothing should be revealed about the bargainer 's intentions . |
| 11 | In the last ten years it is estimated that the NRO has spent more than $50 billion , none of it accountable . |
| 12 | Before the sustained economic recession of the inter-war years it was thought that the economy automatically moved towards full employment , even though periodic booms and slumps were experienced at the time . |
| 13 | In the early post-war years it was believed that investment expenditures were not very responsive to changes in interest rates , and most of the empirical evidence at the time , seemed to support this view . |
| 14 | Over a period of twenty years it is claimed that a fast reactor could breed enough additional plutonium to fuel another similar power station . |
| 15 | Over eighteen years it is estimated that the farm yielded around £50,000 net profit . |
| 16 | After two years it was found that the fish eaters had up to 30 per cent less chance of dying from a second heart attack than those who had been told nothing about fish . |