Example sentences of "[noun prp] [pron] [vb past] [det] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slow retrieval speed has led to a partial withdrawal of relational database systems in a few organisations as well as the late appearance of commercial relational DBMS which came many years after their research counterparts . |
| 2 | In China it took many years for the railway to broach the capital . |
| 3 | Before he joined Baronsmead he spent several years with a much larger organisation . |
| 4 | Though his union did not entirely disappear in Hull it took many years to recover . |
| 5 | The John Motum Plate was named in recognition of the current assistant treasurer of the RFU who spent many years as general secretary of Colchester . |