Example sentences of "[coord] [vb pp] [prep] [det] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | It comes from critics who imagine themselves penning formidable papers which , like those of Gregor Mendel , are hidden away or ignored for many years — and do not fare too well , therefore , in ISI 's listings . |
| 2 | Educated , like Lilian Lawson , at Donaldson 's School and the Mary Hare Grammar School , Irene qualified as a teacher and taught for some years at the Northern Counties School for the Deaf in Newcastle-upon-Tyne before joining the staff of the BDA in 1981 . |
| 3 | The horn was taken home to Laigh Corton where it was hollowed out and used for many years as a bolting or drenching tube for giving medicine to animals . |
| 4 | The house was built at the turn of the century as a country home and used for many years as a shooting lodge . |
| 5 | The orthodoxy of educational planning and aid policy is subject to spectacular changes as world politics change , as the advice so confidently given and taken in former years proves not to yield the promised fruit , as old gurus are discredited and new ones rise to take their place . |
| 6 | Commenting on her selection , Sue Baring said : ‘ I 'm delighted to have been chosen to stand in a part of the country that I have known and loved for many years . |
| 7 | ‘ All I can say is that it has been tried and tested over many years . |
| 8 | The company was set up in 1970 to sell Courtelle acrylic fibre made in Calais , staffed mostly by French people and managed for many years by a Frenchman , . |
| 9 | Not a big problem , but enough of one to have tried and failed for several years at everything from Weightwatchers to F-Plan . |