Example sentences of "a [noun sg] of years of " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is established beyond doubt , as a result of years of scientific study . |
| 2 | The second tactic is to ensure that we stop adding more people to the numbers of tragic people on our streets as a result of years of social and self-neglect . |
| 3 | However , after a number of years of operation , the APU does not appear to have been conspicuous in its success : most of the background measures are of little use , and there are difficulties in relevant measures . |
| 4 | At one time boundaries were , in the main , marked by a white line , and it was only after a number of years of requesting the TCCB that in matches organised by them a rope be used to denote the boundary that this regulation was implemented , if my memory serves me correctly , for the 1983 season . |
| 5 | Before a youth was apprenticed to the Sechem he was committed to a number of years of study of the Yasa , memorising the codex in its entirety so that he was capable of relating his knowledge of the law to science . |
| 6 | Only then may the supplier 's product be classified as satisfactory , and , perhaps after a number of years of further product tests have elapsed , the supplier may be added to the list of recognised contractors . |
| 7 | This project , which follows on from a number of years of ESRC funded research in the same group , on the psychology of communication and relationships , aims to explore and to unify these two areas . |
| 8 | It contains the practical experience of the members of MAS built up over a number of years of carrying out a wide variety of MAS assignments . |
| 9 | Therefore , after a number of years of operation , regular service and preventative maintenance , it can become increasingly difficult to retain peak performance and preserve the capital value of this expensive asset . |
| 10 | Seabird colonies in the Shetland Isles are recording significant breeding successes after a number of years of declining numbers . |
| 11 | Mr Saleh said the decision had been made against a background of years of heavy losses and ‘ unrealistic ’ demands for the reinstatement of 343 sacked workers . |
| 12 | Security Pacific and Wells would have got round that by letting Wells 's 59-year-old chairman , Carl Reichardt , head the merged bank for a couple of years of fierce cost-cutting , a Reichardt trademark , before handing over to Security Pacific 's chief executive , Robert Smith , who is four years younger . |
| 13 | ‘ You know , I do n't think it was an accident that , within a couple of years of sorting myself out , I met David . |
| 14 | It is called Minitel and the French government had already ordered 600 000 of the things for a couple of years of an experimental run . |
| 15 | So , taking account of the polonium , local people relying mainly on local milk , meat and vegetables could expect doses over a period of a couple of years of about 4 to 15 rems ; more incidentally , than people at Hiroshima within 2 km of the bomb . |
| 16 | A couple of years of university so familiarises us with this idea that literature dissolves entirely into the drudgery of reading and writing crit . |
| 17 | It did occur because the depression was so er , was so long erm , but by and large , farmers do n't go out of , do n't cease erm , production just because of a couple of years of er , poor harvests or low , low prices . |
| 18 | I did a couple of years of catalogue work — companies that sell clothing through the mail , ’ she said , in answer to his puzzled look . |
| 19 | And after a matter of a couple of years of use , er the service had already been curtailed , from nine trains down to five per day , erm and er shortly the passenger service was completely withdrawn . |