Example sentences of "year but [pers pn] be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not many redwoods , or sequoias , exceeded 3000 years but they were generally considered the oldest living matter until the development of the Swedish increment borer enabled dendrologists ( people who study the natural history of trees ) to age a tree without felling it . |
| 2 | Northamptonshire has been under Conservative control for the last eight years but it 's still tight . |
| 3 | It is not known whether or not he ever returned to visit his mother during the first few years but it is certainly true that , latterly , he was not back in the county for many years . |
| 4 | Literature on the use of traditional Chinese medicine has existed in China for over 4000 years but it is only in recent times that western scientists have been alerted to its hidden potential . |
| 5 | The mine in the gill had been established about 5 years but it is very likely that it would have been an old working re-opened . |
| 6 | The population of Snaith has doubled in the past 25 years but it is still small enough to ‘ know everybody ’ ; ask for people by name , rather than by their address ! |
| 7 | ‘ He 's been in Paris donkey 's years but he 's still awfully English — mad about Flinders . |
| 8 | Then came the stabbing incident which forced Monica to cancel so much of her programme for this year but we are now optimistic that she will have fully recovered before our tournament . ’ |
| 9 | Party Politics looked to be a back number after having won the National last year but he was then tubed for his wind and ran a storming race to take the Greenall Chase at Haydock at the end of February . |
| 10 | It m probably not as long as a year but it 's quite a while |
| 11 | The council will balance its budget this year but it 's only getting an increase of 6.5 per cent and it needs 8 per cent . |
| 12 | Duncan and McCarthy examined data for the period 1956–70 and found that ‘ strike activity peaked , as expected , during the last quarter of the financial year but it was also at a very high level ( not expected ) during the first quarter . ’ |
| 13 | Advertisement er , revenue at Westminster Press ended the six months at about the , advert revenue about the same level as last year but it was below last year 's level early on , so in other words erm , advertisement volume is growing , because there 's next to no , there 's , the yield is about the same overall . |