Example sentences of "years [conj] are [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All three vehicles have been the subjects of intensive restoration work over many years and are normally seen on display in the Centre 's Matthew Kirtley Museum . |
| 2 | Brighter are so deeply drippy that they make Blueboy look like the English Metallica , Brighter sound like they 've been locked in a bedroom for the past six years and are still trying to come up with that ‘ C86 ’ audition tape . |
| 3 | One author has got plastic pan scrubbers that have been in use for nearly twenty years and are still going strong to this day |
| 4 | The sovereign powers of the 50 individual states of the Union have declined continuously for at least 120 years and are severely circumscribed or non-existent in many of the major areas of public policy . |
| 5 | The sovereign powers of the individual states of the Union ( now numbering 50 ) have declined continuously for at least 120 years and are severely circumscribed or non-existent in many of the major areas of public policy . |
| 6 | However , in the main , fares allowances covering the difference in travel costs are paid in full for a short period — generally up to one or two years and are then reduced over time . |
| 7 | Such regions are designated for a period of five years and are specifically defined to be those areas ( NUTS Level II ) where per capita GDP in PPSs is less than 75 per cent of the Community average . |