Example sentences of "from years " in BNC.
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| 1 | A bad reputation had resulted from years of unwieldy and sometimes inefficient management , coupled with the inherent un-reliability of the old wagonload system . |
| 2 | Bill Jordan , president of the engineers ' union AEU , was hissed when he told delegates a Labour government should be ready to play a positive role in a Nato that was now ‘ reaping a spectacular harvest of peace ’ from years of multilateralism . |
| 3 | But Soderstrom , introducing the songs set by set , was good company ; the recital hall at Blackheath , rescued from years of abuse by the government department that used to inhabit it , had a good sound and an airy Victorian grace ; and Roger Vignoles , the accompanist , was as clear and gifted as ever ; so the capacity audience wound up feeling happy , especially when treated to confident versions of Lehar 's Vilja Song or My Lips They Kiss So Hot . |
| 4 | ‘ Do n't , ’ it says , ‘ confuse people by using out-of-date logos from years ago , such as flags , fists , or the pen/spade/sword . ’ |
| 5 | She is also a great letter-writer , a hangover no doubt from years at boarding school , where she had to write to both parents every week . |
| 6 | There are many custom and fine chemical manufacturers but few , if any , have EFC 's long experience in multi-step , complex , organic synthesis — knowledge gained from years of experience in the manufacture of photochemicals , dyes and pharmaceuticals . |
| 7 | The author then moves on to describes the wide range of lenses and equipment giving his own evaluations gained from years of practical use . |
| 8 | Johnny Marr 's guitar work may have been a stable basis of listenability but it was Morrissey 's release from years of repressed loser attitudes which made The Smiths so special . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , we knew The Smiths from years ago . |
| 10 | I would stand at the street door and wait until his tall , burly figure appeared , still plodding along with that measured tread acquired from years on the beat . |
| 11 | I ask because I have been throwing out a raft of old notebooks and discovered some scrawled lines from years ago about the open air factor . |
| 12 | Women tend to have more foot problems than men from years of wearing fashion shoes . |
| 13 | Although cautious from years in the PC minefield which is contemporary academia , he has a mind of his own and does not necessarily accept contemporary cant . |
| 14 | For so long I resisted any change to my hairstyle — I thought I knew what suited me — I was entrenched in an image that I had held from years gone by . |
| 15 | She can not stand conflict : it relives all those half-remembered feelings of fear and dread from years back . |
| 16 | Development time is , in fact , he says , cut from years to months . |
| 17 | Indeed , for a country struggling to emerge from years of war , the election may be a mixed blessing . |
| 18 | We know from years of experience that we are not capable of reading other people 's problems as well as they are . |
| 19 | There were two doors at the back of the shed , one partially open , its frame warped from years of neglect . |
| 20 | ‘ All this material coming around again from years back — it just did n't represent Talk Talk anymore . |
| 21 | A stray mongrel appeared at the end of the alley , its body gaunt from years of neglect . |
| 22 | The lapels of his well-worn suit seemed to carry a permanent sheen from years of dropped ash on worsted . |
| 23 | She got up , gazing at him ; for this seemed not the crazy figure of recent days , but Jake as she remembered him from years ago , her own father . |
| 24 | But it is noticeable that such information is commoner in those sections of Thucydides ' narrative ( books iii and iv ) which date from years when he himself was a general and had privileged access to the deliberations in the strategeion . |
| 25 | His handsomeness was a little battered now , but he still had the wolfish look she remembered from years ago — long face , strong jaw , broad brow ; his mouth was full and slightly lopsided , which gave him a crooked grin . |
| 26 | I am now going back to the name ‘ Centurion Coins ’ which many customers will know from years past . |
| 27 | However , there have been changes of contrast and changes of detail on time scales from years to days , and for at least 100 years it has been widely realized that we are seeing the tops of richly coloured clouds that cover the entire planet . |
| 28 | I had the temerity to object to these insertions , because I knew full well from years of grubbing in the darker recesses of the phylum that the changes were in the mind rather than in the matter . |
| 29 | The last number in the show was ‘ Olde Tyme Dancing ’ , better known from years of being a Family Favourite as ‘ Stately as a Galleon . ’ |
| 30 | It is interesting that appeals are still in progress for the old rating system from years ago . |