Example sentences of "[noun] of the [num ord] [num] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though it centres on Harvey Keitel , who is trying to be a saint in the city , the film hatched the greatest celluloid partnership of the last 20 years with the introduction of Robert De Niro as the reckless Johnny Boy . |
| 2 | Venice Restored takes stock of the first twenty years of conservation in the Serenissima after the disastrous flood of 1966 . |
| 3 | There is more pop surrealism by Anne Schwegmann-Fielding and clocks and candlesticks by Adrian Taylor are based on styles of the last 150 years . |
| 4 | Many melodies of the last hundred years could not possibly be made to fit into such a restrictive rule — in fact many of us would avoid the feeling of regularity and ‘ squareness ’ that such a classical scheme produces . |
| 5 | Which is the antithesis of Jeremy [ Isaacs ] , who is a programme-maker at heart , one of the great programme-makers of the last 20 years . |
| 6 | Yet much of the research of the last fifteen years in writing has challenged this view . |
| 7 | Would it be feasible , I asked myself , to fill what for some time I had thought was a serious gap in British military history , namely a socio-military chronicle of the last hundred years of the army 's mounted arm ? |
| 8 | Stepping back from the hurly-burly of political combat , I suppose all the tussles of the last 15 years have been about weaning our politicians off the romance of a benevolent , let alone competent , state . |
| 9 | The Cowley based company Unipart appears to be going from strength to strength despite the gloom in the rest of the industry of the last three years . |
| 10 | Botswana Satisfactory completion of the first two years of a degree course at the University of Botswana and Swaziland . |
| 11 | Lesotho Satisfactory completion of the first two years of a degree course at the National University of Lesotho . |
| 12 | Swaziland Satisfactory completion of the first two years of a degree course at the University of Botswana and Swaziland . |
| 13 | Successful completion of the first three years carries exemption from Part 1 of the Examination in Architecture of the Royal Institute of British Architects , and students at this stage may graduate BSc(SocSci) , but most continue to MA ( Honours in Architecture ) , taken at the end of Fourth Year . |
| 14 | Obviously , his past-history is back in fashion , after the success of Nirvana and the consequent re-investigation of the last ten years of American punk rock . |
| 15 | As the tale is told , it was our historical imperial taste that set us up for our indulgent role in the money boom of the last 30 years . |
| 16 | Thus at a time when Africa needs to industrialize , to create both exports and jobs , a review of the last thirty years shows how difficult this task has been and will be . |
| 17 | Early candidates for this treatment among industrial buildings , and prior to the enthusiasms of the last twenty years . |
| 18 | As a result of the remits we have ensured that growth in net revenues , inevitably small given the recession of the last three years , has outpaced growth in costs , thus reversing the unacceptable trend seen prior to the programme . |
| 19 | ( If ) At any time within a year the said Wm Roe by writing in his own band signified that he intended to have a 21 year lease from the date hereof " paying one-fifteenth part of the 1st 7 years and one-twelfth for the remaining 14 years such lease will be executed . " |
| 20 | For the better part of the next forty years they were to be the decisive restraints . |
| 21 | Across the Atlantic , the Indian hockey team was in its pomp , winning the hockey tournament at the Los Angeles Olympics , and dominated hockey for the best part of the next 40 years . |
| 22 | There are only a few detailed pollen diagrams from the Outer Hebrides that cover all or part of the last 10,000 years , the so-called post-glacial . |
| 23 | That may not be too far off if the progress of the last 50 years is anything to go by . |
| 24 | The Miss Marple Mysteries , featuring Agatha Christie 's elderly sleuth have been sold to 60 countries as diverse as Germany , Zambia , Turkey and Nepal , and is ranked number two in the top 50 bestselling programmes of the last ten years . |
| 25 | If he could have foretold the course of the next two years , they would have seemed incredible . |
| 26 | During the course of the next two years , Somerset 's government brought about a number of Protestant reforms , including the dissolution of the chantries and the introduction of an English Prayer Book and a new liturgy for the mass . |
| 27 | But in matters of local importance , he was prepared to accept the testimony of the local community : in this he was following the ancient practice of the Church with regard to canonization , which was replaced by a formal centralized procedure in the course of the next hundred years . |
| 28 | Chips became part of the British diet during the 19th century and over the course of the next hundred years , according to the Frozen Food Information Service , fish and chips became not only a national institution , but also a vital source of nutrition for the working class . |
| 29 | As a result , in the course of the next six years all 30 polytechnics were officially designated and the binary system of education was consolidated . |
| 30 | It would seem that Madam ( please call me ‘ Falklands ’ ) Thatcher has decided that 145 local tax collection offices should be closed over the course of the next four years , with the loss of 3000 Inland Revenue jobs . |