Example sentences of "a [noun sg] of years [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maureen Roberts , the late Director of the Edinburgh Breast Screening Project , observed that screening ‘ is not offering any certainty of cure or normal life to the women who attend , merely a prolongation of years for a few . |
| 2 | In this way many kept an account going at Gieves over a period of years for a modest monthly sum of two or three pounds . |
| 3 | In the case of the urban riots , it is the nature of the television coverage which is in essence inciting other young people in different parts of the country to civil disobedience , whereas in the case of football violence , the implication is that the perceived lack of moral leadership by the broadcasting corporations has led over a period of years to a general moral climate in this country which fails to provide adequate controls over the behaviour of the nation 's youth . |
| 4 | But the main idea in the Green Paper was to replace domestic rates over a period of years by a community charge . |
| 5 | To be eligible , candidates should be aged 36 years or over and have worked in construction for a number of years at a senior level . |
| 6 | At that time , , who had been a graduate of , and teacher in , my department at U.C.L. , had accepted a chair at U.C.L. , and was about to return to his old department once again , having spent a number of years at the University of Durham . |
| 7 | His expertise as a children 's bookseller was highly valued by his colleagues , and he made a great contribution over a number of years to the work of the BA 's Children 's Executive , as a member and , more recently , as a vice-chairman . |
| 8 | A patent is a very desirable form of intellectual property because it gives the owner a monopoly in an invention , enabling him to exploit the invention for a number of years to the exclusion of other people ( subject to provisions designed to prevent abuse of the monopoly granted ) . |
| 9 | Gordon also worked for a number of years as a P.C. with the Glasgow Police . |
| 10 | Paul has over twenty years experience in contract carpeting including a number of years as an Interior Designer and five years with Peachgate , one of London 's largest carpet contractors . |
| 11 | Having represented the giving for a number of years on a graph , next ask what the figures have to tell you about the relevance and quality of your programme . |
| 12 | I served for a number of years on the selection committee of the Humboldt-Stiftung . |
| 13 | Lord Fraser said : ‘ This is the first systematic research for a number of years on the operation of the hearings system . |
| 14 | The recent announcement of a link up between the EC and EFTA to create a European Economic Area [ EEA ] by 1993 is likely to have little immediate impact on the proportion of exports destined for these areas , partly because privileged access to each others markets has already been in existence for a number of years between the two trading blocks . |
| 15 | Barbados has benefited for a number of years from a wide treaty network , including treaties with the UK , the US and Canada . |
| 16 | It was nevertheless accepted for a number of years by the Trades Union Congress , which admitted it as an affiliated organisation until 1881 , when it was declared ineligible . |
| 17 | Implementation ‘ has been precluded for a number of years by the absence of realistic resources to undertake the task ( in terms of funding and/or staff ) . |
| 18 | Local housing authorities have been starved of cash for a number of years by the Government . |
| 19 | Prior to his appointment as head of the Delphi Centre he taught for a number of years in an Observation and Assessment Centre . |
| 20 | Calculating the expected yield from a new machine , however , is not easy because yields are spread over a number of years in the future . |
| 21 | So not every teacher was one hundred per cent successful with mixed ability teaching , but I do n't think one can ever expect that with a new method and I think now that the system has been running for a number of years in the school that it 's possible for each department to support new members of staff and introduce them to the appropriate methods and approaches to mixed ability classes . |
| 22 | I think that now that the system has been running for a number of years in the school that it 's possible for each department to support new members of staff and introduce them to the appropriate methods and approaches to mixed ability classes . |
| 23 | For a number of years after the war they were also expected to administer to their classes a daily dose of cod liver oil tablets and a spoonful of malt . |
| 24 | For a number of years after the mergers little was done to harmonise either practices or systems . |
| 25 | ‘ Kenny Dalglish could buy them both in a week with the money I 've spent in a couple of years on a rebuilding job . |
| 26 | For a couple of years on the run they 've lost their dole cheque round about Christmas . |
| 27 | ‘ The world has become very graphical , ’ says Mr Ingram. ‘ 1-2-3 has had graphical capabilities for a couple of years with the WYSIWYG capabilities . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Happily , and not unexpectedly , a couple of years amid the off-Broadway climes of the county stage seem to have had a mellowing effect . |
| 30 | They 'd had the stuff for a couple of years in the store and we were going to meet them there , at number twenty five Lilac Avenue , New Brighton . |