Example sentences of "years and it is [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latest flare-up between the two countries — following last summer 's ball-tampering claims and counter-claims — is a direct result of Graveney 's remarks following the infamous Mike Gatting-Shakoor Rana row in 1987 , when he said : ‘ They have been cheating us for 37 years and it is just getting worse and worse . ’ |
| 2 | After the infamous Mike Gatting-Shakoor Rana row in 1987 , Graveney , 65 , said of Pakistan : ‘ They 've been cheating us for 37 years and it is just getting worse and worse . ’ |
| 3 | The IT industry has been subject to rapid development in recent years and it is confidently expected that this trend will continue . |
| 4 | The award is given every two years and it is generally a requirement that the discovered drug is in therapeutic use . |
| 5 | Tony , Jill and their son , Martin , have lived at the Old Rectory for twenty years and it is very much their home — as your hosts they will bring early morning tea ( if requested ) , and arrange numerous activities . |
| 6 | However the subscription has not gone up for 2 years and it is only a 15p per week rise . |
| 7 | The position of Gaelic has deteriorated dramatically in the intervening forty years and it is now argued convincingly that a local language is itself a development tool . |