Example sentences of "year [conj] [is] [adv] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He estimates he can handle ten US concerns in the next five years and is particularly interested in partnering with leading firms , ready to ship beta-tested product , in client/server software , software tools for business applications , X-terminal and workstation software , wireless networks and software for networking and telecommunications . |
| 2 | Doug Williams , a manager in the bank 's insurance group , says the operation has been profitable for the past two years and is already seen as a significant part of Chase 's retail service . |
| 3 | Overall , however , the railways are likely to be one of the toughest state sell-offs of them all , for BR has not made a profit for 40 years and is widely perceived as demoralised and run-down . |
| 4 | Version 1 of Rescalc has been around for some years and is today regarded as rather palaeolithic . |
| 5 | The other , on the face of it , gives less cause for revelling , since it takes us back a mere 70 years and is effectively an anniversary of an anniversary . |
| 6 | Cultural contamination of soil on a large scale has occurred only over the last 200 years and is generally absent in the more remote areas . |
| 7 | Tony Farrow has been building one-off yachts for 20 years and is well known for the trimaran Colt Cars GB , Geoff Panell 's Admiral 's Cup triallist Itzanotherpurla re-named Red Stripe and more recently used by the RAF as a test bench under the name of Oracle Arrow in preparation for this year 's Admiral 's Cup . |
| 8 | Coun Ferrier , MBE , who has represented the Thorntree Ward for a record 38 years , was mayor in 1974 , council leader for several years and is extensively involved in youth work . |
| 9 | Lancelot Andrewes , who was Hooker 's contemporary and friend , outlived him by twenty-five years and is usually regarded as his intellectual successor in the history of the Church of England . |
| 10 | The termination rate for this service is also no worse than other years and is indeed better than our other services . |
| 11 | The excess risk levels off in the following years and is undoubtedly the result of selection of patients with an unrecognised malignancy at the time of commencement of peptic ulcer treatment . |
| 12 | The carpet has been there for three years and is still in good condition — the only signs of wear are the marks left by ‘ wee Lachie ’ , the Stewarts ' three-year-old son . |
| 13 | The harbour town of Watchet has a history going back over a thousand years and is still an active trading port . |
| 14 | The centre 's been running for four years and is still looked after by Andy Middleton who set it up . |
| 15 | This has survived for well over two hundred years and is still going strong as an efficient method of information-retrieval . |
| 16 | My father Arthur was secretary of the Southern Division for a number of years and is still enjoying life to the full . |
| 17 | It has flourished for well over 100 years and is always held on the first weekend in July . |
| 18 | Clearly Mr Lloyd has had his head in the sand for a number of years and is totally out of touch with current public opinion . |
| 19 | Mr Scott worked alongside Mr Louis-Dreyfus for five years and is currently chief financial officer of IMS . |
| 20 | The Windows spreadsheet market has destabilized over the last couple of years and is currently reminiscent of a cabinet minister on a pogo-stick . |
| 21 | has been a member of the YFC for nine years and is currently secretary of her local club Newton St. Cyres . |
| 22 | As a member of the Norfolk training branch she held office as Treasurer for ten years and is currently branch Secretary . |
| 23 | The subject , Home Economics , has changed considerably in recent years and is constantly evolving to take account of social change and developments in technology . |
| 24 | High level waste remains active for 250,000 years and is highly toxic to most life forms . |
| 25 | The ETC has been successfully established for several years and is very well equipped to provide all travel needs at the most competitive prices . |
| 26 | Has been a member of the Publicity Sub-Committee for about two years and is very interested in the progress of the Society in particular and in Movement and Dance in general . |
| 27 | A marked change in status has occurred in recent years and is now a regular winter visitor , although as recently as 1953 it was rarer than Whooper Swan . |
| 28 | The Old Mill , at the west end of the village , was still operative until the early years of the Second World War , and the New Mill at the east end , which lost its sails in a gale so severe that parts of them were found in the next village , has been restored in recent years and is now a very attractive dwelling . |
| 29 | Canon Claude Rutter , who was rural dean of Sherborne for eleven years and is now the diocese 's Rural Link Officer , agrees with him . |
| 30 | Schmenner ( 1987 ) says that traditional cost-accounting has been a ‘ star ’ for years and is now collapsing in a black hole from which managers must escape . |