Example sentences of "years [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The spread of the Cetti 's warbler across the south of England in recent years is well documented . |
| 2 | The transmogrified complexion of the state in the Weimar years is well reflected in the membership of the Akademie der Künste . |
| 3 | His pledge to halve the deficit over the next four years is largely based on eliminating 100,000 government jobs . |
| 4 | The loss of earning power experienced by such as doctors , lawyers , etc. , can be recouped fairly quickly after training ( Tumin and others have estimated that no more than ten years is generally required ) , and is more than compensated by higher rewards after this time . |
| 5 | But this is also an intelligent toddler : its list , including the likes of Terry Pratchett , Robert Swindells , Jean Ure , Jacqueline Wilson and Ian Beck , is certainly right , and given a couple more successful years is surely destined for a position very near the top of the class . |
| 6 | Furthermore , expenditure in future financial years is now going to be difficult . |
| 7 | It was madness to begin with , the only trouble is , it took forty years for the government to discover it 's own craziness and to begin to dismantle it , we are now reaping the legacy of that , of , of the , the accumulated folly of forty years is now bursting upon our cities . |
| 8 | ‘ The company wish you to know , Mark , from Nate Cocello down , that your work over the years is sincerely appreciated . |
| 9 | A campaign costing five hundred million pounds over three years is underway to combat credit card fraud which cost companies more than a hundred and sixty-five million pounds last year . |
| 10 | In fact many institutions express this as a recommendation , albeit a strong one where the commitment is obligatory , and averaging over two or three years is often permitted to allow for varying circumstances . |
| 11 | What it means for the homes is that they 're going to have to take a what we 've been doing over the last two or three years is gradually improving the staffing levels in our elderly people 's homes , because the dependency levels in those homes are getting very high . |