Example sentences of "years [conj] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Painting nearly always fifty years or even a hundred behind the times . |
| 2 | They may concede that there may be frictional teething problems lasting a few years or even a few decades but argue that these are overcome eventually . |
| 3 | But in this very satisfaction lies the difficulty that for twenty years or more a good deal of self-esteem and affirmation has depended upon the parenting role . |
| 4 | The answer is that during the past 200 years or more a dynamic change has taken place . |
| 5 | In the last ten years or so a group of enthusiastic breeders has been attempting to locate and rescue some of the coloured cattle of Wales and in 1981 a breed society for the Ancient or Coloured Cattle of Wales was set up ; its Welsh title is Gwartheg Hynafol Cymru . |
| 6 | Over the last 20 years or so a large theoretical literature has been developed to provide tools for the solution of many problems associated with emergency planning ( Kolesar 1981 ) . |
| 7 | Wade also rebuilt the existing barracks at Ruthven and Bernera , already described , and over the next ten years or so a total of more than 30 other forts to protect his new , Roman-style , network of roads . |
| 8 | His second reputation as one of the 20th century 's most important poets was achieved gradually over 30 years and nearly a thousand poems . |
| 9 | In 1963 there had been 10.5 million vehicles , so what was involved was a doubling within 10 years and nearly a trebling within 20 years . |
| 10 | They 've been coming here for over 60 years and even a recession wo n't spoil the festive spirit . |
| 11 | Survival International calculates that 100,000 people have been killed in Guatemala in the last 25 years and over a million forced to flee what is described as the brutality of the US-supported government there . |
| 12 | A bridge over the river at Halling has been a debating point for a great number of years and it is a wonder , considering that here has been a main crossing place for hundreds of years and possibly a few thousand , that some structure has not been built . |
| 13 | There are difficulties assessing the child between the age of 2 and 4 years and so a range of different tests is used in an attempt to tap a wide range of the child 's skills and maintain the child 's interest and motivation to co-operate . |
| 14 | Forest , who knocked Spurs out of the Coca-Cola Cup , have not lost at White Hart Lane for seven years and perhaps a draw would have been a fair result . |
| 15 | A few years back , my mother was staying with us ; a lady of advancing years but still a very keen angler . |
| 16 | Day-trippers and weekend visitors have filled the streets and riverside paths every summer for more than sixty years but only a tiny percentage are aware of the village 's remarkable gastronomic distinction , about which most communities would continually drum up a publicity fanfare . |
| 17 | An incomer friend — all of seventeen years but forever an incomer — in Ness had wailed . |
| 18 | Given this set of circumstances , it could be that the new wave of information technology firms will never turn into a real breaker , but be seen in a few years as just a ripple on the pond . |
| 19 | Arnold Denney , of Trumpet Terrace , Cleator , who has worked on the production line for 42 years as either a machine knotter or twister and for a number of years has been a foreman . |