Below you will find example sentences with "years prior". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Years Prior in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: prior
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 7
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 28.7 words

Words in this phrase

years prior

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • years can mean: plural of year. Very common word
  • prior can mean: Coming before in order or time; earlier, former, previous. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 5 start, 7 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

1 billion years prior 1× 1949 thirteen years prior the enacting 1× also started10 years prior to that 1× and 25 years prior to the 1× begin two years prior to reaching 1× died several years prior to friedrich 1× divorced four years prior from an 1× for 18 years prior to being 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

additional factors are 1× angelo was a 1× as her mother 1× because the social 1× camden has drawn 1× first naturalization applicants 1×

Common sentence endings:

12 years ago 1× 5 years after 1× 50 years prior 1× and roof scores 1× as a fundraiser 1× billion years prior 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

must 4× two 3× year 3× age 3× resident 3× four 3× five 3× force 3× ago 3× scores 3× income 2× begin 2×

Related phrases

years ago two years five years consecutive years four years prior year recent years few years years old twenty years

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around prior:

prior year 20× days prior 11× months prior 7× hours prior 5×

Just before it in the phrase index:

years older years old years covering years ago year treasury year eve

Just after it in the phrase index:

yellow card yellow fever yellow jackets yes bank yesterday afternoon yesterday evening

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

years ago years old years older years covering

Same ending:

days prior months prior hours prior

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "years prior" has 2 words and usually appears near the end in these examples. The average sentence has 28.7 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 1 billion years prior, 1949 thirteen years prior the enacting, must, two and year stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with years ago, two years, five years, prior year, days prior and months prior, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with years prior

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Roughly three years prior to your last period and 4.5 years after. (13 words)

He served on the Borough Council for 18 years prior to being elected as mayor 12 years ago. (18 words)

Lisa divorced four years prior from an unfaithful man, who allegedly verbally abused her in the relationship for years. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

Qualifications Under the New York State Constitution, a person must be at least 30 years of age, a United States citizen, and a resident of the state of New York for at least five years prior to being elected to serve as governor. (43 words)

The 72-year-old former owner and president of Hart Advertising has not only has overseen a tournament that has raised over a million dollars in its 25-years existence — but also started10 years prior to that working as a fundraiser. (41 words)

The Kuwait Army was founded in 1949, thirteen years prior the enacting of the ministry and partly mainly at the time composed almost entirely of land force components with the Kuwait Air Force being founded four years later in 1953. (40 words)

Example sentences (20)

Because the Social Security Administration considers one's income from two years prior to the year in which benefits are received, planning must also begin two years prior to reaching age 65.

First, naturalization applicants must be over the age of 18 and must have been a permanent resident of South Africa for one year prior to application and for four out of the eight years prior to application.

Camden has drawn more commercial investment over the past five years than in the more than 25 years prior, Camden officials say.

Impa was confirmed to be 121 years old in Breath of the Wild, took place 100 years prior, as she appeared as a young woman in the game.

Roughly three years prior to your last period and 4.5 years after.

In his early years, he worked at Nugent-Schapanski Orchards in Grafton, and later pursued his true passion in the automotive industry, becoming a reliable mechanic for Roberts Ford in Alton in for many years prior to retiring.

Lisa divorced four years prior from an unfaithful man, who allegedly verbally abused her in the relationship for years.

The show is set five years after the events of Return of the Jedi and 25 years prior to the events of The Force Awakens.

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Angelo was a resident of Quincy for many years prior to living in Taunton for the past 15 years.

The 72-year-old former owner and president of Hart Advertising has not only has overseen a tournament that has raised over a million dollars in its 25-years existence — but also started10 years prior to that working as a fundraiser.

All the right rules and guidelines existed that night as they had for years prior and have for years since.

He served on the Borough Council for 18 years prior to being elected as mayor 12 years ago.

The eldest veteran in attendance served over 60 years ago, while plenty of others finished their service to our country over 50 years prior.

The portrait was painted two years prior to his disappearance and Lady Lucan, the only witness to the murder - went on to hang it for more than 40 years in her drawing room.

As her mother died several years prior to Friedrich's birth, Felicitas gained a significant inheritance which provided as much as half of her and August's income during the early years of their marriage.

George Sayer knew Lewis for 29 years, and he had sought to shed light on the relationship during the period of 14 years prior to Lewis's conversion to Christianity.

Qualifications Under the New York State Constitution, a person must be at least 30 years of age, a United States citizen, and a resident of the state of New York for at least five years prior to being elected to serve as governor.

The Kuwait Army was founded in 1949, thirteen years prior the enacting of the ministry and partly mainly at the time composed almost entirely of land force components with the Kuwait Air Force being founded four years later in 1953.

The transition to an oxygen-dominant atmosphere (the Great Oxidation ) did not begin until approximately 2.4–2.3 billion years ago, but photosynthetic processes started 0.3 to 1 billion years prior.

Additional factors are also being more heavily scrutinized now than in years prior, such as crime scores, wildfire and brushfire scores, and roof scores.

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