Example sentences of "to [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the mid-1950s only a few of the simpler , standard power stations were beginning commissioning three to three-and-a-half years after the start of work on site , but the BEA failed to get their average performance near to that of their best or up to the similar three-year timings achieved by the Atomic Energy Authority in developing their smaller ( but more challenging ) demonstration nuclear power plants . |
| 2 | Similarly , mortality of infants born to 30–39 year old mothers was lowest if their fathers were in the 25–29 years age group . |
| 3 | They won first prize at the Hampshire Technology Fair in the ten to eleven year group . |
| 4 | About 1868 a new school was built but this has now been replaced by a modern and forward thinking school for five to eleven year olds . |
| 5 | This infant school was sometimes part of a junior school which catered for seven to eleven year olds . |
| 6 | She looks after children before school and after school , up to eleven year olds . |
| 7 | There is a day nursery for toddlers and the Pirates Club for children from four to eleven years . |
| 8 | School attendance for the age group seven to eleven years is estimated to be 40 per cent . |
| 9 | ‘ HERE I Am ’ is a Religious Education Programme for Primary Schools approved by the hierarchy for use in Catholic primary schools for children from nursery age to eleven years ! |
| 10 | The Church of England school caters for children from the age of five to eleven years , they then attend Hornsea comprehensive . |
| 11 | There 'd been something in the local papers about me and my work , and these girls , aged about eight to eleven years old , sent me a book of poems they 'd written , printed and sold to raise money . |
| 12 | The average length of employment of all labour in 1982 was correspondingly double in Japan at eight to eleven years for men and six for women . |
| 13 | I 've been particularly interested in the clumsy child , who has co-ordination , rhythm and timing difficulties , and I have written a booklet which is now available for parents and for teachers who are interested , for the age range five years to eleven years , which gives parents exercises to carry out with their children to encourage the child in overcoming difficulties with co-ordination , rhythm , timing , and to help them with speaking , writing and reading remediation . |
| 14 | The hapless producers of the programme were given 50 lashes and sentenced to 4-5 years in prison . |
| 15 | and erm I went to a youth club and I I was speaking to eight year olds and they 're asking about condoms cos they 've seen them in the street , so it 's obviously they 're wanting to find out about it cos it 's everywhere around them even , does n't matter what age . |
| 16 | A woman alleged to have sewn the flag was sentenced to eight years in prison and her husband , who led the ceremony , to 20 years . |
| 17 | Song Yude , a 34-year-old Protestant evangelist , was sentenced to eight years ' imprisonment in 1986 for carrying out unofficial religious activities . |
| 18 | Of the other three former executives , one was sentenced to eight years in prison and the other two to 18 years . |
| 19 | Mrs Margarete Hoeke , sentenced in August , 1987 to eight years in jail for spying for the KGB , and Mrs Elke Falk , a ministerial secretary sentenced to 6 ½ years last May , both said they were forced into spying after love affairs . |
| 20 | Custodial sentences ranged from two months to eight years . |
| 21 | He was sentenced to eight years in youth custody . |
| 22 | Russell Barkley ( an American psychologist , very experienced in helping parents to manage their children ) suggests more powerful incentives using poker chips ( tokens such as counters , buttons , marbles , etc , may be more apt in the UK ) for children from four to eight years of age , and a home points system for those of nine and older . |
| 23 | ‘ Reducing the external painting cycle from five to eight years would not affect performance and would not affect the number of applicants for places . ’ |
| 24 | He has now agreed to extend his changeover period to eight years in line with the Government-backed ban . |
| 25 | Yidana was further convicted , without right of appeal , in 1983 of harbouring one of the leaders of the failed coup and sentenced to eight years ' imprisonment . |
| 26 | He also found , in common with other studies ( Dunn and Kendrick 1981 ; 1982 ) , that mothers ' depressed and irritable reactions were strong prime determinants for aggression in pre-school boys , while sibling irritable reactions became prime determinants by the age of seven to eight years . |
| 27 | ‘ But I know I 've got to be as successful over the next five to eight years as I have been so far . |
| 28 | In 1978 he was given a life sentence for attacking a 72-year-old woman after breaking into her home , but this was reduced to eight years on appeal . |
| 29 | These were removed eventually but for anyone planting now , the up to date method is to use a specially developed tube which protects from animal damage and provides a unique microclimate which breaks down harmlessly after seven to eight years . |
| 30 | Ash is produced when the coal is burnt and has proved to be something for the salvation for many plants and animals the ash is so fine that it has to be turned into a slurry and put into the to settle out these can be up to eight years during which time it becomes none the less but an artificial mud flat quickly colonized by weeds , pioneers crucial to the complex way of life in our natural world But for bird-watchers it is the bird that attracted to these artificial mud flats that are the most exciting development within the boundaries of these power station nature reserves . |