Example sentences of "at [adj] years " in BNC.

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1 Entry into the artillery or engineer branches through Woolwich demanded early action , for a candidate had to be placed on the list at eleven years old , in order to hope to secure a place before the age limit of fifteen had been passed .
2 In so far as they established the break at eleven years of age and encouraged a different curriculum from that of the elementary school the description was apt , but these changes also refined the older system of sponsored mobility for a few .
3 THE case must be made again for judges to stand down at 70 years of age .
4 Payback on the investment is on target at four-and-a-half years for the Derwent and an even shorter period for the Victoria .
5 His father was a dealer and he learnt his first lesson at eight years old .
6 All patients with ulcerative colitis should be screened at eight years .
7 I said at eight years old , it should do but it
8 Sarah Burge was a Barnardo child , who was photographed in eighteen eighty three — in fact we 've just passed the centenary , I realize , of this occasion — at eight years old , and I 've seen the photograph and it was , of course , used for fund raising purposes , but I wrote a poem to this obviously long dead girl .
9 One of the most advanced examples of development has been CLIMAP ( Climate , Long Range Investigation , Mapping and Prediction , Hays and Moore , 1973 ) which has made a reconstruction of global sea surface , ice extent , ice elevation and continental albedo for the northern hemisphere summer at 18,000 years BP and this has provided the boundary conditions for global general circulation models to simulate the climate when the northern ice sheets were at their maximum extent ( see Lockwood , 1983a ) .
10 Senior judges must retire at seventy-five years of age , Circuit judges at seventy-two with possible extension to seventy-five , Justices of the Peace and stipendiaries at seventy .
11 At forty-seven years of age , he was young enough that he could be expected to complete the work , and yet he had probably built more buildings than any of his close rivals .
12 At 75 years of age also decided it was time to take things a little easier and retired on after 13 years with the company .
13 There was imposed upon him , which he reaffirmed at his Bar Mitzvah at 12 years of age , a double mark : not only the circumcision by which all Jewish males are placed under the covenantal blessings and duties , but also the onus of priesthood .
14 These include the abolition of selection at 12 years ( the age of transfer from primary to secondary in Scotland ) which gave all pupils formal access to certificate courses , and the raising of the school leaving age to 16 , which prevented pupils leaving school before the stage of first public examinations .
15 Drillien ( 1964 ) found that children at 2 years of age who were potted early were neither wetter nor dryer , cleaner nor dirtier than children trained later .
16 At 30 years old , I 'd really expected a slow labour .
17 The risk of developing cancer is increased in those individuals who have had extensive colitis for more than 10 years after the first attack , the cumulative cancer rate being 7% at 20 years and 17% at 30 years disease duration .
18 From our study we have been able to show that at least 5% ( 6/122 ) of patients will not have polyps at 30 years of age on sigmoidoscopy and , as only 36/ 123 in our series were shown to definitely have polyps under 30 years , the real figure may be somewhat higher .
19 At thirty-six years of age Kell was chosen as one of its first two directors and shortly afterwards took over full responsibility for the defensive side .
20 At forty-five years of age he was at the height of his powers , determined to drive out the Almoravids and bring about a united Spain .
21 The age of presentation is earliest in the 3rd generation with one presentation ( case 3 ) at 22 years and a second ( case 4 ) with a history suggesting the presence of a polyp at the age of either 16 or 23 years .
22 Behavioural problems at 3–4 years of age have also been associated with maternal depression , both concurrent and postnatal .
23 I am trying to lay the building blocks at 3–4 years old , or even earlier .
24 Fattened pigs are killed at 6–8 months old , breeders at 3–4 years .
25 About 1300 journalists registered at this years ' show , and you have only to read the number of column entries and to hear the radio and to see the television to know that the content of this year 's Royal Show stands second to none in the technical content of agricultural exhibitions across the world .
26 Billy Ruff and Todd Swank join in the fun at this years Farnborough .
27 Illustrating the size of this large single-seat , single-engined fighter , owner Lindsay Walton stands proudly in front of his ‘ steed ’ at this years Great Warbirds Air Display , held at Wroughton over the August Bank Holiday weekend .
28 We were amused to notice at this years Twelfth of July demonstrations that the Orange Order displayed pathetically small little notices on top of their banners which read ‘ No Dublin Interference ’ .
29 The directors therefore propose , as resolution No. 8 that authority be given at this years AGM to amend the rules of the Scheme so that the absolute limit will be increased to 9,260,761 shares representing 5% of the current issued share capital .
30 All the plans have been prepared by top garden designers at Individual Gardens Ltd , whose managing director David Stevens designed the award winning B and Q garden at this years Chelsea Flower Show .
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