Example sentences of "[noun] for the [num ord] four years " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government 's overall aim was to freeze spending on state-owned enterprises , social security and defence for the next four years . |
| 2 | Subject to budgetary approval , the plan ratified by both houses of the federal parliament will mean growth of 16 per cent pa in the science budget for the next four years . |
| 3 | ‘ And of course Julius has lived like an absolute monk for the last four years , ’ Jessamy threw back at her angrily . |
| 4 | But Bob Bagnell , who has imported charcoal from Indonesia for the last four years , says his source is not endangering the environment . |
| 5 | As head of Radio 2 's music department for the last four years , Ms Line has been responsible for the blend of easy listening that makes up 80 per cent of its 24-hours-a-day output , along with presenters such as Derek Jameson and Jimmy Young . |
| 6 | Coun Tomlinson , chairman of the social services committee , said : ‘ The Government has now announced how it intends to allocate funds for the next four years . |
| 7 | In fact , you 're a girl who 's going places — once you 've untied yourself from this man who 's been like a millstone around your neck for the last four years . |
| 8 | Waverley 's opening statement came from vice-chair Michele Munro , who said the trust board felt it was time to offer the benefits former Scottish Homes tenants in the Borders had enjoyed with Waverley for the last four years to Tweeddale tenants . |
| 9 | And our consultant has been running varied recycling for the last four years , and they are currently recycling seventy percent of the waste in that town . |
| 10 | He said Hong Kong could face a ‘ period of political siege for the next four years followed by an abrupt transition to a harsher and more repressive regime . ’ |
| 11 | Woodacon has sponsored the team for the last four years and would like to take this opportunity to wish them all well for the future . |
| 12 | This in its turn was so successful that , within four months of its introduction in 1949 , the available places for the next four years had been booked , so that no new applications could be considered for admissions before 1953 ! 1949 also saw the introduction of Rugby football in place of Association , " to make better use of the space " , a decision then and since deplored and regretted by the Old Stopfordians ' Football Club . |
| 13 | Unix International ( UI ) claims the RoadMap will show that the GUI — an issue which has bedevilled the Unix community for the last four years — ‘ is separable from the operating system . ’ |
| 14 | He was given drugs which controlled this well and had no more health problems for the next four years . |
| 15 | So I was in at , at er Southwell when the job came on community affairs , I 've been on community affairs for the last four years . |
| 16 | The ACCA refuses to sanction the event at any other location , and Sydney , despite claiming rights to stage the race for the next four years , has yet to build a Grand Prix circuit . |
| 17 | Lewis has held the world light heavyweight title for the last four years and was conceding five stone to an opponent rated highly by the Americans . |
| 18 | Frances has been working at Ashworth for the last four years . |
| 19 | and the party as a whole played only a junior role for the next four years . |
| 20 | So I left again and lived with this other woman for the next four years , but the relationship was ruined because Marie would n't leave us alone . |
| 21 | A suggested admissions policy for the next four years is that new first year students should be admitted each October to bring the total student numbers to 10% more than the previous October . |
| 22 | Mr Hargreaves , single , a graduate of Bangor University and a fisheries expert , has been a regular visitor to Alaska for the last four years . |
| 23 | The agreement affects prices for the next four years on three types of circuit — national analogue , national digital and international — which will be pegged to inflation . |
| 24 | Teesside , who have won the Inter-Union strokeplay championship for the last four years , will be hoping to extend their unbeaten run when they entertain Harrogate Union at Middlesbrough golf club in a fortnight 's time . |
| 25 | There , Daf workers who are made redundant will receive 70 per cent of their wages for the next four years . |
| 26 | You can see on the Covermaster , on an escalating plan , it 's twenty percent each year for the first four years . |
| 27 | His decision was based on a prediction that South-East Asia 's economies will grow at 6.9% a year for the next four years . |
| 28 | And the National Rivers Authority has pledged to introduce 200,000 salmon a year for the next four years into the cleaned-up River Tees the first time the fish have been in the river in any numbers in the last 30 years . |
| 29 | In 1343 Archbishop Zouche of York at first resisted the king 's nominee for the deanery of York because Cardinal Talleyrand had already been papally provided ; when the king 's judges found against him , Zouche acquiesced in the royal candidate , rejected the cardinal and endured papal excommunication for the last four years of his life . |
| 30 | Jackie has been with the Company for the last four years and the Argos Service Manager Gwynne Davis ca n't speak highly enough of her work . |