Example sentences of "[adj] years ['s] [noun] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suppose that the current par yields on bonds that will mature in one , two and three years ' time are given respectively by 10,10.25 and 10.75 per cent . |
| 2 | ‘ The reason why I lay stress on this matter is this : the basis of the respondents ' argument was that there was a single ‘ act , neglect or default , ’ videlicet , the supply of the defective machine , from which the three years ' limitation is directed by the Act to run . |
| 3 | A Russian scholar , Kondratieff published in 1926 evidence for the view that familiar economic cycles of 3.5 to 11 years ' length were superimposed on deeper ‘ long waves ’ of 47 to 60 years . |
| 4 | He has the distinction of being among the very first in the country to ‘ do Koi properly ’ , and his 25 years ' experience were passed on to Ken at meetings of the local section of the BKKS . |
| 5 | The Long Service presentations are an annual event to which everyone with twenty five or more years ' service is invited , together with the immediate family of those receiving their award . |
| 6 | Policemen of twenty to twenty-five years ' service were harassed from pillar to post in the hunt for improved returns of charges and summonses . |
| 7 | Three children to raise , two moves in ten years and an OU degree on top TEN years ' study is rewarded next Saturday when Mrs Catherine Goode graduates from the Open University . |
| 8 | From AD 312 ‘ indiction cycles ’ of fifteen years ' duration were introduced by the Emperor Constantine for taxation purposes and led to the Byzantine year being reckoned from 1 September , the date on which each year of an indiction cycle began . |
| 9 | However , when these two years ' figures are compared with those of previous years , it becomes obvious that the crackdown was introduced as a result of a particularly bad year for accidents . |
| 10 | The proviso whereby it was possible for some individuals to enjoy an enhanced accrual scale to qualify for full pension benefits after 10 years of service was altered in the 1987 Budget — with a new period of 20 years ' service being required . |