Example sentences of "[adj] year ['s] [noun] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Indonesia , in October 1990 , post-graduate researcher Bonar Tigor Naipospos was sentenced to eight and a half years ' imprisonment because he ‘ attempted to undermine Indonesian state ideology ’ through participation in a university study group and distributing banned literature . |
| 2 | Basque pelota looks like being this year 's corker as it involves catching a tennis ball in a fruit bowl and throwing it at a wall ( below left ) . |
| 3 | But Mr Fallon said : ‘ The charge capping rules allow Northumberland to increase their expenditure from April by five per cent on this year 's budget so there 's no need for cuts of that nature . |
| 4 | Over the coming weeks councillors will attempt to cover the £200,000 loss by finding other areas in this year 's budget where there has been an underspend . |
| 5 | SPEEDWAY : Joe Screen , who won the British under-21 championship in 1990 , will start favourite for this year 's title as he chases a £10,000 bonus from sponsors Homefire . |
| 6 | " Even if you have a copy of the old ( September 1988 ) Catalogue , have a look at this year 's edition as it contains details of 15 new titles and information on many more books , packs , videos and projects . |
| 7 | of this year 's allocation if they wished to do so . |
| 8 | Please sell as many books of tickets as possible , more are available from the Office — RING HILDA NOW — We must raise the much needed funds to complete this year 's programme and YOU OR ONE OF YOUR CLASS MEMBERS COULD BE A LUCKY WINNER . |
| 9 | Guinness manager Ken Morrison said : ‘ We are delighted to be helping stage this year 's tournament and it demonstrates our commitment to hockey in Northern Ireland . ’ |
| 10 | Work out how many woodlice you will have in 10 years ' time if they continue to multiply at this rate . |
| 11 | My husband who earns good money , gets a pension in 10 years ' time and he says we 'll return then . |
| 12 | The climatic conditions of Scotland and parts of Cumbria and Northumbria are particularly suitable for the production of healthy high quality seed potatoes required for the following year 's crop and it is in these areas that most of the seed potatoes are grown . |
| 13 | Edward G. Robinson had been good in the previous year 's Little Caesar and there was to be great acclaim for the explicitness of the following year 's Scarface but it was Cagney 's 1931 performance in The Public Enemy that occasioned the most significant debate . |
| 14 | Chief Supt Bill Hills , head of the force 's uniform operations department , will have completed more than 35 years ' service when he leaves the job . |
| 15 | Climate modelling and assessing environmental change will need more than three years ' data if it is to be enhanced . |
| 16 | ‘ This may rise to about 20 in three years ' time if we do well . |
| 17 | Carrie had seen the accountant 's bill for the previous year 's work and she knew why he never complained . |
| 18 | Ask to see the previous year 's bills so you can assess the running costs . |
| 19 | Until recent years the aim of the librarian , more often than not , was to achieve as large an increase on his previous year 's bookfund as his finance committee would tolerate . |
| 20 | In this climate , the academic in English and other subjects in the humanities , who is busy , who publishes a lot , who goes to conferences , can not but be preferred to the quiet scholar , who keeps a low profile , even seems rather idle , but is taking his time over a major piece of scholarly writing that may involve many years ' work and which he does not intend to give to the world until he is ready . |
| 21 | Well , perhaps this is a few too many , but he knows after many years ' experience that he can ask for this and that it is necessary . |
| 22 | The hon. Gentleman is trying to guess what the market price will be in X years ' time and what proportion of the market will be accounted for by coal . |
| 23 | If you have paid six full years ' contributions before you cease payments , the Society will make your policy paid-up , leaving the units purchased to remain invested until such time you make a request to encash them . |
| 24 | And in those days you had to have fifteen years ' training before anyone would really look at you . |
| 25 | Membership of a " terrorist group " was punishable by five years ' imprisonment and it also became a crime to possess " directly or indirectly " written or recorded materials condoning " terrorist " activity . |
| 26 | It would be surprising if benchmarking attracts as much media attention in five years ' time as it does now . |
| 27 | We are not alone in having the grant cut , some of the governing bodies have only been given one year 's notice or nothing at all . |
| 28 | I have completed one year 's retirement although I did n't really retire ! |
| 29 | erm There are indications that in perhaps twenty years ' time that there might be some novel applications of lasers . |
| 30 | I hope that he and his fellow enthusiasts of today will derive as much pleasure from looking back in 50 or 60 years ' time as I do from my battered old album . |