Example sentences of "[prep] two years ' [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She visited her rural community after two years ' absence and was impressed by the degree of collective organization and determination shown by her community . |
| 2 | Six months before her overdose Liz terminated the relationship with her boyfriend of two years ' standing after she discovered he had been going out with another girl . |
| 3 | The importance which the legislature attached to the observance of the regulatory system is demonstrated by section 4 , which makes a contravention of section 3 an offence , punishable on conviction on indictment by a term of two years ' imprisonment or a fine or both . |
| 4 | Eventually in 1275 the first Statute of Westminster appears to have provided that the ravishment of any woman was an offence punishable with a penalty of two years ' imprisonment and ransom and in 1285 the second Statute of Westminster turned this into a capital offence . |
| 5 | Club president Jim Carnegie said the new floodlit pitch , which replaces a heavily-worn dry play area , represented the culmination of two years ' planning and fund-raising . |
| 6 | C1 was to be a two-year course for 16-plus school-leavers with suitable qualifications , leading to a certificate or diploma comparable in status to an OND , while C2 would normally be of two years ' duration and would be for students not so highly qualified or well-motivated as those taking C1 courses . |
| 7 | In 1988 , PHILIPPE LE ROUX unveiled the F1 , the product of two years ' design and development . |
| 8 | This one-term course is intended for practising UK and overseas teachers with two years ' experience and good English . |
| 9 | GDP would recover from two years ' contraction or stagnation to grow by 4.75 per cent in 1992-93 . |
| 10 | But councillors are urging officials to get on with spending because the authority could go out of business in two years ' time if local government is reorganised . |
| 11 | But I usually arrange with a client over what 's seen in two years ' time or one year 's time , whatever . |
| 12 | Albert Hakim , the overseer of the Iran-contra financial network , was sentenced to two years ' probation and fined $5,000 on Feb. 1 . |
| 13 | On 17 October , both appellants pleaded guilty to the counts charging handling stolen goods and they were sentenced , Christou to two years ' imprisonment and Wright to three years ' imprisonment on each count concurrent . |
| 14 | Recorder John Hugill , QC , placed him on two years ' probation after he heard he was now an ‘ emotional wreck ’ . |