Example sentences of "[art] [adj] years [unc] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you die within five years of retirement , most schemes pay the balance of the five years ' pension as a lump sum . |
| 2 | The Conservative manifesto makes much of the 13 years ' record in foreign policy , but is silent about the great motto of two years ago ‘ the new world order ’ , which the Gulf war was supposed to promote . |
| 3 | As your pension is normally ultimately based on the size of your salary when you retire , the two years ' worth of added rights could still be worth a tidy amount . |
| 4 | During the early years of his reign Charles did intervene actively in the Thirty Years ' War by leading England into another war against Spain . |
| 5 | But they will begin life by taking the 20 years ' accumulation of magnesium oxide cladding from around uranium fuel rods used in the Magnox reactors . |
| 6 | A few years ' work in the brothels of Bangkok can earn girls more money than their families ever dreamt of . |
| 7 | But any minister of even a few years ' experience of Christian leadership will be able to tell you of Godly issues which were debated in his Church with a bitterness and rancour totally out of harmony with their subject . |
| 8 | A few years ' experience in commerce , particularly in marketing will help even more . |
| 9 | New York became conditioned to skyscrapers which were torn down after a few years ' life to be replaced by newer skyscrapers . |
| 10 | Further , more local , threats are posed for the sake of a few years ' supply of raw materials . |
| 11 | Whilst missioner in Cambridgeshire — after a five years ' spell in Oxford he began to — read seriously and painstakingly — and , though untutored and without the benefit of lectures , he gained a degree in Classics at Cambridge University . |
| 12 | Two R-A-F bases with more than a hundred years ' service between them have closed as part of defence cuts . |