Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] three year ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Geest launched its new product , which is peeled , cored , trimmed and packed in a special container , on the Scottish market yesterday after three years ' work on the process . |
| 2 | First degree courses are usually of three years ' duration but are , in many instances , extended to include periods of professional training ( in industry , commerce or the public service ) or time spent abroad . |
| 3 | I ended up on three years ' probation . |
| 4 | Of the others arrested on 9 October , some were later released , one is awaiting trail and others have been tried and sentenced to up to three years ' imprisonment for , among other things , ‘ illegal association ’ . |
| 5 | Failure to observe the ban was punishable by up to three years ' imprisonment . |
| 6 | The ban on sale or display is backed by tough penalties , including a heavy fine and up to three years ' imprisonment . |
| 7 | Not only does BSL learning apparently take much longer ( ‘ beginners ’ were people with up to three years ' experience ) but only the beginner group showed the normal pattern of understanding being better than production . |
| 8 | New mothers in Czechoslovakia can look forward to three years ' maternity leave and the health service has a lot more going for it than ours , she says . |