Example sentences of "[be] [prep] [num] year ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The courses are of four years ' duration .
2 The courses are of four years ' duration .
3 The courses are of four years ' duration .
4 The cost would probably be about one year 's salary of such an assistant , but it does not recur .
5 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 .
6 Where do you want to be in two years ' time .
7 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 .
8 If you can imagine your goal , where you want to be in five years ' time , then you are already part of the way there .
9 What will happen to me , how I 'll develop , what I 'll be in five years ' time , in ten , in thirty .
10 Using his earlier experience , he felt , when he moved in , that he needed to gauge where the new school should be in five years ' time .
11 Do you see the importance of planning ? millions of things you 've got to stick down with , think about , think about your objectives , get that see who it , get that poster up , really think what you wan na be in five years ' time , three years ' time , all the rest of it , seriously think about it .
12 Right , but what you 've got the opportunity of doing now during being a life assurance sales person , with self-employed status if you like , with the benefits of being in a company like ours , is really thinking where do I want to be in five years ' time .
13 I can not envisage what the circumstances will be in 20 years ' time .
14 My hon. Friend is concerned about what the strength of the infantry will be in three years ' time .
15 To date all schemes were of one year 's duration but as from April a new 2 year scheme has been introduced with it is hoped an accredited certification at its end .
16 The course is for four years ' duration .
17 In the famous debates between the Levellers and the army leaders , principally Cromwell and Ireton , at Putney in the autumn of 1647 , the Levellers argued that those who had fought on Parliament 's side had earned the right to be enfranchised : " if ever a people shall free themselves from tyranny , certainly it is after seven years ' war and fighting for their liberty , " said Maximilian Petty .
18 The course is of two years ' duration .
19 The course is of two years ' duration .
20 The course is of two years ' duration .
21 The course is of two years ' duration .
22 The course is of two years ' duration .
23 The course is of two years ' duration .
24 The course is of four years ' duration .
25 The course is of four years ' duration .
26 The course is of four years ' duration .
27 The course is of four years ' duration .
28 The course is of four years ' duration .
29 The course is of four years ' duration .
30 The course is of four years ' duration .
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