Example sentences of "[num] [prep] 10 years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eight patients had a past history of recurrent gastric ulcer ( n=5 ) , endoscopic gastritis ( n=3 ) , or gastrointestinal bleeding ( n=4 ) from 2 to 10 years before diagnosis . |
| 2 | Its credibility suffered : incoming governments often changed its Director-General — it had six in 10 years . |
| 3 | Ershad had been sentenced in June 1991 to 10 years in prison for illegal arms possession [ see pp. 38288-89 ] , and faced further charges of corruption and abuse of power . |
| 4 | The man who came to personify the recklessness and corruption at the centre of the S&L scandal , Charles Keating Jr , 68 , was sentenced on April 10 to 10 years in prison and was fined $250,000 . |
| 5 | FOURTEEN human rights activists were sentenced on 17 March to prison terms ranging from three to 10 years after a trial which fell below international standards for fair trial . |
| 6 | The package , already outlined in late January [ see pp. 37941-42 ] , included measures ( i ) increasing the maximum prison sentence for breaches of export laws from three to 10 years ; ( ii ) allowing income from illegal trade to be seized ; ( iii ) giving extra powers to customs and export control authorities and staff ; and ( iv ) allowing the security services to tap telephones and open mail in their investigations . |
| 7 | The International Herald Tribune of April 4-5 reported that 17 Syrian human rights activists had recently been sentenced to prison terms ranging from three to 10 years . |
| 8 | Of the 15 patients with benign strictures follow up information has been obtained in 13 ( 87% ) with a follow up period of three to 10 years ( median six years ) . |
| 9 | The UK government lodged a strong protest on Sept. 2 after a UK national , Martin Wainwright , was sentenced on Aug. 31 to 10 years ' imprisonment on charges of illegally entering Iraq from Turkey . |
| 10 | The prison sentence imposed on " junk bond " financier Michael Milken was reduced on Aug. 5 from 10 years to 33 months and 26 days . |
| 11 | In what had become known as " the couscous connection " , the President 's brother , Moncef Ben Ali , was sentenced in absentia by a French court on Nov. 17 to 10 years ' imprisonment for laundering drugs money after being caught at Orly airport in Paris with a suitcase full of banknotes . |
| 12 | There has been a series of trials within the Engineering Branch of the RAF of the technologies related to expert systems over the past 5 to 10 years . |
| 13 | Those with short-term orientations will not have the tenacity to hold on , to fight , to be pushed down and still to get up again , simply because their time orientations are too short ( 6 months to 1 year ) for the longer-term perspective ( 5 to 10 years ) . |
| 14 | 5 to 10 years |
| 15 | A loan will be repayable when the student 's earnings reach a level of 85% of the national average wage , and a period of 5 to 10 years allowed for the repayment ( CIPFA , 1989 , p. 17 ) . |
| 16 | Under a law approved by the government on Oct. 29 , schoolchildren as young as 14 caught cheating faced 5 to 10 years in prison . |
| 17 | In the next 5 to 10 years it 'll come through strong . |
| 18 | A former agent for British military intelligence and member of the UDA , Brian Nelson , was sentenced on Feb. 4 to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to 20 charges , including five of conspiracy to murder . |
| 19 | ‘ The Singing Kettle ’ is a musical theatre show for children from 4 to 10 years of age . |
| 20 | Another estimate puts the figure at $10 billion in 10 years . |
| 21 | 6 to 10 years |
| 22 | There are several ways to save for school fees but whichever method you choose it is best to start eight to 10 years before the first child enters school . |
| 23 | We now find that , because we have failed in the past 10 or 12 years , to recognise the need for clean coal technology and support the schemes that were in operation , it will take eight to 10 years for plants to become operative and produce clean coal . |
| 24 | The new laboratory will employ six to 10 people in an area of science that is not expected to produce marketable results for five to 10 years . |
| 25 | Basis Loans range from £150,000 upwards , normally repayable over five to 10 years , with a high degree of flexibility so that any loan can be tailor-made for you . |
| 26 | A second must be five to 10 years later , and so on until fairly recently . |
| 27 | A better solution may well be to pick up the idea of rotating the audit partner every five to 10 years . |
| 28 | It will likely be five to 10 years before the technology comes to the market , with first applications likely to be sign language and medical systems . |
| 29 | The specific accords , which range from five to 10 years in duration , encompass high-end , open-systems products based on the IBM RISC ; networking and interoperability ; specific operational and purchasing agreements ; technology co-operation and licensing ; manufacturing ; and portable personal computers from Zenith Data Systems . |
| 30 | Progression of the deformity is unpredictable in a given patient , but follow up for five to 10 years has shown worsening of the instability in 16% to 41% of the patients . |