Example sentences of "of years [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to Magnet Applications , the Berkhamsted-based Cookson subsidiary , the number of magnets used in cars has risen from a handful 20 years ago to about 80 now , rising to perhaps 200 in a couple of years ' time as automatic windows and sunroofs etc become more widespread . |
| 2 | There is some suggestion that this site was the original French mill , and was a fulling mill , followed by a number of years ' service as a saw mill . |
| 3 | Most library suppliers produce ‘ library editions ’ of fiction by buying up sets of book sheets from the publishers , adding double strength reinforcing and laminating the dust jackets on to their own boards — the end result having far greater durability than a publisher 's casing , and avoiding the need for binding after a couple of years ' use . |
| 4 | A neglected window frame can reach the point of no return , but it could gain a couple of years ' reprieve by the clever use of a wood repair system . |
| 5 | A war of years ' rather than months ' duration was then ensured by the Soviet Union 's rallying to the Republic 's aid . |
| 6 | What do you hope to be doing in a couple of years ' time ? |
| 7 | In a couple of years ' time , if things have n't improved , doctors plan more test , including a bone marrow analysis and a liver and bowel biopsy . |
| 8 | Rasmussen and Milner ( 1975 ) summarise data collected in their clinic over a number of years ' use of the Amytal test ( see Wada and Rasmussen , 1960 ; Branch , Milner and Rasmussen , 1964 ) . |
| 9 | After a couple of years ' use the charger 's output may fall slightly . |
| 10 | There was no hurry and for a first book something unified was essential : a couple of years ' delay was of no importance . |
| 11 | In Main School there were the staff rooms , main offices , Headmaster 's office , Head of years ' offices , cleaners ' offices , the main hall , science labs , sports hall , Gym , changing rooms , maths rooms , new Geography rooms and History rooms , English rooms , Technology rooms , Art rooms , music library rooms and Home Economics rooms . |
| 12 | If we 'd been forced like myself I believe in a couple of years ' time , I will not be able to enjoy the pension fund that I 'm in at the moment we will have a problem , and we need to deal with that problem , and we need to raise the issue now and have a strategy , and I think it 's the G M B's to take a leading role in looking at this . |
| 13 | Depending on the type of stock , as indicated below , stock which is in excess of the relevant number of years ' usage should be provided against as follows : |
| 14 | As outlined earlier , Tiger and Fox suggest that there is an innate ‘ male bonding ’ stemming from millions of years ' history and ultimately linked to a time when men co-operated in order to hunt . |
| 15 | They would probably suggest that during millions of years ' evolution , women 's instincts have developed in such a way as to protect and nourish family and kin . |
| 16 | The report , Indoor Pollution , concludes that the low quality of air in commercial buildings has led to " reduced health and efficiency for many people over long numbers of years ' , which may have had " greater economic impact than more life-threatening conditions " . |
| 17 | Secondly , he may provide for the premium to be decapitalised , either at a fixed number of years ' purchase or at the rate prevailing at the time of the subletting , with the amount thus calculated being added to the rent reserved by the sublease for the purposes of the rent review under the headlease . |
| 18 | The balance will give a datum or basic figure which will generally be turned into a lump sum by taking a certain number of years ' purchase . |
| 19 | This figure is multiplied by a number of years ' purchase , which is commonly known as the multiplier . |
| 20 | Loss of rent should be insured but there should be some upper limitation on the number of years ' cover . |
| 21 | Right , well , well , actually yes , what , what you look at , is , is what 's important to you and you put a cash value on it , and it might be the mortgage , it might be education , it might be giving yourself a couple of years ' salary and paying debts or whatever , er , and the security of knowing that O K , if I die , I 'm not leaving a problem for my family , but at the same time if I 'm in a situation where I get a serious illness and I ca n't bring in an income , I 'm securing my , my , my future in that respect . |
| 22 | I imagine in a couple of years ' time , Bud 's gon na have a lot of trouble with him . |
| 23 | Profits are lower and earnings are lower than last year , but cash generation which we 've been working particularly hard on er for the past couple of years er and which we will be talking about further in a minute has come through extremely well er and we produced higher levels of cash this year than at any time in the company 's history . |
| 24 | As you know I 've er been holding a number of er small meetings with staff er and one of the questions I 've been asking is whether or not there has been a need for the building presentation that we 've done for a couple of years er and generally there was the view expressed that yes it was desirable but perhaps in a different format . |
| 25 | And certainly there was a high turnover for a couple of years erm late seventies . |
| 26 | we had to spend a couple of years erm longer at school . |
| 27 | As you 've heard we 've been cutting costs pretty significantly over the last couple of years erm what we 're talking about is three thousand people having been er made redundant over the two and a half years and as we were saying earlier substantial redundancy costs have had to be borne . |
| 28 | She died a couple of years a er three years ago . |
| 29 | And er there 's quite a number of years h he , there was many bicycle shops in Galashiels when the new safety bike came in , and blacksmiths probably did n't bother doing any work on them . |