Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [adj] years of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was getting on for thirty years of age , with the retarded emotions of an adolescent , and the only excuse I have is that I 'd spent most of my youth pursuing excellence rather than women . ’ |
| 2 | THE case must be made again for judges to stand down at 70 years of age . |
| 3 | By now in his eighties , Yusuf would never again return to Spain — he too had been worn down by long years of struggle to remove the thorn of El Cid from his side . |
| 4 | Switzerland made up for 500 years of neutrality by setting about the Canadian team , who were unsportingly thrashing them . |
| 5 | Even if her scheme permits her to make additional pension contributions to make up for missing years of service , such payments will cost her more than would be the case for a man of the same age and salary status , since the arrangements assume that a woman will live longer and therefore claim benefits for longer than a man . |
| 6 | It 's an income redistribution to make up for 12 years of Reagan and Bush in which the rich got richer and the poor got poorer . |
| 7 | More than 1,100 HIV-positive patients are enrolled in five independent phase I trials and three independent phase II trials with gp160 with up to 4 years of follow-up . |
| 8 | Up to six years of cereal cash crops with a single ‘ root break ’ in the middle , followed by a two- or three-year ley is now typical : animals have practically disappeared from arable farms . |
| 9 | Many people spend more time planning a holiday than in preparing for retirement , which may well occupy up to thirty years of life . |
| 10 | The payments are based on set amounts : £33.60 for a lone parent or a couple : £23.30 for each child aged 18 : £16.35 for each child aged 16 or 17 : £12.90 for each child aged 11 to 15 , and £7.30 for each one up to 10 years of age . |
| 11 | The payments are based on set amounts : £33.60 for a lone parent or a couple : £23.30 for each child aged 18 : £16.35 for each child aged 16 or 17 : £12.90 for each child aged 11 to 15 , and £7.30 for each one up to 10 years of age . |
| 12 | The payments are based on set amounts : £33.60 for a lone parent or a couple : £23.30 for each child aged 18 : £16.35 for each child aged 16 or 17 : £12.90 for each child aged 11 to 15 , and £7.30 for each one up to 10 years of age . |
| 13 | These recommend that a local child psychiatric team should be involved with all such individuals and their families , and that young people up to 14 years of age should be admitted to a paediatric ward , rather than a general medical or surgical ward . |
| 14 | Personal savings [ see p. 37379 ] were to be converted at a one-to-one rate up to ceilings of 2,000 Marks for children up to 14 years of age , 4,000 Marks for people aged 15-59 , and 6,000 Marks for those over 60 ; savings in excess of these ceilings would be converted at 2:1 , as would state companies ' debts and liabilities . |
| 15 | The system will allow the vessel , designed for up to 20 years of service , to weathervane around a turret near the bow while shuttle tankers collect cargoes to transport ashore . |
| 16 | Up to four adults can travel for £85 and children up to 15 years of age travel free . |
| 17 | Members of up to 15 years of age receive their own award-winning magazine , Bird Life , six times a year . |
| 18 | The 1992 RIBA Trustees Medal , endowed by Marley plc for the best architecture of its time , normally up to 25 years of age , anywhere in the world by a living British designer , was presented to Sir Denys Lasdun for the Royal College of Physicians , London . |
| 19 | Babywear : ( items for babies up to 2 years of age ) . |
| 20 | Concern was expressed to the Under Fives Select Committee from all quarters about the inappropriateness of curricula and care for young children who are in effect ‘ pre-school ’ but not , in the main , receiving appropriate pre-school learning experiences , and who sometimes are in classes with children up to seven years of age . |
| 21 | The fall was significant for premature cardiovascular deaths up to 65 years of age ( x≥5.0 , p=0.02 ) . |
| 22 | Now Havrix , a vaccine given as two initial injections followed by a booster six to twelve months later , will provide up to ten years of immunity . |
| 23 | Grazing horses usually carry a mixed burden of large and small strongyles and the major clinical signs associated with heavy infections in animals up to 2-3 years of age are unthriftiness , anaemia and sometimes diarrhoea . |
| 24 | TRAVEL BACK THROUGH 1900 YEARS OF HISTORY |
| 25 | Moreover , in the interests of trade regulation , thrashed out after many years of conflict between coalowners , merchants , shipowners and government , colliers were loaded in sequence and sailed in convoy , giving even better opportunities than elsewhere for seamen , keel men and others to pressurize their employers by delay . |