Example sentences of "[noun sg] for a [adj -er] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | The final period of the Kettering scheme came when in 1938 the Cassell Trustees agreed to renew their grant for a further two years on a reducing scale with a concluding sum of £50 in 1940 to extinguish their support . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , Pateman sought a renewal of the grant and received a reduced , conditional offer from the Trust of renewal for one year if the District could secure alternative funding for a further two years . |
| 3 | Subroto was re-appointed Secretary-General for a further three years after his re-appointment was initially opposed by Iraq . |
| 4 | NATO Foreign Ministers decided on Dec. 17 that Manfred Wörner should be re-appointed as NATO Secretary-General for a further three years . |
| 5 | Under the agreement , Fisons has given English Nature 8,000 acres of lowland peat bog on Thorne and Hatfield Moors , in Yorkshire , but with the reservation that it will continue to extract peat from the site for a further 30 years . |
| 6 | Prospective study of patients identified as having severe acute renal failure within a two year period ; subsequent monitoring of outcome for a further two years . |
| 7 | Finally , the European council agreed to renew the mandate of Jacques Delors as President of the Commission for a further two years . |
| 8 | The fourth congress of the PCT on July 30 , 1989 , re-elected him as central committee chairman and thus as head of state for a further five years . |
| 9 | The extension of the current contract with Chessington Computer Centre for a further two years will provide time to assess the various options open to RBG for the processing of payroll . |
| 10 | Telecommunications company Cable & Wireless have extended their sponsorship of West Indies Test cricket for a further four years in a deal worth $2 million . |
| 11 | I say this in the context of a situation which should have your whole nation incensed ; because of a terrible insult which is to be perpetrated by the Westminster Government for a further 30 years in the interests of a few Englishmen . |
| 12 | After the death of his father , Tennyson and his family continued to live at the rectory for a further six years . |
| 13 | Fourteen months of negotiations between the Philippines and the United States were concluded on July 17 when the two sides agreed upon the terms of a new treaty which allowed the US military to continue to use its huge naval base at Subic Bay for a further 10 years after the expiry of the current lease . |
| 14 | McKeag 's delight was tempered by regret at the loss of sponsors Rumbelows , who were due to sponsor the Cup for a further two years . |
| 15 | Thereafter , apart from a small private income , he subsisted on a university pension for a further ten years , during which time he produced the bulk of his philosophical works , at that time largely unknown , until in January 1889 all creative work ended abruptly with his mental breakdown ; he died in 1900 . |
| 16 | All such data remain confidential , if requested , for a period of five years , renewable on application for a further five years . |
| 17 | For example , a bank loan may fall due three months after the balance sheet date but the borrower may have obtained a commitment from the bank to provide a further loan for the same amount for a further three years . |
| 18 | In Ipswich the home help service took over the care of these clients ; in Newham the development officer continued to manage the existing support workers until a new development officer took over ( the health authority agreed to fund a continuation of the project for a further three years ) . |
| 19 | They may not set up in practice on their own account for a further three years . |
| 20 | This success has prompted adidas to renew its sponsorship of the Challenge for a further 2 years . |
| 21 | He stayed with Arrol for a further four years as director and chief engineer before joining in 1949 Freeman , Fox & Partners , with whom he remained until his retirement in 1969 . |
| 22 | The decision by the ICCO in March 1990 to extend the 1986 International Cocoa Agreement for a further two years [ see p. 37335 ] encouraged prices to rise . |
| 23 | He served the House for a further thirty years until his death . |
| 24 | But the issue still remained in the balance for a further twenty years . |
| 25 | In accordance with the Constitution a plebiscite was held on Oct. 5 , 1988 , to decide whether Pinochet should remain in office for a further eight years upon the expiry of his term in 1990 . |
| 26 | A new Constitution , approved by referendum in August 1982 , extended the President 's term of office for a further seven years , and provided for the holding of presidential and legislative elections in the course of a gradual transition from military to civilian rule . |
| 27 | A new Constitution , approved by referendum in August 1982 , extended the President 's term of office for a further seven years , created a 41-member House of Representatives of the People , and provided for the holding of presidential and legislative elections in the course of a gradual transition from military to civilian rule . |
| 28 | Hill and Williams had earlier revealed they had agreed a one-year contract , with an option for a further two years . |
| 29 | The prototype fast reactor at Dounreay would be funded until 1994 and its reprocessing plant for a further three years to allow it to deal with spent fuel . |