Example sentences of "[noun sg] for the [num ord] four year " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government 's overall aim was to freeze spending on state-owned enterprises , social security and defence for the next four years . |
| 2 | Subject to budgetary approval , the plan ratified by both houses of the federal parliament will mean growth of 16 per cent pa in the science budget for the next four years . |
| 3 | ‘ And of course Julius has lived like an absolute monk for the last four years , ’ Jessamy threw back at her angrily . |
| 4 | As head of Radio 2 's music department for the last four years , Ms Line has been responsible for the blend of easy listening that makes up 80 per cent of its 24-hours-a-day output , along with presenters such as Derek Jameson and Jimmy Young . |
| 5 | In fact , you 're a girl who 's going places — once you 've untied yourself from this man who 's been like a millstone around your neck for the last four years . |
| 6 | And our consultant has been running varied recycling for the last four years , and they are currently recycling seventy percent of the waste in that town . |
| 7 | He said Hong Kong could face a ‘ period of political siege for the next four years followed by an abrupt transition to a harsher and more repressive regime . ’ |
| 8 | Woodacon has sponsored the team for the last four years and would like to take this opportunity to wish them all well for the future . |
| 9 | Unix International ( UI ) claims the RoadMap will show that the GUI — an issue which has bedevilled the Unix community for the last four years — ‘ is separable from the operating system . ’ |
| 10 | The ACCA refuses to sanction the event at any other location , and Sydney , despite claiming rights to stage the race for the next four years , has yet to build a Grand Prix circuit . |
| 11 | Lewis has held the world light heavyweight title for the last four years and was conceding five stone to an opponent rated highly by the Americans . |
| 12 | and the party as a whole played only a junior role for the next four years . |
| 13 | So I left again and lived with this other woman for the next four years , but the relationship was ruined because Marie would n't leave us alone . |
| 14 | A suggested admissions policy for the next four years is that new first year students should be admitted each October to bring the total student numbers to 10% more than the previous October . |
| 15 | Teesside , who have won the Inter-Union strokeplay championship for the last four years , will be hoping to extend their unbeaten run when they entertain Harrogate Union at Middlesbrough golf club in a fortnight 's time . |
| 16 | You can see on the Covermaster , on an escalating plan , it 's twenty percent each year for the first four years . |
| 17 | His decision was based on a prediction that South-East Asia 's economies will grow at 6.9% a year for the next four years . |
| 18 | And the National Rivers Authority has pledged to introduce 200,000 salmon a year for the next four years into the cleaned-up River Tees the first time the fish have been in the river in any numbers in the last 30 years . |
| 19 | In 1343 Archbishop Zouche of York at first resisted the king 's nominee for the deanery of York because Cardinal Talleyrand had already been papally provided ; when the king 's judges found against him , Zouche acquiesced in the royal candidate , rejected the cardinal and endured papal excommunication for the last four years of his life . |
| 20 | Jackie has been with the Company for the last four years and the Argos Service Manager Gwynne Davis ca n't speak highly enough of her work . |
| 21 | The Pevensey station has organised a firework display for the last four years . |